Carpathian Cream Cake Karpatka (pronounced car-pat-kah) is a delicious cake, very popular in Poland. It consist of two layers of choux pastry with a vanilla custard in between. Personally -I love it:) It’s prepared for special occasions, as it is not a quick to make cake. It can also don’t go well while baking, as […]
Pyry z Gzikiem is a delicious simple dish, with origins in Greater Poland – Wielkopolska. Its capital is Poznań, so next time visiting Poznań, don’t forget to try it in a local restaurant:) Pyry mean: potatoes, but it’s a regional expression, used only in Wielkopolska. Gzik is a farmers cheese with fresh veggies, in other
Zupa Gołąbkowa Everybody loves Gołąbki! They are one of the most popular of Polish food, Gołąbki are truly a comfort food too. On the other hand they are quite time consuming. Once you feel like Gołąbki, but don’t have too much time, you can check this recipe for Cabbage Roll Soup. The same deliciousness, while
Zupa Grzybowa Poland is famous of its soups. We eat soup each day as a first course of traditional Polish dinner- Chicken Soup, Beet Soup, Sorrel Soup, Dill Pickle Soup or – Forest Mushroom Soup🙂 The best Forest Mushroom Soup is cooked from fresh mushrooms, picked in Autumn, but I love this soup so much,
Śledź po Kaszubsku Pomerania is a region of Poland where you can eat the freshest Polish Baltic fish. Herring is undoubtedly the most popular fish in Poland. Each time when I visit Polish Baltic Sea coast I eat Kashubian Style Herring, this time after I come back, I found a recipe and made it myself.
Bear’s Garlic Creamy Soup is a full of vitamins Spring soup. A season for bear’s garlic (which can be also called wild leek, ramps, wild garlic) is quite short, use it and cook this healthy soup. If you still have some ramps left, you can try out other recipes: Bear’s Garlic Cream Cheese or Bear’s
I’ve made Dandelion syrup few times so far. It’s so tasty. My children like pancakes splashed with Dandelion syrup just as much as with maple syrup. In Polish folk medicine it is know from ages as a cure for cough and a help with liver cleansing. Dandelion syrup recipe can be found in Saint Hildegard
This Chłodnik – cold soup – my Grandma was making us quite often, we loved to eat it accompanied by boiled potatoes sprinkled with sauteed onions and/or fried bacon. I remember that we used to have only one shared plate of potatoes (with onions, bacon and dill) for the whole family and we would scooped
Galareta, Zimne Nogi, Zimne Nóżki, Studzienina, Nóżki w Galarecie, Galert All of the names above have the same meaning, they describe one Polish dish – Jellied Pigs Feet. In my family house we called it Galareta as it actually is and looks like a meat and veggies jelly. You don’t add extra gelatin as bones
Pasztet Świąteczny – Christmas and Easter Baked Pate Baked pate is one of the meats we have for special occasions. It’s delicate and moist, so you can also just spread it over the bread. It takes quite a lot of time to have it and is rather costly, as we need a lot of meat,
Apple and vanilla custard shortcrust is a kind of Polish Szarlotka, an extra layer of custard makes this pie smell like vanilla, it’s creamy and sweet. I used Polish >budyń<, which is a very popular dessert in Poland, available to buy in instant version. All you need to do is bring milk do boil, and
Krokiety z kapustą i grzybami Sauerkraut and Mushroom Croquettes are one of the staple dishes in Poland for Wigilia. We serve it to Beets Borscht instead of Uszka. If you changed the filling to meat, you can just have it for family dinner as a separate dish or with chicken soup. There is quite a
Orzechowiec Honey and Walnut Cake is in Poland either called Orzechowiec (walnut cake) or Miodownik (honey cake). The difference is that in Miodownik there can be walnuts but not necessarily. In Orzechowiec there are always both walnuts and honey. It’s delicious cake, often made for Easter and Christmas, it’s a great treat for any occasion
Kluski Szare If You like potato dumplings, you’d love Kluski Szare. They are called grey – because of their greyish coloring, which is a result of using raw potatoes. Grey Potato Dumplings are regional Polish dish, they are most popular in Greater Poland and in Silesia. They are delicious with fried diced kiełbasa and onions.
Sztuka Mięsa in Horseradish Sauce is an old Polish dish. ‘Sztuka Mięsa’ literally means – a piece of meat. It is a simple dish – a piece of meat is slowly simmered and then sliced and served under a delicious sauce. The other advantage is that you cook once a big batch and you have
Feel like Żurek, but don’t have kwas? You can make kwas yourself, if you have spare 5-7 days. Fortunately there is a way out, to enjoy delicious Żurek without waiting. One of my foodie friends, who often sends me inspiration for new recipes, asked me for a Żurek for Cheaters recipe and here it is:)
Beef Goulash is a great Sunday dish for the whole family. We like it served with Kluski Śląskie, buckwheat or just boiled potatoes. I love this kind of dishes, I make more that for one dinner and can/ freeze some for later.
Vinegar Pickled Plums are a great addition to meat dishes. Sweet and sour, make some to your pantry, they will be perfect in Winter. This kind of side dishes remind me of big great dinners celebrated in our family who lived in the village, when I was a child. We used to visit them to
Mus jabłkowy, Apple Butter is my SOS kit in Winter, when I crave Polish Aple Crumble🙂 You can use it for Szarlotka or as a filling for Naleśniki – Polish Crepes. They taste so good with warm apple filling with a dash of cinnamon on top:) For Apple Butter you can use sour kind of
Canned Pickled Peppers, in Polish: papryka w occie, papryka konserwowa, is a great side for dinner, specially in Winter. In my childhood fresh peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers in Winter were not available. But my mom and my grandma were smart, so in Summer they packed delicious seasonal vegetables into jars and preserve them for Winter. Our