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Polish Christmas
Eve
Traditional dishes…
12 Traditional
dishes
According to tradition, the
family sit down to the table
after the first star appeared.
Christmas Eve supper should
consist of twelve different
dishes which symbolize Twelve
Apostles. It is a day of fasting,
so there is no red meat served.
The most common ingredients
are: poppy seed, sauerkraut,
fishes, dried fruits and mushrooms.
Main dishes
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Poppy seed
Sauerkraut
Soups
Mushrooms
Fishes
Desserts
Poppy
seed
Kutia is a sweet grain pudding,
traditionally served in Polish
culture. Kutia is often the first
dish in the traditional twelvedish Christmas Eve supper.
Traditionally it was made of
wheat berries, poppy seeds,
honey or sugar, almonds and
pieces of oranges, various nuts
and sometimes raisins.
In many recipes milk or cream
is also used.
Sauerkrau
t
Sauerkraut with mushrooms is
one of the most popular dishes
on the Polish Christmas tables.
It can be partaken as a separate
dish or it may be put into the
dumplings (pierogi) or ravioli
(uszka – literally „little ears”). It
is thought that the best flavor
of this dish can be felt, while
eating barszcz – a beetroot
soup.
SAUERCRAUT
WITH PEAS
Sauerkraut with peas is
one of traditional dishes in
Poland. It derives from
southern Poland, probably
from the neighbourhood
of Cracow. This meal has
quite similar taste to the
sauerkraut with mushrooms, therefore, usually
only one of them is served
on the table.
Dumplings
and ravioli
Pierogi (dumplings) are one of the
most famous Polish dishes all over
the world. A traditional Christmas
dumpling contains only sauerkraut
and mushrooms, there is no meat
in it due to the fasting. But
generally there are many variants
of this dish. A smaller version of
pierogi are uszka (ravioli). Predominantly they are served with
barszcz (beetroot soup) instead of
noodles as the first course. The
filling of uszka also consist of
sauerkraut and mushrooms.
Piero
gi
Uszk
Beetroot
soup
The basic Polish borscht (barszcz)
recipe includes red beetroot, onions,
garlic, and other vegetables, such as
carrots and celery or root parsley.
The ingredients are cooked for some
time together to produce a clear
broth.
Barszcz is the first course during the
Christmas Eve feast, served with
ravioli-type dumplings called uszka
(lit. "little ears") with mushroom filling
(sauerkraut can be used, as well,
again depending on the family
tradition). Typically, this version does
not include any meat ingredients,
although some variants do.
Mushroom
soup
In some households during
the Christmas Eve Supper
barszcz is not served. Instead
of it there is a mushroom soup
(grzybowa). This dish contains
wide variety of mushrooms, it
usually depends on each
family preferences.
Predominantly, the soup is
served with noodles and
pieces of mushrooms. It is
also eaten on the First Day of
Christmas during the Christmas breakfast.
Fried
carp
Fried carp is one of national
Polish foods, eaten only once
a year - during the Christmas
Eve supper. Depending on
local and family traditions
carp is fried in a coating or
without it. Some superstitious
Poles believe that carp brings
luck. For example, you can
put a scale of the carp into
your wallet. As a consequence, in the following year
the best of luck in business
matters is guaranteed.
HERRING IN
SOUR CREAM
Herring is mostly served
with sour cream, onion,
garlic, apples and spices.
It’s not the only one
type of fishes, which
appear on the Christmas
tables, but it’s most
common, since in the past
there wasn’t such a wide
variety of food. Although
times
changed,
the
custom remained.
Polish
„Greek
Polish Greek-style fish is one of
fish”
completely marvelous originally Polish
food which, as traditional food in many
Polish families, is a sure hit on the
Christmas Eve table. It is ethnically
Polish and to spite the name of this
dish, Greeks do not have a slightest
inkling about it. Completely nobody in
Poland was able to explain to whence
this name had come.
What is interesting, the Polish Greek-style fish is eaten cold although it is
not a rule. This Polish food is made of fish filets fried in a coating. Next,
fish is being arranged in a bowl together with a special, red-colored blend
made from boiled vegetables ( parsley, celery, onion, tomato),concentrate
and seasoning. But the main ingredient is a carrot. This unique Polish
food is slightly sweet and quite aromatic.
Gingerbrea
d
Piernik (gingerbread) is one of the cakes which are
strictly connected with Christmas. It appears on
almost every Christmas table in Poland. It is easy to
guess that the main ingredient of this dessert is
ginger. However, the cake contains many more
specific spices.
Pierniczki (little gingerbreads) are kind of
crunchy and a little
tough cookies. Usually
they are made by
children
and
later
decorated. It is also believed that on the 6th of
December, which is a day when Santa Claus
celebrates his „name day” (popular Polish
celebration called imieniny), children should
leave some gingerbreads and milk for Santa
before going to bed and in return they receive
little gifts.
Poppy
seed roll
The poppy seed
roll is pastry consisting
of a roll of sweet veast
bread (a viennoserie)
with a dense, rich,
bittersweet filling
of poppy seed An
alternative filling is a
paste of
minced walnuts.
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