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Potato and Cheese Pierogi
Tender dumplings filled with potato and farmer's cheese, boiled and then fried in butter with onions. A weekend…
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Dumplings, pickles and generous comfort food. 43 Polish recipes, from the everyday to the ambitious.
The 43 recipes cover 9 of the site’s categories, among them 26 dinners, 3 bakes, 3 lunches, 3 quick meals, 2 breakfasts and 2 desserts. Of these, 7 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Polish Cucumber Salad (10 min), Air Fryer Pierogies (22 min) and Zapiekanka (25 min). For 15, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 24 easy, 16 medium and 3 hard.
As written, 23 are vegetarian, 1 vegan, 7 gluten-free and 7 dairy-free. Another 2 meet a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.
Polish recipes — all 43 recipes
Dinner
Gołąbki
Cabbage leaves rolled around pork, beef and rice, then braised in tomato until the leaves are soft enough to cut…
Dinner
Bigos
The Polish hunter's stew: sauerkraut and fresh cabbage cooked down for hours with several kinds of pork, dried…
Lunch
Żurek
Sour rye soup made from a fermented starter, with white sausage, potatoes, marjoram and a halved boiled egg…
Quick Meals
Zapiekanka
A halved baguette covered in fried mushrooms and cheese, grilled until melting, and finished with a stripe of…
Breakfast
Placki Ziemniaczane
Grated potato pancakes fried crisp at the edges and soft in the middle. Forty minutes, and the squeezing is the…
Baking
Makowiec
A yeasted roll wound around a thick poppy seed filling, sliced to show the spiral. Poland's Christmas cake.
Dinner
Pierogi Ruskie
Dumplings filled with potato and curd cheese, boiled and then fried in butter with onions. Poland's most-made dish.
Desserts
Sernik
A dense baked cheesecake made with twaróg rather than cream cheese, which makes it drier and more interesting.
Dinner
Rosół
Polish chicken soup: a clear, golden broth simmered for hours with chicken, root vegetables and allspice, served…
Dinner
Kapuśniak
A Polish sauerkraut soup with smoked ribs, sausage, potatoes and carrots. Sour, smoky and thick enough to be a meal.
Quick Meals
Kielbasa and Cabbage
Sliced smoked kielbasa fried with onion and shredded cabbage until the cabbage softens and browns. Four servings in…
Quick Meals
Haluski
Buttery fried cabbage and onion tossed with egg noodles. Four servings in 30 minutes from three cheap ingredients.
Lunch
Beetroot Soup
Beetroot, onion and potato simmered for 40 minutes in stock, blended smooth and finished with a spoon of soured…
Dinner
Polish Meatballs
Pork and beef meatballs with rice and dill, simmered for 25 minutes in a tomato sauce, served with mashed potato.
Dinner
Perogies with Onions
Boiled potato and cheese dumplings pan-fried in butter until golden, served with slowly browned onions.
Side dish
Polish Cucumber Salad
Thinly sliced cucumber in sour cream with dill, a little sugar and vinegar, served cold.
Side dish
Kopytka
Polish potato dumplings of mashed potato, flour and egg, cut into small diagonal pieces, boiled and tossed in butter.
Dinner
Barszcz
A clear red Polish beetroot soup simmered with carrot, onion and bay and finished with lemon juice and dill.
Baking
Paczki
Rich, round Polish doughnuts filled with rose petal jam, cooked in hot oil and finished with a dusting of icing sugar.
Appetizers
Air Fryer Pierogies
Potato and cheese pierogi brushed with butter and air fried for 12 minutes until the pastry is golden, served with…
Dinner
Instant Pot Cabbage Rolls
Cabbage leaves wrapped around a beef and rice filling and cooked under pressure in tomato sauce, until the leaves…
Dinner
One Pot Cabbage Roll Soup
Beef mince, shredded cabbage, rice and tomatoes simmered in a single pot for 40 minutes with a little vinegar and…
Dinner
Kotlet Schabowy
A Polish breaded pork loin cutlet beaten thin and fried in lard until deep gold, served with potatoes and cucumber…
Dinner
Krupnik
A thick Polish barley soup with root vegetables and smoked meat or chicken, simmered for 1 hour.
Dinner
Golonka
A Polish pork knuckle simmered with root vegetables and then roasted in beer until the skin crackles, in 2 hours 15…
Baking
Szarlotka
A Polish apple cake of shortcrust with a thick layer of cinnamon apples and a grated pastry top, baked for 45 minutes.
Holiday Specials
Mazurek
A flat Polish Easter cake of crisp shortcrust topped with chocolate or caramel and decorated with nuts and dried…
Holiday Specials
Piernik
A Polish honey and spice cake with cinnamon, ginger, cloves and cocoa, baked for 40 minutes and finished with a plum…
Breakfast
Nalesniki
Thin Polish pancakes folded round a filling of sweet curd cheese and raisins, then fried in butter until golden.
Dinner
Pierogi z Kapusta
Polish dumplings filled with sauerkraut and dried mushrooms, boiled in batches and fried in butter with onions.
Dinner
Pierogi z Miesem
Polish dumplings filled with seasoned minced beef and pork, boiled in batches and served with fried onions.
Dinner
Placki po Wegiersku
Potato pancakes topped with a thick paprika beef goulash and a spoonful of soured cream, a Polish pub classic.
Desserts
Sernik na Zimno
A no bake Polish cheesecake of biscuit base, cream cheese and whipped cream, set in the fridge for 6 hours and…
Lunch
Chlodnik
A cold pink Polish soup of beetroot, kefir, cucumber, radishes and dill: 15 minutes of work and no cooking, then an…
Dinner
Kotlet Mielony
Flat Polish minced pork cutlets seasoned with onion, garlic and marjoram, coated in breadcrumbs and fried, in 30…
Dinner
Pyry z Gzikiem
Boiled new potatoes served with gzik, a cold dip of curd cheese, soured cream, radishes and chives from Poznań.
Side dish
Kluski Slaskie
Soft Silesian potato dumplings shaped into balls with a dent in the middle for gravy, simmered for 5 minutes.
Dinner
Rolada Slaska
Beef slices rolled around bacon, onion and gherkin, browned and braised in gravy for 40 minutes, a Silesian Sunday…
Side dish
Modra Kapusta
Polish red cabbage braised with apple, onion, vinegar and sugar for 25 minutes until tender and sweet and sour.
Dinner
Zrazy
Polish beef rolls filled with mushrooms, onion and pickled cucumber, browned and braised in gravy for 60 minutes.
Dinner
Kaszanka
Polish buckwheat and blood sausage fried with onions and apple until crisp, served with mustard, ready in 45 minutes.
Dinner
Knedle ze Sliwkami
Polish potato dumplings wrapped around whole plums with a sugar cube and served with buttered breadcrumbs and…