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Cottage Cheese & Potato dumplings (Pierogi Ruskie)
Legend says Pierogi was brought to Poland by St. Jacek Odrowąż in the 13th century. It believed the method and style of the dumplings was inspired by Asian cuisine as a result of Mongol occupation in the area at the time. This specific recipe…
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Sausages in horseradish sauce (kiełbasa w sosie chrzanowym)
Sausages in horseradish sauce is a typical polish homecooked meal. This quick and simple recipe is tasty hit for those who love comforting meals during winter and spring. Traditionally this recipe uses…
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Pork Apple Tenderloins (Polędwiczki z jabłkami)
Pork Apple Tenderloins is mostly an autumn dish in Poland. This recipe has very humble roots, as it comes from a time in Polish history when sweet apples weren’t available easily. However…
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Polish Kugel
Polish Kugel is the official traditional dish of the Fałków region in south-western Poland. Kugel is mostly known for being a Jewish dish. However, when the Poles seen the Jewish/German version of the recipe in the…
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Polish Sauerkraut Potatoes (Ciapkapusta)
Polish Sauerkraut Potatoes (Ciapkapusta) is one of the officially recognised, traditional dishes of the Silesia region (śląskie) in southern Poland. A recipe that can be dated back to…
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Polish Fried Patties (Bryzol)
The recipe for Polish Fried Patties (Bryzol), dates back to the late 17th century in Poland. Where it was used as an exquisite dish to impress the Nobles and Magnates. Its suspected the…
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Cottage Cheese Potatoes (Gzik)
Cottage Cheese Potatoes (Gzik) is an officially recognised dish of the Wielkopolska region in central-west Poland. Dating back to the 1800’s, the dish is believed to be created by countryside grandmothers. Who were making use of the…
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Polish Potato Cake (Babka ziemniaczana)
Polish Potato Cake is a recipe that grew popularity in the North-eastern region of Poland. Specifically Mazovia, Podlasie and Suwałki. The recipe, is considered to originate from Belarus. Common records usually credit this down to the…
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Peasants Pot (Chłopski garnek)
Peasants Pot is a fairly self explanatory name. However, something to note about this dish is the difficulty of getting any certainty regarding its history. After substantial research the only thing I could confirm was…
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Polish Sauerkraut Pasta (Łazanki)
Polish Sauerkraut Pasta has a rather royal heritage. Its origin was started by Polish-Lithuanian Queen Bona Sforza, wife of King Sigismund I the Old. Who in the 16th century, decided to…
Background of Polish Main Dishes
| Poland has some of the most prolific main dishes in the world. So much in fact that most people have heard of Pierogi or Gulasz. While these dishes are wonderful and well loved. The true roots of Polish cooking quite often go unnoticed. Most people don’t know these unnoticed recipes due to a strong language barrier. Polish language, being the 5th most difficult language in the world for an English speaker. Often has words to describe food that most translators just can’t help you with. For example, meat stuffed cabbage rolls is called “Gołąbki” in Polish. The literal translation for this word in English is “Young Pigeons”. Needless to say for someone not fluent in Polish this could generate a few confusing search engine results. Thus the English titles I have used in the above recipes are best representation for the native Polish intentions. Polish cuisine and culture has a strong background in Meat, Fish and Poultry. You will find that almost every main traditional dish in Poland has one of these. In fact most Poles consume around 80kg of meat per year. Some people ask why there are no vegetarian alternative to these recipes, and the answer is simple. There are vegetarian versions, but this site is about tradition and culture. Which means the recipes posted are from a time before being vegetarian was a choice. However, that doesn’t mean there isn’t something for everyone in Polish traditional Cuisine. Poland Main Dishes are quite often vegetable based, making adaption easy. Traditionally, Main dishes in Poland are also served with soup and side salads. The variety of these options are overwhelming. If I was still a Vegetarian, Polish cooking would be my first stop for making weekly meals less boring and more comforting. The above lists may change from time to time, as new recipes will be added each week. So if you have a recipe you enjoy I encourage saving it to your favourites on your browser. |