This Czech Easter filling is a loaf of smoked meat, bread, eggs, milk, and spring herbs. There are as many variations of this dish as there are cooks.
Learn how to prepare Czech gnocchi called halusky with smoked bacon and sauerkraut. It's a hearty meal that goes perfectly with cold beer.
Mazanec a traditional sweet Czech Easter Bread.
A delicious and traditional recipe for a classic Czech sweet braid or plait, known as a pletenec in Czech. This recipe will make two, so when considering filling, make sure to either double up or use two different ones. Delicious and beautiful, this recipe will make you happy!
Otherwise known in English as "egg cheese". This is from my MIL who has Czech heritage. She makes this every Easter. She slices it and serves it at room temp with ham. *I* like it when it's chilled and I slice it and put it on a sandwich w/ cold leftover ham slices. It's a soft, solid custard. Servings are a guess. Prep time is the chilling time.
Easter Monday is a festive day. Women and girls prepare color eggs and boys prepare switches, made of fresh willows. In the morning the boys go from house to house to switch the girls and in exchan…
Yum I know I haven’t posted lately, but it’s exam and final paper time and I have just a short few days left until I’m done for the session. As much as I needed to get onto my p…
Hello Everyone! I'm so excited to share one of my favorite family recipes with you today, for a Czech sweet bread called Vanocka. Sometimes, especially on the weekends, I really crave a sweet, indulgent breakfast, and this is one of my favorites. A vanocka is a rich, buttery braid filled with raisins and almonds, that's
This recipe for Slovak egg cheese is typically made for Easter and goes by a variety of names including hrudka, sirok, and cirak.
An enormous braided loaf, scented with nutmeg and lemon, peppered with almonds and plump golden raisins
This wonderful jam-filled bread is a traditional Czech/ Slovak recipe. It was served to us at dinner as the meal and it is MUCH easier to make than I expected!!! INGREDIENTS: (these measurements a…
To all fans of Czech food! Do you want to know what typical recipes represent Czech cuisine? What dishes is Czech gastronomy famous for? You've come to the right place, read on! ➤ I was born in the Czech Republic and have lived there for over 40 years, cooking daily for my family. I have...Read More
This soft, sweet Paska Bread recipe is a traditional Ukrainian Easter bread recipe. The perfect sweet bread for your Easter day meals.
It's nettle season and the stinging beauties are ours to enjoy for a short while. Nettles grow everywhere and they are highly nutritious, nettle pesto rocks
The Slovak traditions for Christmas and Easter have imprinted certain taste memories that I can't avoid craving every year. One of the thing...
Cirak is a traditional Slovak Easter "cheese". One is to slice and eat the "cheese" at midnight Easter day.
Yum I know I haven’t posted lately, but it’s exam and final paper time and I have just a short few days left until I’m done for the session. As much as I needed to get onto my p…
K velikonočnímu období neodmyslitelně patří kynutý mazanec. Dnešní recept je od legendární Marie Janků-Sandtnerové, známé autorky kuchařek, jejíž recepty se staly legendárními. A proč si mazanec nezaplést podobně jako vánočku! Recept vznikl ve spolupráci s http://www.kosik.cz
White Borscht is a tasty Polish Easter soup that is full of ingredients carrying religious symbolism.
Make this rich, slightly sweet homemade paska - a traditional Slovak or Eastern European Easter bread, and one of my favorite childhood traditions!