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).

Strawberry & Orange Kissel (with step-by-step photos)

(Przepis po polsku)

I love home-made kissel! This is one of tastes of my childhood. When I was a child my mother did for us kissel two ways: thick one as a dessert and liquid one as a drink. Usually it was made from apples but I found strawberry one the best. 

In Poland kissel is also commonly served as a light meal while food poisoning (of course with smaller amount of sugar and without whipped cream). 

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.

 

Jagodzianki: Polish Sweet Buns with Blueberries

(Przepis po polsku)

Jagodzianki* are traditional Polish sweet buns. Usually they are baked during Summer. You can buy them in every cake shop/bakery in Poland. 

*"Jagoda" means blueberry in Polish :)

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!

MIZERIA - POLISH CUCUMBER SALAD

Traditional mizeria is made from sliced cucumbers, onion, sour cream, salt and pepper. In my house my Mum made mizeria with sweetcorn and chives.

KAPUSNIAK - POLISH TRADITIONAL SAUERKRAUT SOUP

I think I am addicted to this soup ... :). This is my absolute number one! Kapusniak is nourishing traditional Polish soup. My Mother is making it on Autumn and Winter.
The best sauerkraut you will buy in Polish shops.

ASIA'S APPLE PIE

When I was young we had classes at school called ZPT. We learned how to cook, sew, repair stuff. At one of those lessons we had to bake cake. My friend Asia shared with us her family's Apple Pie recipe.
Since that time I am baking it quite often. The best is with vanilla ice-cream.

SKUBANIEC - PLESNIAK - POLISH "MOLDY" CAKE (meringue, cocoa and blueberries)

My favorite Polish cake :)

Ingredients:

200 g unsalted butter
4 eggs
3 cups flour
1,5 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup and 4 tablespoon caster sugar
pinch of salt
2 tablespoon cocoa powder
fresh fruits (I used 250 g blueberries) or jar of your favorite jam

1. Cold butter mix together with flour, baking powder, 4 tablespoon sugar, pinch of salt and 4 egg yolks.
2. Make 3 equal balls from dough. One ball mix with cocoa. Put them to fridge for one hour.
3. Beat 4 egg whites together with 1 cup sugar until well beaten.
4. Prepare tray: grease it and sprinkle with flour or bread crumbs.
5. Pre-heat oven to 160 C degrees.
6. Grate one ball of dough on tray. Put on it blueberries.
7. On blueberries grate another one ball of dough.
8. Spread egg whites on dough.
9. Grate cocoa dough as a last.
10. Bake until meringue on top will be crunchy outside and soft inside (I baked 60 minutes).
11. If you are not very experienced baker you can bake each layer of cake for: grate white dough on tray - bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven. Add blueberries and grate another ball. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven. Add meringue and grate cocoa dough. Bake for 40 minutes or until meringue is ready.

Smacznego!

Pierogi with blueberries (Polish dumplings)

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

Fast and easy cinnamon-chocolate muffins

I love muffins! My offer for today are cinnamon-chocolate so simple to make muffins. 

Enjoy this great taste! 

Walnut cake

My most delicious cake. Adored by everyone who tries it at least once.

Interesting fact: in this cake there is not even a gram of flour!

This cake I am making for Christmas. Aroma of nuts is so lovely!

Sponge cake with whipped cream and strawberries.

MINI TARTLES WITH WHIPPED CREAM AND DULCE DE LECHE

Absolutely delicious! Very sweet addition to coffee. This is my Mum's recipe. 

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!