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Contents
Introduction
Author’s Note
Fried Cheese
Sauerkraut Soup
Cauliflower Pancakes
Pickled Cheese
Dill Spread
Fish Soup
Mushroom Soup
Flatbread
Potatoes with Zucchini
Red Cabbage
Stuffed Pepper
Cucumbers with Sour Cream
Vegetable Soup
Potato Sauce
Open Faced Sandwich
Horseradish Cream
Anchovy Butter
Mayonnaise Salad
Tartar Sauce
Potato Pancakes
Potato Salad with Root Vegetables
Caper Sauce
Dumpling
Mushroom and Barley Kuba
Cauliflower and Egg
Mushrooms with Caraway
Green Beans with Paprika
Cabbage with Caraway
Celeriac Schnitzel
Fried Carp
Roast Goose
Roast Turkey with Caraway
Wine Sausage
Pork Burgers
Steak with Capers
Pork in Cream Sauce
Chicken Schnitzel
Roast Pork
Linzer Cookies
Beehive Cookies
Kolaches
Apple Strudel
Christmas Bread
Rum Balls
Plum Dumplings
Vanilla Crescents
Gingerbread
Bears Paws
Fruit Cake
Honey Cake
Potato and Poppy Seed Cones
Bombardino
Eggnog
Punch
Photo Credits
Introduction
Christmas is very popular in the Czech Republic. The wintery climate of the country and central European setting gives a very traditional festive atmosphere to the Christmas period. The Czechs have many of the usual Christmas traditions such as special meals over Christmas - the Czech's main day is 24th December - Christmas markets, parties, family gatherings, decorations, carols and gift giving. There are also a number of unique and rather strange Czech traditions and superstitions over the period. Naturally food plays a big part of the Czech Christmas with people overindulging in a wide range of foods. Traditional Czech foods such as fried carp, schnitzel, dumplings, soups, smoked and roast meats and cabbage dishes are eaten. Czech Christmas cookies are famous.
Try some Czech Christmas food with this book.
Author’s Note
This is a book about food eaten over the Christmas period in the Czech Republic. The ingredients are easily available, and no special cooking equipment is needed to cook the dishes, apart from some special cake/biscuit/cookie moulds which are optional; alternatives can be used.
Fried Cheese
Ingredients
slices of Edam cheese
flour
beaten egg
breadcrumbs
oil
Put the cheese in flour, then egg, then breadcrumbs.
Fry in oil on all sides until browned.
Serve with boiled potatoes and tartare sauce.
Sauerkraut Soup
Ingredients
400g/14 oz of sauerkraut
half a chopped onion
4 chopped potatoes
1 teaspoon of caraway seed
2 tablespoons of sour cream
salt
pepper
oil
sausage pieces e.g. kielbasa (optional)
Cook the onions in some oil on a low heat for 8 minutes. Add the potatoes, 240ml/1 cup of water, caraway seed and some salt. Cook for 5 minutes.
Add the sauerkraut.
Cook for 20 minutes - until potatoes are cooked. Add the sausage half way through cooking if using. Add sour cream.
Cauliflower Pancakes
Ingredients
1 cauliflower cut into florets
2 egg whites
2 egg yolks
salt
pepper
4 tablespoons of flour
vegetable oil
Put the cauliflower in a pan of salted boiling water. Cook on a low heat for 7 minutes.
Drain the cauliflower then mash it. Add the yolk and mix. Add the flour and some salt and pepper and mix.
Whisk the egg whites, then fold them into the cauliflower.
Put spoonfuls of the mix in hot oil and fry until golden brown on both sides.
Pickled Cheese
Ingredients
slices of Camembert cheese or Czech equivalent
3 chopped onions
7 minced of garlic
allspice berries
peppercorns
chilli peppers
salt
vegetable oil
paprika
Coat the cheese in garlic, salt and paprika.
Take a glass jar (e.g. a mason jar) and put some onion, peppercorns and allspice berries in the bottom. Add 3 slices of cheese and some chilli peppers. Repeat layers to fill the jar.
Pour in some oil. put a lid on the jar and place in the refrigerator for 3 days.
Serve with bread.
Dill Spread
Ingredients
2 tablespoons of chopped fresh dill
half a finely chopped onion
100g/3.5 oz of cream cheese
130g/4.6 oz of cottage cheese
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
100g/3.5 oz of butter
salt
pepper
Mix the chesses, lemon juice, butter and some salt and pepper in a bowl. Add the dill and onion and mix.
Fish Soup
Ingredients
283g/10 oz of fish pieces
3 fish heads
1 chopped onion
1 chopped carrot
2 chopped sticks of celery
2 chopped cloves of garlic
2 tablespoons of flour
8 peppercorns
4 allspice berries
240ml/1 cup of milk
3 tablespoons of butter
salt
1 tablespoon of chopped chives
butter
Impressum
Verlag: BookRix GmbH & Co. KG
Tag der Veröffentlichung: 20.10.2021
ISBN: 978-3-7487-9737-1
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