Cornflake-Crusted Chicken Schnitzel (step-by-step photos)

Great and simple dinner recipe. It is one of my all time favourites.

I published this recipe on my Polish site "Przepisy Aleksandry" on 16.05.2014.

Polish Egg Patties (recipe with step-by-step photos)

(Po polsku)

Egg patties (kotlety z jajek) are delicious alternative for meat ones. My Mum used to make them for meat free Fridays (one of Polish-Catholic traditions).

The Best Chicken Parmesan (recipe with step-by-step photos)

(Po polsku)

Last week I made Chicken Parmesan for the first time...and definitely not the last time. It is delicious! I haven't even heard about this dish until I found recipe in Cook’s Illustrated.

I found out that Chicken Parmesan is very popular in Australia's pubs :). 

Delicious Marinara Sauce (recipe with step-by-step photos)

(Po polsku)

Marinara is one of my favourite Italian sauces! Serve it with pasta or with Chicken Parmesan. It is also great as a thick pizza sauce. 

Truly delicious :)

Creamy chicken & vegetable pie (with step-by-step photos)

 

(Przepis po polsku) 

 

British cuisine makes you warm and happy. One of my best comfort food are pies, especially with chicken and mushrooms. My chicken pie is creamy and really tasty. I hope you will like it :). It is perfect dish for rainy Summer days. 

 





 

Linguine aglio, olio e peperoncino

Pasta aglio, olio e pepperoncino is one of the easiest Italian dishes. It is packed of flavours. Serve it with white wine.

Aglio olio is traditional dish of Abruzzo (region in central Italy).  

Abruzzo (photo from http://www.insidersabroad.com)



Traditional "Russian Pierogi" with cheese and potatoes

 

"Russian Pierogi" are the most famous type of pierogi in Poland. This dish is simple yet delicious! You can experiment with other pierogi filling, for example filling with your country favourite flavours.

Other popular types of pierogi are with: blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, mushrooms and sauerkraut, meat, sweet farmers cottage cheese.

 

Mushroom & Peas Risotto (with step-by-step photos)

(Przepis po polsku)

Risotto is one of my favorite dishes. I found it very easy to make and elegant. 

You can serve it to children even it contains wine - alcohol will evaporate while cooking. 

Tomato and red pepper cream soup

I love this soup! It is smooth and creamy. Serve it with aromatic croutons. 

Thyme gnocchi with peas and ricotta

Very easy and delicious vegetarian gnocchi. A must try :)

IDAHO SUNRISE (step-by-step photos)

Tasty and simple Summer dinner :). 

Polish vegetable salad

Ingredients:

Mayonnaise (try to buy Polish one from Winiary company. It tastes like home-made)

2 tablespoons mustard

3 large carrots

2 parsley-roots or parsnips

Half of celeriac

3 large hard-boiled eggs

1 can peas (or half a can of peas and half a can of corn)

Black pepper (salad must be spicy)

4 large Polish sour cucumbers (ogórki kiszone)

3 large potatoes

1 apple

1 small onion

Salt (optional)

1. Wash all the vegetables. Place: potatoes, carrots, parsnips, celeriac, and water in a large pot. Cook until al’dente (vegetables can’t be very soft because it will be hard to cut them and instead of salad you will get a mash).

2. Cooked and cooled vegetables peel from their skin. Cut them into small cubes (one cube should be big as one pea).

3. To large bowl add cooked vegetables, peas (or peas with corn).

4. Cucumbers, onion, eggs, and apple: cut them into the same size small cubes as you cut vegetables. Add them to bowl.

5. Add to bowl mustard, black pepper (for your taste) and mayonnaise (start from 3 tablespoons). Mix everything (not to strong – you want vegetables to keep their shape). You can add more mayonnaise if needed (check photos on my blog how salad should look like).

6. You can add salt but in my opinion it is no needed.    

7. Put bowl with salad to fridge for a few hours.

8. Serve with sourdough bread.

This is vegetarian version. If you like meat use 2 Polish smoked sausages (kielbasa). Cut them into small cubes and add to the rest of ingredients.

Polish style potato pancakes (rosti)

The Daring Cook's February 2012 challenge hosted by Audax & Lis and they chose to present Patties for their ease of construction, ingredients and deliciousness! We were given several recipes and learned the different types of binders and cooking methods to produce our own tasty patties!

CHICKEN ROLLS WITH MUSHROOMS AND PANCETTA

This is the best dinner which I cooked. I love smoked taste of this meat.

Pierogi with blueberries (Polish dumplings)

My best Summer dinner! There is nothing better than fresh pierogi with blueberries. Sweet temptation!

Garlic sauce by Aleksandra

My favourite sauce/dip for warm sandwiches, meat, etc. 

GREEN BEANS WITH BREAD CRUMBS

I love vegetables. Green beans are great source of vitamins: K, C, A and manganese. This dinner is quite common in Poland. You can serve it with potatoes and roast meat.  

500G of green beans
3 tablespoons of bread crumbs
Salt
Grease (for example: butter, oil or margarine)


1. Wash green beans. Cook vegetables with smaller 1 tablespoon of salt (you can use it less or more salt)

2. Cook beans for about 30 minutes. Ready ones are soft. 

3. Strain water.

4. Move beans to fry pan. 

5. Add bread crumbs and butter. Mix ingredients. 

6. Fry until bread crumbs will be golden-brown. 

7. Serve hot. 

Bon Apetite!

Polish style croquettes with ham (or chicken), cheese and parsley

photo taken in 2013

This is traditional meal in my family. We absolutely love it! It takes long time to prepare it, but trust me - it's worth your time!