Learning about Some First Course of Polish Foods

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.