Category: Polish Recipes
Polish cooking runs on sour and smoke. Rye soured into zakwas, cabbage soured into sauerkraut, cream soured and stirred in at the end; then smoked sausage, dried wild mushrooms, and a bay leaf in nearly everything. It is a cuisine of long cooking, and several of its best dishes are better on the second day than the first.
The Polish recipes here come in pairs, each traditional version alongside a lighter one.
Soups. Zurek, sour rye soup with white sausage and a halved egg; barszcz czerwony, the clear beet broth poured over uszka on Christmas Eve; rosol, the Sunday chicken broth; and kapusniak, sauerkraut soup.
Dumplings. Pierogi, with keto, gluten-free and plant-based doughs; the tiny ear-shaped uszka; and kopytka, potato dumplings cut on the diagonal.
Main dishes. Bigos, the hunter’s stew reheated over days until it tastes of itself; golabki, cabbage rolls in tomato; and zrazy wolowe, beef rolled around pickle and bacon.
Sides and sweet. Placki ziemniaczane, potato pancakes, and makowiec, the poppy seed roll that appears at every Polish Christmas.
Worth reading alongside: pierogi, varenyky and uszka compared, and holubtsi against golabki. Cooking the full Christmas Eve table: Wigilia.
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~25 minutes | Total time: ~3 days, mostly soaking and marinating | Serves: 6 | Difficulty: Easy Quick Overview Soak salted herring fillets in cold water…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~40 minutes (plus 8–12 hours soaking) | Total time: ~13 hours | Serves: 4 | Difficulty: Medium Quick Overview Soak carp steaks overnight in milk to…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~45 minutes | Total time: ~2½ hours | Serves: 6 | Difficulty: Medium Quick Overview Fry finely chopped mushrooms until their liquid has cooked off Pound…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~40 minutes | Total time: ~2½ hours | Serves: 6 | Difficulty: Medium Quick Overview Pound thin slices of beef and season them with salt and…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: about 45 minutes | Total time: about 4½ hours (longer if the poppy seeds soak overnight) | Serves: 16 | Difficulty: Moderate Quick Overview Make half…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: about 45 minutes | Total time: about 4½ hours (longer if the poppy seeds soak overnight) | Serves: 16 | Difficulty: Moderate Quick Overview Soak the…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Prep time: 25 minutes | Cook time: 30 minutes | Serves: 8 | Difficulty: Easy Quick Overview Boil potatoes whole in their skins until tender, then peel and…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Prep time: 20 minutes | Cook time: 30 minutes | Serves: 8 | Difficulty: Easy Quick Overview Boil potatoes whole in their skins until tender, then peel and…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Healthy Kapuśniak Recipe: Sauerkraut Soup with Turkey Active time: ~30 minutes | Total time: ~1¾ hours | Serves: 6 | Difficulty: Easy Quick Overview Brown chunks of skinless…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Traditional Kapuśniak Recipe: Sauerkraut Soup with Pork Ribs Active time: ~30 minutes | Total time: ~1¾ hours | Serves: 6 | Difficulty: Easy Quick Overview Brown the pork…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Traditional Rosół Recipe: Clear Chicken Soup with Noodles Active time: ~30 minutes | Total time: ~3–3½ hours | Serves: 6 | Difficulty: Easy Quick Overview Put the chicken…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~1.5 hours | Mushroom soaking: overnight | Total: ~2 hours | Yields: 50–60 dumplings | Difficulty: Intermediate Served with: Traditional Barszcz Czerwony — these two dishes…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~45 minutes | Fermentation: 5–7 days | Total cooking: ~1 hour | Serves: 6–8 | Difficulty: Intermediate Quick Overview Prepare the zakwas buraczany (fermented beet juice)…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~40 minutes | Total time: ~55 minutes | Serves: 4 (16–20 pancakes) | Difficulty: Easy Quick Overview Grate floury potatoes and an onion, half coarse and…
Healthy Gołąbki Recipe: Lean Turkey and Brown Rice Cabbage Rolls Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Active time: ~1 hour | Total time: ~2–2½ hours | Serves: 6 | Difficulty: Medium Quick Overview Soften…
Traditional Gołąbki Recipe: Pork and Rice, Plus Meatless Gołąbki for Wigilia Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Active time: ~1 hour | Total time: ~2–2½ hours | Serves: 6 | Difficulty: Medium Quick Overview…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~1 hour | Total time: ~3½ hours, plus soaking and an overnight rest | Serves: 8 | Difficulty: Medium Quick Overview Soak dried mushrooms and keep…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~1 hour | Total time: ~3½ hours, plus soaking and an overnight rest | Serves: 8 | Difficulty: Medium Quick Overview Soak dried mushrooms and keep…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Healthy Żurek Recipe: Less Sausage, No Bacon, Greek Yogurt Active time: ~1 hour | Starter: 4–7 days ahead | Serves: 6 | Difficulty: Medium Quick Overview Start the…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Traditional Żurek Recipe: Sour Rye Soup for Easter Active time: ~1 hour | Starter: 4–7 days ahead | Serves: 6 | Difficulty: Medium Quick Overview Start the rye…
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