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Poland
Zupa Kartoflana
(Potato Soup)
3 potatoes sliced
2 stalks celery
1 onion sliced
2 carrots
1 sprig parsley
2 quarts water
3 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon flour
1 cup milk
Add vegetables to water and cook until done. Force through a
sieve. In pan, heat butter and stir in flour, blending well.
Slowly add hot milk to mixture and let simmer until smooth.
Add strained vegetables and simmer.
BIGOS
(Hunter's Stew)
4 lbs. sauerkraut
4 lbs. cabbage
1 lb. beef
1 lb. loin pork chops
1 lb. smoked butt
1 lb. kielbasa
1 lb. spareribs
1/2 cup chopped onions
1/4 lb. bacon
1 cup sauteed mushrooms
1 large can tomatoes
2 tablespoons flour
2 cups water
Brown the beef, pork, and spareribs in a large pot.
Add the browned meats and smoked butt and 1 cup of water
into a separate pan. Cover and simmer until tender
(pork 1/2 hour-butt 1 hour-beef 1 1/2 hours-spareribs 2 hours).
Pour off all the fat from the first pot and add sauerkraut
and 1 cup of water. Chop the cabbage finely and add to
sauerkraut. Cover and cook until cabbage is tender. Remove
lid and keep on low simmer. In third pan, fry bacon until crisp
and add to sauerkraut mixture. Fry onions and flour in bacon fat
until brown. Add to sauerkraut. Remove the meats from the second
pot as they are done. Trim off fat, cut in small pieces and add
to sauerkraut. Skim fat off meat juices and add to sauerkraut.
Take off skin from kielbasa and slice. Add to sauerkraut
with tomatoes. Salt/pepper to taste. Bring to a boil,
simmer 15 minutes and serve hot.
PLACKI KARTOFLANE
(Potato Pancakes)
3 tablespoons flour
2 eggs
3 cups potatoes (grated)
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
Mix all ingredients together well. Drop mixture on a
well greased hot frying pan. Fry both sides until
golden brown
Golabki
(Stuffed Cabbage Rolls)
1 head of cabbage
1 chopped onion
1 tablespoon fat
1 cup cooked rice
1 lb. ground beef
2 beef bouillon cubes
1 can tomato soup
1 cup hot water
Fry onions until brown. Mix onions with rice and
meat. Place head of cabbage in large pot with boiling
water and cook for five minutes. Remove soft leaves
and return the rest of cabbage to boiling water and
cook another 5 minutes. Remove stem portion from
each cabbage leaf. Place 1/3 cup of meat mixture on
cabbage leaf and fold in sides then roll leaf. Place rolled
cabbages next to each other in a pot. Dissolve bouillon
cubes in hot water, add to tomato soup mixing well and
pour over cabbage rolls. Cook over low heat for one hour.
Meat balls with Sour Cream
(Klopsy with Smietanie)
2 lbs. Ground beef
1/2 teaspoon tarragon
2/3 cup milk
salt and pepper to taste
4 Slices bread
1 large onion
1/4 cup Margarine
2eggs Separated
1 tablespoon dill
Cut off the crust and place bread in a small bowl and
add milk. Mince the onion and add it to a large skillet.
Sauté onion in the margarine until soft. Combine in a
large bowl the ground beef the beaten egg yolks bread mixture,
onion, dill, tarragon, salt and pepper.
Beat the egg whites to soft peaks, fold into the beef
mixture. Form small balls from the beef mixture and
sprinkle with flour.
Brown the meat balls in a skillet, add a 1/4 cup of
margarine over medium heat. In a another skillet sauté
1/2 lb of mushrooms in 3 tablespoons of margarine
until browned. Add the meat balls and stir in 1 1/2 cups
of sour cream covering the meat balls and simmer in the
mixture over low heat for 30 minutes. Stir occasionally.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Krauted Chicken Parmesan
2 pounds chicken cutlets
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup bread crumbs
1 14 oz can sauerkraut
1 15 ½ oz Tomato sauce
Oil
¼ teaspoon each oregano, sage, thyme and basil
1 ½ cups mozzarella cheese
¼ cup grated parmesan cheese
Pound chick until thin. Combine herbs and bread crumbs.
Dip chicken into eggs then into breadcrumbs.
Bake in 400-degree oven until done.
Pour sauce on top of chicken then cover with sauerkraut.
Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and bake until heated in a
350-degree oven.
Top with Mozzarella and bake about 5 more minutes or
until cheese is melted.
Sweet and Sour Dumplings
1 14 oz. can of Frank's or SnowFloss Bavarian Kraut. (Sweetened Kraut)
1 14oz. can chicken broth
1 14oz. can cream of chicken soup
1 box of Panni Bavarian Dumpling Mix
1 to 2 lbs. of shredded stewed chicken *
* see if you can find Roots brand or any other frozen
shredded chicken. Just nuke and add to pot after dumplings
have boiled for 20 minutes. Or buy a rotisserie chicken
from the deli dept. or boston chicken.
Empty entire Mix into large mixing bowl. Add two cups of
cool water. Mix with wire whip till smooth.
Add 2/3 of the can of kraut and mix until kraut is
blended. Let mixture rest unitl it thickens to the point
of stiffness (10 minutes)
Form into 2 inch balls by rolling between your palms.
You should be able to make 10 or 12 dumplings.
Use a large deep sauce pan to bring broth to a boil.
Place dumplings in chicken broth add enough water to
nearly cover the dumplings. Boil on medium high heat
for 20 minutes. Rotate the dumplings once after 10 minutes.
Put cream of chicken soup and a 4 ounces of milk and
whip until the milk is mixed incorporated.
Boil for 20 minutes add, add chicken meat and soup
mixture, salt a pepper to taste and stir gently.
Simmer on low heat for 10 minutes and serve.
KLOPSY
(Meatloaf)
3 slices of bread
1/2 cup milk
1 chopped onion
2 tablespoons bacon drippings
1 lb. ground beef
1 lb. pork
Salt/Pepper
3 tablespoons water
1/3 cup bread crumbs 1 egg
Soak bread in milk. Fry onions in 1 T bacon drippings.
Mix bread, onions, and egg. Add meat and seasonings and
mix well. Form a loaf with the mixture and roll in bread
crumbs. Place in a pan and bake in 450 degree oven for 50
minutes. Serve.
Fladra Z Grzybami
Flounder with Mushrooms
2 lbs. flounder
1 cup water
1 1/2 cups of milk
2 1/2 cups mushrooms
1/2 cup flour
1/3 cup butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
Place flounder in pan, adding 1 cup water and a half
teaspoon of salt. Simmer until flounder is tender.
Drain off and place water on side allowing fish to cool.
Slice flounder into large pieces. Place back in pan adding
chopped mushrooms and fry in butter until brown. Mix the
remaining flounder stock with flour and milk, stirring constantly
and bring to a boil. Simmer until thick and serve.
Ciazteczka Z Makiem
(Poppyseed Cookies)
1/4 lb butter
2 3/4 cup flour
2/3 cup confectioners sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 egg yolks
1 egg
3 tablespoons sour cream
3 tablespoons poppyseeds
Combine all ingredients and mix well. Knead dough for a
few minutes and refrigerate for 15 minutes. Roll out dough
1/8 inch thick. Use cooking cutters to cut dough and place
on a greased cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes at 375 degrees.
PONCZ LETNI
(Summer Punch)
3 oranges, peeled and mashed
3 cups of sugar
1 sliced orange
1 qt. of white wine
Juice of 1 lemon
1 cup of vodka
2 cups of water or seltzer
Marinate orange and sugar overnight. Combine with other
ingredients and serve in tall glasses over ice.