Stewed Pork Chops
Bitki wieprzowe I make Stewed Pork Chops every couple of weeks, each time I don’t have time or just not feel like cooking each day. I make a bulk portion of simmer pork chops and my family is happy with it, specially once I serve it with Kopytka – diagonal shaped potato dumplings. The other …
Ash Wednesday/ Środa Popielcowa
Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, which is a 40 day period of fasting, reflection, repentance and prayer . On Ash Wednesday you go to church and the priest sprinkle your head with ash and says: “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return”. This is to remember, that our …
Sauerkraut Salad
Kapusta Kiszona Sauerkraut Salad is a great immune support during autumn and winter, is a source of vitamins and probiotics. It makes good job for your intestines and your skin condition. You can eat it when you are on diet or just want to stay healthy. Remember to buy sauerkraut from trusted seller, as it …
Smoked Mackerel Bread Spread
Mackerel is a taste of my childhood. During communism in Poland there was a shortage of food and almost no choice in stores. Now there is a whole variety of fish species to choose from, but mackerel is still the most popular smoked fish in Poland. My Grandma used to prepare Smoked Mackerel Bread Spread …
Naleśniki – Polish Pancakes
Naleśniki Naleśniki – Polish Pancakes is my children’s’ top choice for supper. They like it served with maple syrup or simply with sugar powder. It is 15 minutes to have it on a plate. Try! I like spelt flour, as it is less modified compared to usual wheat flour. We don’t use flour so much, …
Krupnik – chicken soup with barley
There is just few steps from chicken soup to Krupnik. If you are cooking broth – you can change your mind almost anytime, add barley and potatoes and here it is- Krupnik – chicken soup with barley:). It is ‘all in one’ kind of soup, nutritious, hearty, warming and healthy. If you add millet instead …
Polish broth – Rosół
What about a rich broth for Sunday dinner? Polish broth – Rosół is the most popular choice in Polish families:) We buy chicken wings and vegetables on the local market. My husband is a Rosół specialist, my children say he cooks the best broth ever:) As a kid I hated rosół, probably because my Grandma …
Polish Potato Pancakes
Placki ziemniaczane Polish cuisine is full of potatoes dishes. It is a cheap vegetable and can be easily stored during winter. In old times it was a poor food, easy to grow, easy to cook and easy to fill the stomach.The old Polish cook book gives a simple recipe for potato pancakes. They are a …
Polish Sour Soup Żurek
Polish Żurek is a soup traditionally prepared for Easter. In some Polish families White Borsch is cooked instead of Żurek, the difference is Kvas/ starter that is used. For Żurek- rye starter, for Borsch – wheat kvas. If you plan to cook traditional Polish Sour Soup Żurek, you need a rye starter. You can buy …
Kvas/ Starter for rye sour soup
Zakwas Kvas is a basic ingredient of Żurek, traditional Polish soup, prepared for Easter. It can be also called: kvas or rye sour soup starter, and is made by fermenting rye (for Żurek) or wheat (for White Borsch) flour. The process is easy, although you need few days to have your own homemade kvas/ starter …
Beets Borscht with Uszka
Barszcz z uszkami Beets Borscht with Uszka is traditionally prepared for Christmas Eve in many Polish homes. As the opposite to borscht sometimes forest mushrooms soup is prepared, however not in my family house- we love beets borscht:) One important ingredient of Borscht is a beets kvas/ leaven which you need to prepare few days …
Polish Breaded Pork Cutlets Schabowe
Kotlety schabowe Last weekend me and my husband Robert decided to prepare a full 2 course meal for our family of 4. Traditional and standard;) Polish dinner on Sunday is a rich broth and Kotlety schabowe: Polish breaded pork cutlets. They can be compared to Austrian Wiener Schnitzel, but does not have to be prepared …
Kvas/ Leaven for Borscht
Zakwas na Barszcz If you plan to cook natural, healthy and delicious Polish beets Borscht, for example for Polish traditional Christmas Eve, you need to prepare beets kvas/ leaven for borscht few days before. Kvas is actually a water from fermented beets. From this amounts of ingredients you will get about 2 portions od kvas …
