Family Recipes
Simple, delicious dishes for everyday family meals
8 recipes
Bramboráky
Crispy Czech potato pancakes with garlic and marjoram, fried in oil until golden brown.
Potato Dumplings
Traditional Czech dumplings made from grated boiled potatoes, flour and semolina — a light, fluffy side dish that soaks up meat gravy beautifully.
Bread Dumplings
Fluffy Czech dumplings made from yeast dough with cubes of stale white bread — boiled as a roll in salted water, sliced, and traditionally served as a side dish for sauces like beef tenderloin sauce or goulash.
Poppy Seed Kolaches
Fluffy yeasted kolache buns with a dimpled center filled with delicate poppy seed filling, lemon zest, and berry jam, topped with blanched almonds — a traditional Czech pastry for a festive table or Sunday coffee.
Kulajda
Kulajda is a creamy South Bohemian soup with mushrooms, potatoes and dill on a roux base, given a gentle tang with vinegar and topped with a poached egg.
Czech-style Vegetable Soup with Dumplings
A hearty Czech vegetable soup made with root vegetables — carrots, celeriac and parsley root — with tender homemade noodle-dumplings from an egg-and-flour batter, a simple and warming homemade lunch.
Fried Cheese
Crispy golden breading with gooey melted cheese inside — a beloved Czech street-food snack, served hot with tangy tartar sauce and fried potatoes.
Czech-style apple strudel
A crisp puff pastry roll with a juicy filling of apples, raisins and walnuts, seasoned with cinnamon — a classic Czech dessert served warm, dusted with powdered sugar.