Desserts
Trdelník
Sweet dough wound around a wooden spit, rolled in sugar and nuts and turned over coals until the outside caramelises…
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Bread dumplings, braised beef and very good beer. 16 Czech recipes, from the everyday to the ambitious.
The 16 recipes cover 5 of the site’s categories, among them 11 dinners, 2 bakes, 1 dessert, 1 holiday dish and 1 lunch. Of these, 2 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Czech Garlic Soup (25 min) and Smazeny Syr (25 min). For 6, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 8 easy, 6 medium and 2 hard.
As written, 10 are vegetarian, 1 vegan and 2 dairy-free.
Czech recipes — all 16 recipes
Dinner
Svíčková
Beef sirloin larded with bacon and pot-roasted on a bed of root vegetables, the whole lot blended into a thick cream…
Holiday Specials
Vánočka
A nine-strand braided Christmas bread from Bohemia, enriched with butter and egg yolk and studded with rum-soaked…
Side dish
Czech Dumplings
Bread dumplings steamed in a cloth roll and cut into rounds with thread. What Czech gravy is served over.
Dinner
Czech Potato Soup
A thick Czech soup of potatoes, carrot, celery and onion seasoned with marjoram and caraway, with mushrooms stirred…
Dinner
Kulajda
A creamy Czech soup of potatoes, dill and mushrooms, sharpened with a splash of vinegar and finished with a poached…
Dinner
Czech Garlic Soup
A clear, peppery Czech soup built on a whole head of garlic, with potato and marjoram, served with crisp bread…
Dinner
Bramboracky
Czech potato pancakes of grated raw potato, garlic, marjoram and flour, fried in oil until crisp and golden.
Dinner
Vepro Knedlo Zelo
Czech roast pork with bread dumplings and sauerkraut, the national plate, roasted for 90 minutes with caraway and…
Dinner
Gulas Cesky
Czech beef goulash with onions, caraway and paprika, simmered for 2 hours and served with bread dumplings.
Dinner
Smazeny Syr
Slabs of Edam or Hermelín cheese coated in breadcrumbs and fried until crisp, served with tartare sauce and chips.
Dinner
Rizek Cesky
A Czech breaded pork or veal schnitzel fried in lard until the crumb puffs and ripples, served with potato salad.
Dinner
Rajska Omacka
A sweet Czech tomato sauce with beef and bread dumplings, the beef simmered for an hour and a half, a classic school…
Lunch
Cesnecka Polevka
A Czech garlic soup with potato, marjoram and caraway, served over cheese croutons, ready in 45 minutes.
Baking
Koláče
Soft Czech yeast pastries topped with sweet poppy seed, curd cheese and plum jam fillings, risen for 90 minutes and…
Baking
Medovnik
A Czech honey cake of eight thin honey sponge layers sandwiched with soured cream and caramel, softened overnight.