Bright green in color, the Polish lesny mech cake really resembles a forest floor. Topped with raspberries, pomegranates, and blueberries, the cream and spinach moss cake is the perfect summer treat! What is the Polish Moss Cake (Lesny Mech)? If you were to tell me a few months ago that spinach is a great addition …
Symbolic of the Risen Christ, the Polish Easter Lamb Cake or Baranek Wielkanocny is a dense and delicious cake that’s almost too pretty to eat! The traditional meaning behind the Polish Easter Lamb Cake Baranek Wielkanocny is a traditional cake shaped like a lamb that plays a central part on polish dining tables during Easter …
This traditional Polish winter dish made with fresh cabbage or sauerkraut is heartwarming on its own, but also goes really well with meaty sides such as ribs and chops. Sauerkraut, which is made by fermenting shredded cabbage, has been a staple food in Poland for centuries. The fermentation process helps to preserve the cabbage, making …
Polish Warm Shredded Beets, also known as Ciepła Sałatka z Buraków or simply Buraczki in Polish, is a delicious and traditional dish in Polish cuisine. It’s a simple and easy-to-prepare salad made of shredded boiled beets mixed with chopped onions, garlic, and vinegar, and served warm. The dish is a popular side dish in Poland, …
Kapusniak is a wholesome and filling Polish soup made from sauerkraut or fermented cabbage, carrots, and potatoes. Eaten meatless during the season of Lent, the soup can include smoked bacon, pork ribs, and kielbasa at other times. It’s All About The Cabbage! Cabbage as a species has been grown in Europe since 1000 BC, but …
Not just magical, mushrooms stuffed with cheese, bacon, and mashed potatoes are the perfect crowd-pleasing appetizer for your dinner parties. Garnished with pepper, garlic, and fresh herbs, there won’t be one left behind! The day you need a quick side dish or an impressive appetizer that you can prepare just like that, think mushrooms! Not …
The vegetable salad is a flagship dish of Polish cuisine and everyone has their own proven way of preparing it. This mouth-watering version of the Russian Salad or Polish potato salad called Jarzynowa Salad is Pyszne! That means Yum! Who Invented the Vegetable Salad? Lucien Olivier, a Russian chef of Belgian origin, made this salad …
These Polish yeast-based doughnuts are made to celebrate Fat Thursday before Lent begins, along with faworki. Filled with sweet cream or jam and rolled in powdered sugar, paczki a treat for everyone! Unlike American donuts that are based on Dutch oliebolen Polish paczki don’t have any “donut holes”. They’re big, round and filled with something. …
For Poles, Golabki needs no introduction. It’s always on Polish tables (especially at Christmas) regardless of which part of the country you’re coming from, and the recipe is always pretty much the same even if they’re being called golumpki quite often. It turns out that in the US Polish cabbage rolls are dominated by the …
Made with a rich brioche-like dough, the Chocolate Babka is a traditional Polish bread or cake, often made for Easter. The sweet-braided bread filled with melted chocolate and topped with sugar syrup is irresistible! Short History of Babka Babkas appeared all over Europe at the end of the XVIIth century. In Poland the king Stanisław …