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Everyday mains: meat, fish, potatoes, grains.

Potato babka with bacon: the Podlasie bake, ninety minutes, a crisp crust

Potato babka

⏱ 2 h 5 min·8 servings·easy

Bigos: Polish hunter's stew with two cabbages, three meats, mushrooms and prunes

Hunter's stew

⏱ 3 h 50 min·10 servings·medium

Polish pork bitki in onion gravy: pounded, browned, braised for an hour

Pork bitki

⏱ 1 h 35 min·4 servings·easy

Polish braised red cabbage with apple: sweet and sour, for roasts and duck

Braised red cabbage

⏱ 1 h·6 servings·easy

Polish breaded fried cod: crisp outside, juicy inside

Breaded fried cod

⏱ 40 min·4 servings·easy

Polish baked beans with sausage and bacon in tomato sauce

Polish baked beans

⏱ 14 h·6 servings·easy

Green beans with buttered breadcrumbs: bright green, crisp, Polish summer

Green beans with breadcrumbs

⏱ 20 min·4 servings·easy

Gołąbki: Polish cabbage rolls with pork and rice in tomato sauce

Stuffed cabbage rolls

⏱ 2 h 30 min·12 pieces·medium

Lazy cabbage rolls: the same ingredients, layered in a dish, an hour in the oven

Lazy cabbage rolls

⏱ 2 h 10 min·6 servings·easy

Polish cabbage rolls with buckwheat and mushrooms: meat-free, for Christmas Eve, in tomato-mushroom sauce

Buckwheat and mushroom cabbage rolls

⏱ 2 h 30 min·12 pieces·medium

Polish roast pork knuckle: two and a half hours in stock, then half an hour in the oven

Roast pork knuckle

⏱ 3 h 35 min·4 servings·medium

Vegetable goulash with peppers and aubergine: one pot, vegetables added in order

Vegetable goulash

⏱ 1 h 5 min·6 servings·easy

Creamy turkey goulash with pepper and mushrooms, in 45 minutes

Turkey goulash

⏱ 45 min·4 servings·easy

Polish roast duck with apples: crackling skin, juicy meat, pan gravy

Roast duck with apples

⏱ 16 h 40 min·6 servings·medium

Cauliflower with buttered breadcrumbs: cooked whole in milk, with butter, crumbs and egg

Cauliflower with breadcrumbs

⏱ 30 min·4 servings·easy

Fried carp for Christmas Eve: milk, scored bones and four minutes a side

Fried carp

⏱ 2 h·6 servings·medium

Kartacze from Podlasie: giant stuffed potato dumplings with marjoram and recovered starch

Kartacze

⏱ 1 h 50 min·8 pieces·medium

Buckwheat with creamy mushroom sauce: fluffy groats, no meat

Buckwheat with mushroom sauce

⏱ 40 min·4 servings·easy

Kaszanka with onion and apple: pan-fried, crisp, in 20 minutes

Kaszanka with onion

⏱ 25 min·4 servings·easy

Kluski francuskie: choux dough dropped by the spoon, light as a cloud

Choux dumplings

⏱ 40 min·4 servings·medium

Polish spoon dumplings (kluski kładzione): flour, egg, water and a spoon, ready in 20 minutes

Spoon dumplings

⏱ 20 min·4 servings·easy

Kluski śląskie: smooth, springy Silesian dumplings with a dimple for the gravy

Silesian dumplings

⏱ 1 h 10 min·4 servings·easy

Kopytka: soft Polish potato dumplings that hold together

Potato dumplings

⏱ 1 h 10 min·4 servings·easy

Kotlet de volaille: Polish chicken Kiev with herb butter that flows out when cut

Chicken Kiev

⏱ 2 h 5 min·4 pieces·medium

Kotlet po parysku: egg batter instead of breadcrumbs

Cutlets in batter

⏱ 55 min·4 servings·medium

Kotlet schabowy: thin, juicy Polish breaded pork cutlet

Breaded pork cutlet

⏱ 50 min·4 servings·easy

Millet and carrot cutlets: no meat, and they don't fall apart in the pan

Millet cutlets

⏱ 1 h 30 min·10 pieces·easy

Polish egg cutlets: crisp outside, soft inside, dinner from six eggs

Egg cutlets

⏱ 45 min·8 pieces·easy

Kotlety mielone: Polish minced pork cutlets, juicy inside, crisp outside

Minced pork cutlets

⏱ 50 min·8 pieces·easy

Polish cod fish cakes: juicy, with dill and lemon, in breadcrumbs

Cod fish cakes

⏱ 1 h 10 min·8 pieces·easy

Turkey mince cutlets: light, juicy, not dry

Turkey cutlets

⏱ 40 min·8 pieces·easy

Buckwheat and mushroom cutlets: crisp, meat-free

Buckwheat cutlets

⏱ 1 h 15 min·12 pieces·easy

Breaded chicken breast cutlets: juicy inside, crisp outside

Chicken cutlets

⏱ 45 min·4 servings·easy

Krokiety: Polish sauerkraut and mushroom croquettes for barszcz

Sauerkraut and mushroom croquettes

⏱ 2 h 25 min·12 pieces·medium

Polish meat croquettes (krokiety): crepes filled with broth meat, breaded, served with barszcz

Meat croquettes

⏱ 1 h 15 min·12 pieces·medium

Whole roast chicken: crackling skin, juicy meat, gravy from the tray

Roast chicken

⏱ 13 h 45 min·4 servings·easy

Polish łazanki with cabbage and sausage: a one-pan winter dinner

Łazanki with cabbage

⏱ 1 h 15 min·4 servings·easy

Oven-baked salmon with dill and lemon: juicy inside, in 14 minutes

Baked salmon

⏱ 35 min·4 servings·easy

Strawberry pasta with sour cream: the sweet June dinner, in 20 minutes

Strawberry pasta

⏱ 20 min·4 servings·easy

Noodles with curd cheese: the supper of Polish childhoods, in twenty minutes

Noodles with curd cheese

⏱ 22 min·4 servings·easy

Puff-pastry mushroom pasties: sixteen to go with barszcz

Mushroom pasties

⏱ 2 h·16 pieces·easy

Polish homemade pâté of pork, chicken and liver, baked in a loaf tin

Homemade pâté

⏱ 4 h·20 pieces·medium

Stuffed mushrooms: caps pre-baked on their own, filling from the stalks, cheese and breadcrumbs

Stuffed mushrooms

⏱ 50 min·4 servings·easy

Polish meatloaf with hidden eggs: juicy, from a loaf tin, hot or cold

Polish meatloaf

⏱ 1 h 50 min·8 servings·easy

Polish beef pot roast braised three hours: brisket or chuck, root vegetables and a thick gravy

Beef pot roast

⏱ 4 h 15 min·6 servings·medium

Roast pork neck

Slow-roasted pork neck with a dark crust and pan gravy.

⏱ 16 h 10 min·6 servings·medium

Pierogi ruskie: thin dough, generous potato and cheese filling

Pierogi ruskie

⏱ 2 h 45 min·60 pieces·medium

Polish sauerkraut and mushroom pierogi: the Christmas Eve ones, meat-free, with fried onion

Sauerkraut and mushroom pierogi

⏱ 3 h·50 pieces·medium

Polish meat pierogi: a filling of boiled pork and beef, a dough that doesn't tear

Meat pierogi

⏱ 3 h 30 min·50 pieces·medium

Lentil pierogi: meat-free, cheap, with a filling that binds itself

Lentil pierogi

⏱ 2 h 30 min·50 pieces·medium

Zucchini fritters, Polish style: crisp, not watery, with garlic sauce

Zucchini fritters

⏱ 40 min·4 servings·easy

Placki ziemniaczane: Polish potato pancakes with crisp edges

Potato pancakes

⏱ 40 min·4 servings·easy

Pork tenderloin medallions in creamy mushroom sauce

Pork in mushroom sauce

⏱ 1 h 5 min·4 servings·medium

Polish meatballs in dill sauce: tender, poached in stock, with a whole handful of dill

Meatballs in dill sauce

⏱ 50 min·4 servings·easy

Polish stuffed potato dumplings (pyzy): raw and boiled potato, recovered starch, marjoram filling

Stuffed potato dumplings

⏱ 1 h 40 min·12 pieces·medium

Ryba po grecku: fried cod under sweet-and-sour tomato vegetables

Fish Greek style

⏱ 5 h·8 servings·medium

Polish baked rice with apples, cinnamon and sour cream: a sweet dinner

Baked rice with apples

⏱ 1 h·4 servings·easy

Polish roast pork loin: juicy, with garlic and marjoram, for dinner and for sandwiches

Roast pork loin

⏱ 14 h·8 servings·easy

Tray-baked chicken thighs with potatoes: crisp skin, potatoes in chicken fat

Chicken thighs with potatoes

⏱ 1 h 25 min·4 servings·easy

Uszka with mushrooms for barszcz: dried mushroom filling, hot-water dough

Uszka with mushrooms

⏱ 2 h 30 min·60 pieces·medium

Tray-roasted vegetables: each one cut to its own cooking time, 220 °C and a single layer

Roasted vegetables

⏱ 1 h 5 min·4 servings·easy

Baked pasta with meat sauce and cheese: one dish, the whole family

Baked pasta

⏱ 1 h 10 min·6 servings·easy

Polish potato and sausage bake with cheese: layers in cream, from one dish

Potato and sausage bake

⏱ 1 h 35 min·6 servings·easy

Honey-glazed pork ribs: two hours under foil, twenty minutes without

Honey ribs

⏱ 2 h 45 min·4 servings·easy

Polish beef roulades

Rolled beef with bacon and pickle, braised in a dark gravy.

⏱ 2 h 45 min·6 servings·medium

Zrazy: Polish beef roulades with bacon and pickle, braised in mushroom gravy

Beef roulades

⏱ 2 h 30 min·4 servings·medium

Sicilian fried saffron rice balls with ragù inside.

⏱ 4 h 20 min·12 pieces·medium

Portuguese salt cod with fried potatoes and egg.

⏱ 37 h 40 min·4 servings·medium

Portuguese gratin of salt cod, potatoes and cream.

⏱ 26 h·6 servings·medium

Korean rice bowl with separately seasoned vegetables and gochujang.

⏱ 1 h 5 min·4 servings·medium

French veal stew in a white sauce, with nothing browned.

⏱ 2 h 45 min·6 servings·medium

Boeuf bourguignon

⏱ 4 h 5 min·6 servings·medium

Provençal fish soup thickened with garlic aioli.

⏱ 1 h 30 min·6 servings·medium

Homemade burger

⏱ 40 min·4 servings·medium

Pasta, pecorino and pepper — three ingredients and one difficult emulsion.

⏱ 25 min·4 servings·demanding

Flemish beef stewed in dark beer with mustard bread.

⏱ 3 h 20 min·4 servings·easy

Carbonara

⏱ 25 min·4 servings·medium

Pork confited in its own fat, then crisped under the grill.

⏱ 4 h 25 min·8 servings·easy

White beans baked with duck and sausage under a golden crust.

⏱ 12 h 45 min·6 servings·demanding

Balkan grilled minced meat fingers with ajvar.

⏱ 2 h 50 min·4 servings·easy

Chili con carne

⏱ 1 h 10 min·6 servings·easy

Burgundian chicken braised in red wine with bacon and onions.

⏱ 12 h 40 min·6 servings·medium

Red lentil dahl

⏱ 40 min·4 servings·easy

Asturian bean stew with chorizo, blood sausage and pork belly.

⏱ 12 h·6 servings·easy

Falafel

⏱ 13 h 10 min·20 pieces·medium

Brazilian black bean and cured meat stew.

⏱ 15 h·8 servings·medium

Persian chicken stew in a walnut and pomegranate sauce.

⏱ 2 h 30 min·6 servings·easy

Picardy crêpes with ham and mushrooms baked under cheese.

⏱ 1 h 20 min·6 pieces·medium

Valencian paella made with short pasta instead of rice.

⏱ 1 h 15 min·6 servings·medium

Fish and chips

⏱ 1 h 40 min·4 servings·medium

Greek tomatoes and peppers stuffed with herbed rice.

⏱ 2 h 20 min·6 servings·easy

Persian beef and herb stew with beans and dried lime.

⏱ 2 h 35 min·4 servings·medium

Gnocchi

⏱ 1 h 50 min·4 servings·medium

Beef braised in paprika and onion, with potatoes.

⏱ 3 h·6 servings·easy

Pork goulash

⏱ 2 h 5 min·6 servings·easy

Gyoza

⏱ 2 h 10 min·36 pieces·medium

Chicken gyros

⏱ 3 h·4 servings·easy

Turkish aubergines stuffed with onion and tomato in olive oil.

⏱ 2 h 35 min·4 servings·easy

Louisiana rice with sausage, chicken and prawns, from one pot.

⏱ 1 h 10 min·6 servings·medium

Japanese rice bowl with breaded pork and egg.

⏱ 55 min·2 servings·medium

Lebanese bulgur and lamb croquettes, stuffed and fried.

⏱ 2 h 30 min·18 pieces·demanding

Meatballs in sauce

⏱ 1 h 40 min·4 servings·easy

Egyptian layers of rice, lentils and pasta under tomato sauce.

⏱ 1 h 40 min·6 servings·medium

Chicken curry

⏱ 35 min·4 servings·easy

Sweet and sour chicken

⏱ 40 min·4 servings·medium

Chicken teriyaki

⏱ 35 min·4 servings·easy

Yoghurt-marinated grilled chicken in a creamy tomato sauce.

⏱ 5 h·4 servings·medium

Crisp-skinned thighs braised with lemon, olives and capers.

⏱ 1 h 10 min·4 servings·easy

Lasagne

⏱ 3 h 35 min·8 servings·medium

Leczo

⏱ 1 h·6 servings·easy

Peruvian stir-fried beef with onion, tomato and chips.

⏱ 1 h 10 min·4 servings·medium

Mac and cheese

⏱ 55 min·6 servings·easy

Aglio e olio

⏱ 20 min·4 servings·easy

Chicken and spinach pasta

⏱ 30 min·4 servings·easy

Pasta with tomato sauce

⏱ 25 min·4 servings·easy

Jordanian lamb in yoghurt sauce over rice and flatbread.

⏱ 3 h 25 min·6 servings·medium

Sichuan tofu in a fiery fermented bean paste sauce.

⏱ 30 min·4 servings·medium

Palestinian pot of rice, vegetables and meat, flipped onto a platter.

⏱ 2 h·6 servings·demanding

Moussaka

⏱ 2 h 45 min·8 servings·medium

Palestinian chicken with sumac onions on flatbread.

⏱ 2 h 5 min·4 servings·easy

Veal shank braised for two hours, with marrow and gremolata.

⏱ 3 h·4 servings·medium

Pad thai

⏱ 55 min·2 servings·medium

Paella

⏱ 55 min·4 servings·medium

Parmigiana

⏱ 2 h 35 min·6 servings·medium

Moroccan filo pie with chicken, almonds and sugar.

⏱ 3 h·8 servings·demanding

Greek bake of tubular pasta, spiced meat and a thick béchamel layer.

⏱ 2 h 35 min·8 servings·medium

Homemade pizza

⏱ 3 h 20 min·2 pieces·medium

Pancakes with goulash

⏱ 2 h 40 min·4 servings·medium

Italian chicken braised in wine and tomatoes with olives.

⏱ 1 h 20 min·4 servings·easy

Italian pork belly rolled around loin with crisp crackling.

⏱ 17 h 10 min·10 servings·demanding

French boiled beef with vegetables, served as two courses.

⏱ 4 h 50 min·8 servings·easy

Lyonnaise chicken in a wine vinegar and cream sauce.

⏱ 1 h 20 min·4 servings·easy

Chicken braised in a thick pepper, onion and tomato stew.

⏱ 1 h 35 min·4 servings·easy

Galician octopus with potatoes, paprika and olive oil.

⏱ 1 h 40 min·4 servings·medium

Quiche lorraine

⏱ 2 h 25 min·8 servings·medium

Ratatouille

⏱ 1 h 20 min·4 servings·medium

Indonesian beef simmered in coconut milk until dry.

⏱ 4 h 20 min·6 servings·medium

Pumpkin risotto

⏱ 50 min·4 servings·medium

Mushroom risotto

⏱ 40 min·4 servings·medium

Cuban shredded beef in pepper and olive sauce.

⏱ 3 h 30 min·6 servings·easy

Fried rice

⏱ 25 min·4 servings·easy

Spring rolls

⏱ 45 min·12 pieces·medium

Veal with prosciutto and sage in a butter and wine sauce.

⏱ 30 min·4 servings·medium

Spaghetti bolognese

⏱ 1 h 40 min·4 servings·easy

Greek filo pie with spinach and feta.

⏱ 2 h·8 servings·medium

Beef stroganoff

⏱ 45 min·4 servings·medium

Sushi maki

⏱ 1 h 15 min·24 pieces·medium

Czech braised beef in a creamy root vegetable sauce.

⏱ 3 h 40 min·6 servings·medium

Wiener schnitzel

⏱ 40 min·4 servings·medium

Beef tacos

⏱ 35 min·8 pieces·easy

Lamb braised with apricots, almonds and Moroccan spices.

⏱ 2 h 57 min·6 servings·medium

Savoyard gratin of potatoes, bacon and reblochon cheese.

⏱ 1 h 25 min·4 servings·easy

Piedmontese cold veal under a tuna sauce.

⏱ 6 h 45 min·6 servings·medium

Shepherd's pie

⏱ 1 h 50 min·6 servings·easy

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