From the look of the cuisine, the Polish
Food is quite similar with other foods from Europe, especially the first
course. However, we will find that Polish food has authentic recipes from the
first course. The authentic recipes of the Polish food are available in modern
and traditional foods of the first course. If we have plan in visiting Poland,
we should try these first course authentic first course of Polish foods.
Pierogi
Pierogi is the dumplings of Polish and it
is also known as the national dish of Poland. Among other people, pierogi is
Polish food which is the easier one to be recognized. The fact that this food
is as the most famous in the country is because pierogi is usually made inn
varied fillings. One of the types of pierogi is named Ruthenian pierogi, which
in English is called cheese and potatoes. This kind of pierogi is the most
famous Polish dumpling in United States, but it does not happen in Polish. Generally,
pierogi is known as a dish which has variety of taste. We will have a delicious
pierogi with forcemeat, mushroom or cabbage. For sweet teeth people, we can
have pierogi as our first course with fillings with sweet curd cheese. Pierogi
is common to be made in fresh fruit, as bilberries or strawberries.
Bigos
Another first course of Polish name food which
is quite famous is Bigos. It is Polish hunter’s stew which is known as the
tradition Polish courses. If we visit Poland, this stew is the dish that we
must try while we are there. To know that it is Bigos, we will find it from the
cabbage as the main ingredient of the dish. The delicious of bigos is not easy
to get beause it will need two until four days of cooking. It is the one that
make bigos is very original and different from other types of Polish food.
Cabbage may be the most common main ingredient of bigos. But, we will also find
other types of bigos based on the main ingredient. We can find diced sausage or
dried mushrooms or onions. We also can order apple or dried plums. Even though
bigos is made from variety of main ingredient, but the bay leaf, grains of
black pepper and other spies are not changed. Those spices and bay leaf are not
the main rule. Generally, bigos is served with bread.
Golabki
Golabki is an authentic Polish recipe of
cabbage rolls in tomato sauce. Stuffed cabbage is known as the traditional dish
around Central and Eastern Europe. For the golabki, it is a cooked knob of
forcemeat and it is wrapped up in a leaf of white cabbage. The original
ingredient for Polish cabbage rolls is groats which is known too as rice, onion
and some kinds of spices. Some people add mushrooms for the filling. Otherwise,
Polish people use some kinds of ingredient which is usually used in traditional
Polish cuisine; such as fowl, mutton or meat.
