Potato babka

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Potato babka
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Babka ziemniaczana made according to traditional recipe from Podlasie, Poland.
Type Pie or pudding
Place of originPossibly Belarus
Main ingredients Potatoes, eggs, onions, bacon
Babka ziemniaczana made according to traditional recipe from the Polish region of Podlasie, cross section. Babka-ziemniaczana-przekroj.jpg
Babka ziemniaczana made according to traditional recipe from the Polish region of Podlasie, cross section.

Potato babka is a savoury dish, popular especially in Belarus [1] and northeastern Poland, where it is known as babka ziemniaczana. [2] It is made from grated potatoes, eggs, onions, and pieces of smoked, boiled or fried bacon and (especially in Poland) sausage. It is oven-baked in a crock, and often served with a sauce of sour cream and pork flitch. Depending on recipe and cooking method, it may be either a flaky potato pie or a heavy potato pudding. [1]

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In 2016, the claimed world's largest potato babka, 2 meters in diameter, was baked in the village of Sula, Belarus. [3]

Similar dishes

The dish is similar to the Lithuanian kugelis and the Ashkenazi Jewish Potato Kugel, also known as Kartoffelkugel in Yiddish.

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References

  1. 1 2 Bolotnikova, V.A. (1979). Byelorussian Cuisine. Uradzhai. pp. 4, 6. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  2. Planet, L.; Baker, M.; Di Duca, M.; Richards, T. (2016). Lonely Planet Poland. Travel Guide. Lonely Planet Publications. p. 267. ISBN   978-1-76034-120-6 . Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  3. "LIETUVIAMS NUTĮS SEILĖ: BALTARUSIAI IŠKEPĖ MILŽINIŠKĄ BULVIŲ PLOKŠTAINĮ"