The Polish Kitchen

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  • Author: Mary Pininska
  • Publisher: Grub Street
  • Catalogue: 138162
  • Size: 16x24 cm
Drawing on the culinary archives and expertise of her family and friends, Mary Pininska’s The Polish Kitchen is a treasury of Polish cooking ancient and modern. It is enlivened with personal anecdotes and spiced with a wealth of customs and folk traditions.

Polish food is domestic, comfort food ideal for occasions when nothing other than a hearty soup or rich flavoured stew will do and when generous hospitality is the order of the day. The harsh Polish winters mean that many key ingredients are those that are preserved or stored - dried mushrooms, pickled herrings, sauerkraut, hot paprika paste, fruits in syrup, cucumber in brine and root vegetables - so it is the perfect cooking to create from store cupboard essentials.

All the recipes, divided into dish types, provide a comprehensive collection of Polish cuisine, from old traditional recipes such as Kotlety z Dzika (wild boar cutlets), Leniwe Pierogi (lazy dumplings) and Bigos (hunter’s stew), to modern re-inventions like Noga Cieleca (leg of veal).