Family Recipes
Simple, delicious dishes for everyday family meals
16 recipes
Gzik with Potatoes
Warm potatoes in their skins with cool creamy gzik, crisp radish, and fresh herbs — a simple Poznań classic.
Sauerkraut with Peas
A hearty Polish Christmas stew of soft sauerkraut, well-cooked peas, and golden onion.
Silesian Kluski
Traditional Silesian potato and starch dumplings — light balls with a signature dimple in the middle, boiled in water and served with butter or a hearty meat gravy.
Lazanki with Cabbage
A classic Polish Christmas Eve dish: tender lazanki pasta, braised sauerkraut and fragrant dried porcini mushrooms with caraway seeds.
Mizeria (Polish Cucumber Salad)
Classic Polish mizeria — crisp, thinly sliced cucumbers in a cool sour cream dressing with dill.
Cheese Naleśniki
Thin Polish naleśniki with a tender, sweet farmer's cheese filling, browned in butter.
Herring in Sour Cream with Apple and Onion
A classic Polish cold appetizer: tender salted herring in thick sour cream with crunchy onion and tart apple.
Szczecin-style paprikash
A piquant Polish fish paste made with smoked mackerel, fluffy rice and tender vegetables in a tomato base.
Blueberry Pierogi
Tender boiled pierogi with a juicy blueberry filling, served with cool sour cream — a beloved summer dessert of Polish cuisine.
Ruthenian Pierogi
Tender Ruthenian pierogi filled with a potato-and-cheese filling and fried onion — a beloved dish of Galician-Polish cuisine, served hot with sour cream or melted butter.
Polish cwikla with horseradish
A sweet-and-spicy Polish relish made from tender beets, fresh horseradish and apple, that pairs wonderfully with meat dishes.
Rachukhi with Apples
Fluffy Polish-style yeast fritters with juicy apples, a golden crust and a dusting of powdered sugar.
Fish à la Grecque
Golden fillets of white fish topped with a delicate sweet-and-sour vegetable sauce — a traditional Polish festive dish, served either warm or chilled.
Leek and Egg Salad
A delicate Polish salad with mild leek, hard-boiled eggs, sweet corn and crisp apple in a mayonnaise dressing.
Polish Sernik
A delicate Polish cheesecake made with twice-sieved curd cheese, vanilla and juicy raisins.
Lithuanian Cold Borsch (Šaltibarščiai)
A refreshing cold beet soup made with kefir, crisp cucumber, fresh herbs and egg, served with warm potatoes on the side.