List of Polish dishes

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Traditional Polish custom of blessing food on Holy Saturday. This Swieconka basket contains: kielbasa, boiled eggs, salt, pepper and bread. Decorated with bilberry leaves. Blessed food is eaten at Easter breakfast. Swiecone-2006.jpg
Traditional Polish custom of blessing food on Holy Saturday. This Święconka basket contains: kiełbasa, boiled eggs, salt, pepper and bread. Decorated with bilberry leaves. Blessed food is eaten at Easter breakfast.
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Polish Easter breakfast
Wigilia - traditional Christmas Eve supper in Poland Wigilia potrawy 554.jpg
Wigilia – traditional Christmas Eve supper in Poland
Traditional Polish wedding breads kolacz and korowaj served alongside homemade kwas chlebowy and kefir Kwas chlebowy, kefir, kolacz i korowaj w polskim domu.jpg
Traditional Polish wedding breads kołacz and korowaj served alongside homemade kwas chlebowy and kefir

This is a list of dishes found in Polish cuisine .

Soups

Main course

Side dishes

Beverages

Desserts

Folk medicine

Regional cuisine

A list of dishes popular in certain regions of Poland:

Contents

Greater Poland

Lesser Poland

Goral Lands

  • Bryjka
  • Bryndza cheese
  • Bundz – cheese
  • Czosnianka – soup
  • Gołka – cheese
  • Kwaśnicasauerkraut and potato soup
  • Oscypek – hard, salty cheese from non-pasteurized sheep milk which is smoked over a fire; sometimes served sliced and fried with cranberries
  • Śliwowica łącka – (read: [shlee-voh-veetsa won-tskah]) strong plum brandy (70% alcohol)
  • Żentyca – popular drink made of sheep's milk whey

Lubelszczyzna

Masovia

Masuria

Opole

Podlaskie

Pomerania

Świętokrzyskie

Western Pomerania

Silesia

Beverages

Dairy

Meat and fish

Sweet pastries and cakes

Savoury pastries and bread

Vegetables: salads and pickles

Soups and dumplings

Pancakes

Kasha

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