List of Polish cuisine dishes

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Below is a list of dishes found in Polish cuisine.

Traditional Polish custom of blessing food on Holy Saturday. This Święconka basket contains: kiełbasa, boiled eggs, salt, pepper and bread. Decorated with bilberry leaves. Blessed food is eaten on Easter breakfast.

Contents

[edit] Soups

  • Barszcz - Its strictly vegetarian version is the first course during the Christmas Eve feast, served with dumplings called "uszka" (little dumping ears) with mushroom filling (sauerkraut can be used as well, again depending on the family tradition).
  • kartoflanka - potato soup
  • chłodnik - cold soup made of soured milk, young beet leaves, beets, cucumbers and chopped fresh dill
  • czernina - duck blood soup
  • flaki or flaczki - beef or pork tripe stew with marjoram
  • kwaśnica - traditional sauerkraut soup, eaten in the south of Poland
  • rosół - clear chicken soup
  • zupa borowikowa - boletus mushroom soup
  • zupa grzybowa/pieczarkowa - mushroom soup made of various species of mushroom
  • zupa ogórkowa - soup of sour, salted cucumbers, often with pork ("dill pickle soup")
  • zupa szczawiowa - sorrel soup
  • żur - soured rye flour soup with white sausage and/or hard-boiled egg
  • żurek - żur with potatoes, Polish sausage (kielbasa), and egg (jajko). Depending on the part of Poland it came from it may contain mushrooms as well. This dish is also called żurek starowiejski ("old village"). Żurek is frequently served with sour cream or by itself.
  • grochówka - pea and/or lentil soup.
  • kapuśniak - cabbage/sauerkraut soup
  • zupa pomidorowa - tomato soup usually served with pasta or rice.
  • Krupnik - barley soup with chicken, beef, carrots or vegetable broth.
  • zupa jarzynowa - chicken/vegetable boullion base vegetable soup.

  • Zupa pomidorowa - Tomato soup with rice

  • Rosół - chicken soup

  • Zupa grzybowa - forest mushrooms soup

  • Zupa ogórkowa - cucumber soup

[edit] Main course

  • pierogi - dumplings, usually filled with sauerkraut and/or mushrooms, meat, potato and/or savory cheese, sweet curd cheese with a touch of vanilla, or blueberries or other fruits, such as cherries or strawberries, and sometimes even apples -- optionally topped with sour cream, and sugar for the sweet versions
  • bigos - a stew of sauerkraut and meat, similar to the French choucroute, but generally less acidic and including unfermented cabbage
  • kotlet schabowy - a breaded pork chop, similar to the Austrian Wiener Schnitzel but usually thicker, served with boiled potatoes and cabbage stew
  • kasza gryczana ze skwarkami - buckwheat cereal with chopped, fried lard and onions
  • kaczka z jabłkami - roast duck with apples
  • pieczeń - a meat dish similar to the Bavarian Tellerfleisch or Austrian Tafelspitz
  • golonka - stewed pork knuckle or hock
  • gulasz - Goulash
  • gołąbki - Gowumpki, cabbage leaves stuffed with spiced minced meat and rice or with mushrooms and rice served with sour cream or tomato sauce
  • placki kartoflane/ziemniaczane - potato pancakes usually served with sour cream
  • pyzy - potato dumplings served by themselves or stuffed with minced meat or cottage cheese
  • naleśniki - crepes which are either folded in to triangles or rolled in to a tube typical servings include sweet white cheese with sugar and sour cream, various fruits topped with bita śmietana (whipped cream) or with bite bialka (whipped egg whites)
  • mizeria - sliced cucumbers and sour cream.
  • kaszanka - Polish blood sausage, made of pork blood, liver, lungs and fat with kasza, spiced with onion, pepper and marjoram.
  • kiszka ziemniaczana - type of roasted sausage made of minced potatoes
  • kotlet mielony - meat with eggs, bread crumbs, garlic, and salt and pepper rolled into a ball and fried on onion butter.
  • Baranina - roasted or grilled lamb.
  • Karkówka - tenderloin, usually roasted
  • Łosoś - salmon, often baked or boiled in a dill sauce.
  • Klopsiki - meatloaf, often with tomato sauce.
  • Polędwiczki wołowe - beef sirloin, often with rare mushroom sauce.
  • Zrazy zawijane - beef rolls stuffed with bacon, gherkin and onion.
  • Żeberka wędzone - smoked, roasted or grilled ribs.

  • Kotlet schabowy with fried potatoes.

  • Bigos (hunter's stew) and a glass of Tyskie beer at a restaurant in Kraków, Poland.

  • Gołąbki (stuffed cabbage) with mashed potatoes on the side.

  • Hreczki with a glass of Lezajsk beer.

[edit] Dessert

  • makowiec - poppy seed-swirl cake, sometimes with raisins and/or nuts.
  • pączek - closed donut filled with rose marmalade or other fruit conserves.
  • mazurek - cake baked in Poland, particularly at Easter, but also at other winter holidays.
  • pierniki - soft gingerbread shapes iced or filled with marmalade of different fruit flavours and covered with chocolate.
  • Sernik - Sernik (cheesecake) is one of the most popular desserts in Poland. It is a cake made primarily of twaróg, a type of fresh cheese.
  • chałka - sweet white wheat bread of Jewish origin.
  • krówki - Polish fudge, soft milk toffee candies.
  • kisiel - clear, jelly-like fruit liquid.
  • budyń - pudding--usually comes in many different flavors, such as sweet cream, chocolate, and even cherry.
  • twaróg, a type of fresh cheese.
  • faworki / chrusty - light fried pastry covered with powdered sugar
  • pańska skórka - kind of hard Taffy sold at cemeteries during Zaduszki and at Stare Miasto (Old city) in Warsaw
  • kutia - a small square pasta with wheat, poppy seeds, nuts, raisins and honey. Typically served during Christmas in the eastern regions (Białystok).

[edit] Folk medicine

  • Syrop z Cebuli- a cough remedy made of chopped onion and sugar; although it is very tasty, it is still considered a medicine.
  • Herbata góralska - Tea with alcohol

[edit] Ingredients

[edit] Beverages

  • miód pitny - mead
  • podpiwek - very lightly alcoholic beer made of crumbled dark bread
  • wino proste - a variety of alcoholic beverages made of fruit extracts and spirit, countless types and names of which exist
  • kompot - a non-alcoholic beverage made of boiled fruit, optionally also with sugar and spices (e.g. clove or cinnamon). Served hot or cold. Can be made of one type of fruit or a mixture, including but not limited to apples, peaches, pears, strawberries, sour cherries and gooseberries.
  • susz - a type of "kompot" made with dried fruits, most commonly apples, apricots, figs and so on. Traditionally served on Christmas, it has a distinct smell and brown colour.
  • Wódka - (Vodka) Poland produces and exports many premium vodkas, among them you will find brands such as Belvedere (vodka), Chopin vodka, Luksusowa, Wyborowa, Żubrówka and many more. Pablo Picasso once said "The three most astonishing things in the past half-century were the blues, cubism, and Polish vodka."

[edit] Regional cuisine

A list of dishes popular in certain regions of Poland:

[edit] Galicia

Kiełbasa
  • Karkówka - tenderloin, usually roasted
  • Kiełbasa - krakowska
  • Polish flat soda bread - aka proziaki
  • Apple strudel - aka strudel jabłkowy - apple cake, identical to Austrian Apfelstrudel
  • Pischinger chocolate oblaten cake - cake made of layers of wafer and layer
  • Sheep Milk Cheese Bryndza
  • Przysmak Piwny - Beef Jerky
  • Smoked sheep milk cheese Oscypek
  • Poppy seed cake Makowiec

[edit] Tatra mountains

[edit] Eastern Poland

[edit] Kresy

Sękacz
  • babka żółtkowa - yolk and yeast cake
  • bliny gryczane - buckwheat pancakes
  • cepeliny - big long-shaped potato dumplings stuffed with meat and marjoram
  • chłodnik - cold soup made of soured milk, young beet leaves, beets, cucumbers and chopped fresh dill
  • grzyby po żmudzku - mushrooms, Samogitian style
  • kawior z bakłażana - "caviar" of egg-plant
  • kreple z lejka
  • kugiel ze skwarkami
  • kutia - traditional Christmas dish, made of wheat, poppy seeds, nuts, raisins and honey
  • melszpejz zaparzany z jabłek
  • pieczeń wiedźmy
  • ruskie pierogi - Ruthenian style pierogi with quark cheese and potato
  • szodo
  • tort ziemniaczany - potato cake
  • zrazy wołyńskie
  • żeberka wieprzowe po żmudzku - pork ribs, Samogitian style

[edit] Podlaskie

Pierogi
  • Kopytka - potato dumplings with fried onions
  • korycinski cheese -
  • babka ziemniaczana -
  • cebulniaczki -
  • chleb biebrzański -
  • kartacz - big long-shaped potato dumplings stuffed with meat and marjoram
  • kiszka ziemniaczana - potato sausage
  • okoń smażony, w zalewie octowej - perch fried in vinegar
  • sękacz - pyramid cake, made of many layers.
  • zucielki -

[edit] North

  • szpekucha - small dumplings stuffed with lard and fried onion

[edit] Masovia (including Warsaw)

Makowiec Poppy seed cakes.
  • baba warszawska - yeast cake
  • bułka z pieczarkami - a bun filled with a champignon (field mushroom) stew, ersatz hot dogs under communism, when frankfurters were in short supply
  • flaczki z pulpetami (po warszawsku) - tripe stew with marjoram and small meat noodles
  • kawior po żydowsku - "Jewish caviar" - chopped calf or poultry liver with garlic and hard boiled egg
  • kugiel - found in the town of Ostroleka, made with potatoes and diced meat
  • pączki - doughnuts with rose marmalade
  • Nalesniki - pancakes filled with sweet white cheese
  • pyzy z mięsem - round potato dumplings stuffed with meat
  • zrazy wołowe - rolled beef strips in sauce
  • zrazy wołowe zawijane - chopped dill cucumbers and onions wrapped in thin strips of beef
  • zupa grzybowa po kurpiowsku (z gąsek) - mushroom soup made of Tricholoma equestre, a large mushroom with a cereal-like flavor.

[edit] Masuria

  • kartacz
  • sękacz - pyramid cake, made of many layers.

[edit] Pomerania

  • pierniki - soft gingerbread shapes filled with marmalade of different fruit flavours and covered with chocolate.

[edit] Silesia

Pickled Golonka, with kapusta.
  • Żymła - a well-baked bread roll, oval with a division in the middle, topped with poppy seeds, similar to Austrian Keisersemmel.
  • Kluski śląskie (Silesian dumplings) - round shaped dumplings served with gravy, made of mashed boiled potatoes, finely grated raw potatoes, an egg, grated onion, wheat flour and potato starch flour.
  • Rolada z modrą kapustą (roladen with red cabbage) - best-quality beef-meat roll; stuffed with pickled vegetable, ham, and good amount of seasoning; always served with red cabbage (with fried bacon, fresh onion and allspice); traditionally eaten with kluski śląskie for Sunday dinner.
  • Szałot (Silesian potato salad) - a salat made of squares of boiled potatoes, root vegetables, various sausages (sometimes ham), pickled fish (usually herring), boiled eggs, bonded with mayonnaise.
  • Siemieniotka or siemiotka - very original and rare kind of soup made of hemp seed with boiled kasza, one of main Christmas Eve meals. Requires a lot of hand work to prepare according to tradition.
  • Knysza - pita bread with meat and lots of cabbage.
  • Makiełki or moczka or makówki - traditional Christmas Eve dessert, its main ingredients are: gingerbread extract, nuts and dried fruit, strawberry compote and almonds.
  • Poppy seed pastry - many elaborate recipes possible; based on finely ground poppy seeds, with raisins, almonds, candied citrus peels, honey, sugar, pudding flavoured with rum. Decorated with fingers of crumbling.

[edit] Greater Poland

  • gzik (gzika) - cottage cheese with onion and/or chives
  • kaczka z pyzami i modrą kapustą - roast duck with steam-cooked rolls and red cabbage
  • pyry z gzikiem - boiled, peeled or unpeeled potatoes with gzik (see above) and butter
  • rogale świętomarcińskie - croissants filled with poppy seeds, almonds, other nuts and raisins, traditionally eaten on November the 11th, St. Martin's Day.
  • plendze - potato pancakes served with sugar
  • Kopytka - potato dumplings

[edit] Polish Cuisine dishes and beverages

  • Breakfast in Poland

  • Barszcz, the soup is a staple part of the local culinary heritage of many Eastern and Central European nations.

  • Kompot of dried fruit

  • Herbata - Tea in a glass, Gniezno

  • Kawa - coffee

  • Ogórki kiszone Polish style pickled cucumbers.

  • Polędwica

  • Rolada covered in sauce with potato's and salad on the side.

  • Śląsk breads

  • Kartacze z okrasą

  • Traditional Polish cuisine dish (Poznań) - boiled pork (golonka), potatoes, cabbage.

  • Rollmops, carp, matjas or herring being very important in Wigilia Polish culture. Christmas Eve Table in Poland.

  • Faworki

  • Rollmops

  • Warzywna z majonezem - Vegetable salad with mayonnaise

  • Angielka Bread

  • Grochówka - pea soup

  • Kapusniak - cabbage soup

  • Faszerowane jajka (Stuffed eggs)

  • Christmas breakfast in Poland

  • Wigilia - Traditional Christmas Eve supper in Poland

  • Polish delicacies of fish. From left: herring in sour cream, dainty hunter, roulade of salmon. Spices come from Poznań marketplace.

  • Okocim Beers

  • Książęce Lwówek Śląski Pierwsza Warka.

  • Żywiec Beer

  • Warka Beer

  • Sobieski Vodka

  • Chopin Vodka

  • Chicken Leg with potatoes on the side.

  • The typical Polish dish - minced pork (kotlety mielone), potatoes, beets, tea.

  • Fried pork liver at a restaurant in Sanok, Poland

  • Galareta Jellied pig's feet or cold legs.

  • Grilled kielbasa

  • Kabanosy

  • Kaszanka

  • Dried mushrooms

  • Kisiel or Kissel with strawberries and fruit

  • Torty - Polish sweet cakes

  • Róża karnawałowa - Carnival Rose cake

  • Ptysie cake

  • Karpatka cake

  • Obwarzanek krakowski - One of the symbols of Krakow, a product of geographical indication in the European Union.

  • kremowska and ptasie mleczko cakes

  • kremówka, mufinka and czekoladowe cakes

  • Baba wielkanocna cake

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