Cuisine
Poland
Polish cooking grew out of grain, potatoes, cabbage, wild mushrooms and pork, and its signature is the sour tang of pickles and fermented starters. Gentry, peasant, Jewish, Lithuanian and German influences have mingled here for centuries. The most important meals are Christmas Eve supper, the Easter breakfast and the Sunday dinner, which always starts with soup.
- 8 dishes
- Soups: 2
- Main dishes: 4
- Snacks and street food: 1
- Desserts and sweets: 1
- vegetarian: 3
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main dish · vegetarian
Pierogi
Half-moon dumplings of thin dough filled with potato and curd cheese, topped with onion softened in butter.
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soup
Żurek (sour rye soup)
A sour soup made with fermented rye starter, with white sausage, egg and marjoram – an Easter must.
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main dish
Bigos (hunter's stew)
Sauerkraut and fresh cabbage slowly stewed with several meats, sausage, wild mushrooms and prunes.
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main dish
Stuffed cabbage rolls
Cabbage leaves wrapped around minced meat and rice, then slowly braised in sauce.
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main dish
Kotlet schabowy (breaded pork chop)
Pounded pork loin coated in egg and breadcrumbs and fried until golden – a Sunday lunch classic.
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snack · vegetarian
Oscypek (smoked sheep's cheese)
A spindle-shaped smoked sheep's milk cheese stamped with highland patterns, eaten warm with cranberry sauce.
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dessert · vegetarian
Pączki (Polish doughnuts)
Fluffy fried balls of rich yeast dough filled with rose-petal jam and glazed or dusted with icing sugar.
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soup
Borscht
A hearty ruby-red soup of beetroot, cabbage and potatoes in meat broth, served with soured cream and dill.
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