Polish recipes

What goes into the Pierogi dough To make a pierogi – experiment but here is a start. 5 cups flour 1/4 lb. butter (not margarine please, margarine is not good for you anyway) 1 cup sour cream 3/4 cup water 6 egg yolks (I think yolks are healthy, they have lecithin and selenium etc) 3 [...]

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Take the weight of the currants in sugar, pick out the seeds; take to a pound of sugar, half a pint of water, let it melt; then put in your currants and let them do very leisurely, skim them, and take them up, let the sirrup boil; then put them on again; and when they [...]

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Ingredients for Polish celery root and apple salad are celery root chopped up and apples chopped into small pieces.  Next add cream.  This is it. Its very easy and children love this. That is it. Its very easy to make.  I wish I could write more but this is a very simple salad. Celery is [...]

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This first  carrot salad is less traditional and I prefer my second recipe which is more a traditional Polish carrot salad recipe . Young spring carrots are excellent when served as a salad. Take six of them, wash, wipe them with a coarse towel, boil them for ten minutes, drain and cut into narrow strips. [...]

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Cut some pickled herring into pieces and mix with flaked lax, 2 peeled apples and 2 boiled potatoes. Cut into dice pieces; add some chopped shallots and gherkins; sprinkle with finely minced tarragon and chervil, salt and pepper. Cover with a plain salad dressing.

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Season veal chops with salt and pepper and let fry a few minutes in hot dripping. Remove the chops and cover with a mixture of bacon, liver, onions and parsley minced fine and well seasoned. Then let bake in the oven with 1 cup of beef broth. Baste often and serve very hot. Polish veal [...]

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Peel the apples and fill the space with currants. Sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon and grated lemon peel, and cover each apple with a rich pie-paste. Lay on a well-buttered pie-dish and let bake until done. Serve with wine sauce.

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Soak 1/2 loaf of bread and press dry. Mix with 1/2 pound of chopped suet; add a teaspoonful of salt, 1 cup of sugar, 2 eggs and the grated peel of a lemon, a pinch of cinnamon, cloves and allspice. Add some sifted flour; mix well, and form into a large ball. Then peel 1 [...]

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Take a small soup bone, cover with cold water. cut one-half a cup each of celery, carrots, and onion. brown in fat, cooking five to ten minutes; add one tablespoon of chopped parsley and one-half cup of potatoes. add to soup bone and cook one hour. season with salt and pepper. remove bone and serve.

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Take one quart of hot bouillon, add a quarter pound barley which has been boiled in water; and one ounce of dried mushrooms which have been thoroughly washed and cut in pieces, an onion, carrot, bayleaf, parsley and dill. boil all these and when the vegetables are nearly tender, remove from soup, add the meat [...]

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