Polish cuisine
When you come to Poland you should try some
traditional, mouth-watering Polish dishes.
Here you have got the top 12.
An essential part of the main Polish meal of the day is
soup. One of the most popular soups in the country is barszcz (fermented
beetroot soup), often served with beans or uszka, ravioli-type pastries
stuffed with meat or mushrooms. Another tasty soup is żurek - made of
rye-flour and cooked with mushrooms, and served with potatoes, diced
sausages and hard-boiled eggs. Other popular soups are kapuśniak
(made of brined cabbage), krupnik (barley soup on rich chicken stock with
vegetables and chunks of meat), potato soup, and tomato soup. And there is
also rosół - poultry or beef bouillon served with noodles .
Meat is prepared in a variety of ways: roasted, stewed,
fried, grilled. It's served both hot, with savoury gravies, and cold,
accompanied by mustard, pickled mushrooms or cucumbers.
Perhaps the best-known Polish dish is kotlet schabowy -
fried pork chop coated in breadcrumbs and served with potatoes and
cabbage. Other popular pork
dishes include roasted or boiled golonka (pork knuckle) and kaszanka.
One of the best beef dishes is zrazy zawijane - stewed
rolls stuffed with a pickled cucumber, a piece of sausage and mushrooms.
The Polish cuisine is noted for superb dumplings,
especially pierogi, which are made from noodle dough, stuffed with minced
meat, chopped brined cabbage mixed with mushrooms, cottage cheese, or
fruit, and boiled.
The Polish national dish is bigos, made of cabbage with
a variety of meats, smoked meats and mushrooms. Another speciality worth
trying is gołąbki - cabbage leaves stuffed with minced meat and
rice served with tomato or
mushroom sauce.
