Traditional Polish cuisine has many vegetables, including potato, cabbage, beetroot, cucumber, mushroom, and kohlrabi. To enhance the taste of the dishes, several herbs and spices are used:you will therefore often find marjoram, dill, cumin or even parsley in Polish specialties. Obviously, it is impossible to spend a few days in Poland without eating sausage:there, this charcuterie comes in several variants, to discover absolutely. And to end the meal, a small glass of vodka is more than recommended to facilitate the digestion of the rather high-calorie Polish specialties!
In Poland, one of the national dishes is, of course, the famous borscht. This soup made of beets and broth has a sweet and sour taste, and is often served with a meat pâté in puff pastry. Breaded pork chop, called kotlet schabowy in Polish, is also one of the must-try dishes in this country. If you like pasta, don't skip the pierogi:these ravioli usually stuffed with potatoes or cabbage can be eaten very simply with melted butter or a Bolognese sauce. Economical and delicious, this dish is one of the most popular in Poland! Fish lovers will be able to indulge themselves with carp, which is undoubtedly the star fish in Poland. In jelly or jewish style, carp is always a treat!
Polish desserts are actually often quite hearty cakes. Sernik, for example, is a cottage cheese cake, while makowiec is a poppy seed cake. If you go to Poland during the carnival period, don't miss the chrusty:these fine fried foods sprinkled with sugar are simply divine!
