RECIPES
Before Christmas
Christmas wishes from Basia, plus last-minute ideas for sweet homemade gifts: little packages filled with a mix of cookies, truffles and jam.
Makówki, a Christmas Dessert Recipe
According to M. Kuroń, makówki are the last Christmas Eve dish, served as “dessert,” with counterparts like noodles with poppy seeds, łamańce or kutia.
Plum Brandy Truffles
Soft, melt-in-your-mouth chocolate truffles with brandy-soaked dried plums: another idea for a sweet homemade holiday gift.
Pierogi with Sauerkraut and Mushrooms, Filling Recipe
Pierogi with sauerkraut and mushrooms are one of the most important dishes on every Christmas Eve table. Here's how they're made in my home.
Advent
Advent is a time of calm, baking and cookies. See which little Advent cookies I picked to bake this year, plus a few of my favorite recipes.
Christmas Eve Red Barszcz (Polish Beet Soup)
Red barszcz with uszka is the most important Christmas Eve dish. When the barszcz is ready, we sit down at the Christmas Eve table and feast.
Beet Salad by M. Kuroń
This salad is perfect for Christmas Eve, the other holiday days, and any other occasion. It's a great side dish for fish.
Carp with Mushrooms
A classic Polish holiday fish dish: carp slices soaked in milk, quickly pan-fried and simmered with sautéed mushrooms and parsley.
Christmas Menu 2010
My menu for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day: traditional family dishes plus a few new ones.
Pepparkakor
Very aromatic. Right after mixing, the dough seems impossible to work with, but after resting overnight it becomes elastic.
Aganiok's Gingerbread Cookies (Pierniczki Aganiok)
Soft, fluffy Polish honey-spice gingerbread cookies from a popular forum recipe. The dough rests for weeks, so bake them well before Christmas!