‘Polish Recipes’ Archives
Sernik (Baked Cheesecake)
A basic baked cheesecake recipe. No pastry base, just full of continental cheese. Ingredients 500g continental cottage cheese (smooth) 4 eggs 125g margarine or butter 1/2 cup caster sugar 1pkt (60g) custard/pudding powder - vanilla flavoured Method Preheat oven to 160C. Grease an 11 inch round spring [...]
Bigos(Hunters Stew)
Bigos (Hunters Stew) is a combination of sour cabbage, fresh cabbage and lots of sausage, preferrably Polish. Some people make it with sour cabbage only and use fresh pork meat, but in my bigos I prefer a mixture of sour and fresh cabbage and a mixture of sausage and ham off cuts. If you happen to have a Polish or any continental delicatessen [...]
Cabbage Rolls (golabki)
A huge favourite in Poland, these are usually filled with minced meat and rice but in the fasting period leading up to Easter (Lent), they are also made with just rice and mushrooms. Many Central European countries have a version of this dish, but I think the Polish one is great. My version of the golabki has a combination of half beef and half [...]
Tips to learn the Polish lingo
Many Polish sounds are difficult to pronounce, unless you already speak a Slavic language. Try these tips. An "a" has an "uh" sound, an "I" is usually pronounced like a "w", and "w" is said like a "v". So babka is "buhb-ka" and golabki is "gawompki". Some words are said letter by letter. For example, pierogi is pronounced "pyeh-row-ghi" , [...]
Vegetable Salad(Salatka Jarzynowa)
This is a traditional Polish recipe. The salad consists of as few or as many ingredients as you want to include. My version has 6, but some of my friends put as many as 10 or more! It is a popular dish, found on every Polish table. Served with a nice rye bread it can be a very wholesome meal by itself. My version consits of the following [...]