Polish Stuffed Cabbage - Gobki Cabbage Rolls are made of pork and beef mixed with rice, nestled in a cabbage leaf and cooked in the oven or on the cooker until tender. Served with tomato sauce Polish Hunter's Stew - Bigos Bigos is considered the national dish of Poland. It's long-simmered meat- and-sauerkraut stew that goes back centuries. It was traditionally served at the start of the hunting season, from autumn through Shrove Tuesday. Its a combination of beef, pork, poultry and vegetables like onion, carrot and mushrooms. Polish Breaded Pork Cutlets - Kotlety Schabowe Breaded and fried pork cutlets are very popular at Polish tables. Boneless center- cut pork chops or pork tenderloin that are pounded thinly can be used. Ros Polish Chicken Soup Ros is a traditional Polish soup. The most popular variety is a clear chicken soup served with fine noodles, often homemade. This is the typical soup served at Sunday dinner, weddings and other family occasions. Its also very popular in the winter. Polish Sausage - Biaa Kiebasa Polish white sausage is made of raw pork & beef, with salt, pepper, garlic and marjoram, covered with white natural animal intestine. Its boiled and browned or baked with onions. It is made every year for Easter and Christmas. Mashed Potato Dumplings - Polish Kopytka Polish potato dumplings or kopytka ("little hooves") are made with cooked mashed potatoes. Kopytka are excellent with buttered breadcrumbs as a side dish. Polish Doughnuts - Pczki Closed donut filled with fruit jam or other fruit conserves. In Poland, they are eaten especially on Fat Thursday (the last Thursday before Lent). And now we'll show you how to make some Polish dishes... Traditional Polish Potato Pudding Babka ziemniaczana chopped bacon (400 grams or more) 1 large onion, chopped 2 or 3 eggs 2 tablespoon potato flour 1,5 kilograms potatoes salt and pepper 1.In a large skillet, saute bacon and onion until lightly browned. Set aside to cool. 2.Peel and grate potatoes using a food processor or by hand. In a large bowl mix potatoes with onion, bacon, eggs, salt, and black pepper. Add enough flour and stir. Pour into prepared pan and bake for 1 1/2 hour, until top is quite brown. Remove from oven and let sit for 5 minutes before cutting into squares. Slices of babkacan be browned in butter the next day. Pierogi Today we will show you how to make traditional polish dish like pierogi. You can make it on many ways. Salty, sweet or many others. We will show you how to make them with cheese filling and jam. At the beginning we prepare dough. We need: -2 cups wheat flour -pinch of salt -spoon of oil -about 2/3 cup of hot water Directions: 1. Pour flour on table. 2. Do the hole in it and pour there oil and pinch of salt. 3. Knead dough and add a little hot water dough must be like modeling clay. 4.Cover dough with bowl and let rest for 15minutes. 5.Bring a large pot of lightly salted water add spoon of oil and boil it. 6.Divide the dough in 4 parts. 3 of them cover food foil (so that they don't dry) and 1 part roll on the table with flour. 7. Cut circles with the cup. Next we will make cheese filling. We need: - yolk - half a kilogramme of cottage cheese - about 3 teaspoons of vanilla sugar - 4 tablespoons of sugar ( it is possible also to add cinnamon, lemon/orange skin, soaked raisins to stuffing) 1. Well mash the curd cheese. 2.Mix cheese with other ingredients. 3.Fill each square of dough with cheese filling. 4.Fold in half and pinch ends together to seal. 5.Drop pierogi in hot boiling water and simmer until they float to the surface. After that, boil them about minutes more. 6. You can serve hot pierogi with cream, fruit or yoghurt. Pczki Ingredients 550 g wheat flour 550 g wheat flour 50 g fresh yeast 50 g fresh yeast 250 ml milk 250 ml milk 50 g sugar 50 g sugar 2 egg yolks 2 egg yolks 3 tablespoons olive oil 3 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon vanilla sugar 1 tablespoon vanilla sugar 1 teaspoon rum or spiritus 1 teaspoon rum or spiritus You will also need marmelade or jam marmelade or jam almond flakes almond flakes 1 cup powdered sugar 1 cup powdered sugar about 2 tablespoons water about 2 tablespoons water cooking oil cooking oil 1. Dissolve yeast and sugar in warm milk. 2. Mix all dough ingredients in a bowl. 3. Then knead to smooth dough. Put in bowl and let stand covered for 1 hour. 4. After one hour, remove the dough from the bowl and knead again. 5. Roll the dough to a thickness of about 1.5 cm. Use a glass or cup to cut into circles. Put teaspoon of jam on the dough and form a ball. 6. Heat the oil in a frying pan and put in the donuts. Oil should be 175 C. Fry on both sides until golden brown color, and place donuts on absorbent paper or a non-stick surface. Enjoy your meal!