LITTLE HOOFS (Kopytka)
5 potatoes, cooked and mashed
Mix the potatoes with the egg and add flour until you have a loose dough
that does not stick to your fingers. Roll out the dough on a floured board
and cut into thin noodle strips. Bring some salted water to boil and drop
the noodles into it. They are ready when they float to the surface. Serves 6.
CAULIFLOWER A LA POLONAISE (Kalafior po Polsku)
1 large cauliflower
Wash the cauliflower and divide into florets. Cook in a little salted boiling
water until just tender. Drain. Meanwhile, melt butter and fry the breadcrumbs until
golden; pour over cauliflower just before serving. Serves 6.
POTATO PANCAKES (Placki Kartoflane)
3 large potatoes
Peel potatoes and onion and grate coarsely. Mix well and squeeze out as much
excess liquid as possible. Season. Pour enough oil in frying pan. When pan is
hot, put in large spoonfuls of the potato mixture and immediately flatten. They
should be quite thin. When the underside is brown, turn it slowly to cook the other
side. Serve with sour cream. Serves 4.
POTATO CUTLETS (Kotlety Ziemniaczane)
1 kg potatoes
Peel and slice the potatoes and boil until soft. Mash thoroughly and leave
to cool. Mix in eggs and flour. Dice the onion, fry in the butter until
lightly browned and mix with the potatoes. Mash all again very thoroughly and season.
Form the dough into a roll about 5cm thick and cut diagonally into 3 cm pieces.
Form into cutlets, coat with breadcrumbs and fry on both sides in hot butter/oil
until golden brown.
For the Dill Sauce:
Heat the butter in a saucepan. Add flour and mix well. Gradually stir in stock
or milk until it is a consistency of single cream. Stir in lemon juice and bring to
boil, then add the dill. Simmer for 3 minutes before serving. Makes approx. 300 ml.
A good accompaniment to any meat dish.
1 egg
flour
My husband's favourite.
salt
50g butter
4 tbsp dried breadcrumbs
This is a typical Polish dish. This should be served hot, preferably directly from
the frying pan or you can keep them warm in the oven.
1 small onion
salt and pepper
oil for frying
300 ml sour cream
This should be served with dill sauce
2 eggs
50g plain flour
50g onion
25g butter
salt and pepper
50g dried breadcrumbs
butter/oil for frying
25g butter
1 tbs flour
300 ml chicken stock or milk
2 tsp lemon juice
2 tsp chopped fresh dill