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Kapusta z Grzybami: Sauerkraut with Mushrooms Recipe

Often eaten at the Christmas Eve dinner, this Polish sauerkraut and mushrooms dish is fairly easy to make. Known as kapusta or kapusta z grzybami, it’s also used as a filling for pierogi or krokiety. What Is Kapusta? Kapusta is a traditional Polish dish made by frying sauerkraut with mushrooms and onions. Traditionally, the mushrooms …

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Kopytka Recipe – Traditional Polish Potato Dumplings

These diamond-shaped Polish dumplings or “little hooves” made of mashed potatoes are the perfect replacement for rice, pasta, or bread. They go perfectly with some meaty dishes or even with some tasty golabki. Kopytka, literally “little hooves”, are one of the most traditional Polish dumplings – in a way they’re similar to Italian gnocchi, some …

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Summer Kompot Recipe: Polish Fruit Drink

Kompot is THE most traditional Polish drink. One can say Polish beer or vodka is the most famous, but I disagree – everyone drinks kompot in Poland and it’s been that way for generations. It’s also made in Russia, Ukraine and across all of Eastern Europe and the Balkans. There are two versions of this …

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Mizeria Recipe: Polish Cucumber Salad

Polish people tend to eat seasonal things. It’s always been a tradition to wait a whole year for something seasonal since the produce wasn’t imported (avocados, I’m looking at you!). The beginning of the summer is time for fresh fruits like berries or apricots, Summer was perfect was sunflowers (in Poland we never eat sunflowers …

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