Masło czosnaczkowe Herb Butter is a great idea for serve it with bread, potatoes, grilled meats, fish, or vegetables. I am experimenting with both herbs I use and dishes I am enriching with herb butter. A lot of space for imagination! Below I share few pictures of the dishes I made with Herb Butter. I […]
Starting from early Spring I have an access to fresh plants of sorrel. It grows wild in my parents garden. Doesn’t matter how many times it is cut, it always regrows. Some people may be unhappy to have a sorrel and other wild plants instead of grass lawn, but not me. I like wild plants,
It’s a great time to make lacto fermented pickles. I love cucumbers this way, lately I tried 2 Day Pickled Radish and all my family was happy to try it. It’s great to grill parties, fresh and crispy, with a dill flavor and a bit of garlic. I invite you to experiment a bit and
Kresowe gołąbki ziemniaczane There is quite a lot of work with Potato Stuffed Cabbage Rolls preparation, but the taste is so good, that you need to check it out. The recipe comes from the eastern borderlands, I found information that they were cooked in Lviv, which is a territory of today’s Ukraine.
I am lucky to have birthday in June! I love this month, as strawberries are in full and best season, the cheapest and the most sweet. Polish Cheesecake with Strawberries is a must for me to take to the office for my colleagues:) This time I prepared baked cheesecake, very easy to make, delicate and
Early spring is the only time in the year when you can obtain fresh bear’s garlic (also called ramps or wild leek). In Poland it is a perfect time for it right now. Last year I made delicious Pesto, from this year’s batch I decided to make a bread spread: Bear’s Garlic Cream Cheese and
Last days of summer and the beginning of autumn is a perfect time to cook Fresh Tomato Soup. In the middle of the season tomatoes are cheap and beautiful, there is a whole range of tomato species available. Remember to choose only the ripest pieces of your favorite tomatoes. They may be soft and not
Last Saturday I found fresh forest chanterelles on a local farmers market. They are not cheap, they cost 60 PLN per 1 kg, which is more than 15 USD. However they are sooo good, that I couldn’t resist:) I was waiting the whole season to cook Chanterelle Cream Sauce. I had some for delicious scramble
It is the middle of the Summer, fortunately in Poland you can still buy young spring cabbage. The taste and texture is delicate and sweet, exceptional:) Yesterday I bought one on a local market, I paid 7 PLN, which is about 2 USD. I prepare Young cabbage Salad according to the directions of my sister:)
In June vegetables are still fresh and young. I use the last days before Summer to prepare Botwinka- traditional Polish soup made of young beets and beet leaves.
Ogórki Małosolne This is a classic of Polish seasonal cuisine:) Fresh and healthy Polish 2-Day Dill Pickles are easy to prepare and delicious. Once you try them – you’ll love them. Małosolne often accompany vodka and herring with onion on old style meetings:) During PRL you were not supposed to buy only vodka in restaurants,
In spring, when vegetables start to grow, they are the freshest and the most delicious. Cabbage, potatoes, dill, cucumber- it is hard to resist:) This is a great time to try Polish Stewed Young Cabbage. For more cabbage Polish recipes check: http://cookinpolish.com/tag/cabbage/.