Polish Easter

Polish White Sausage or biała kiełbasa is a garlicky fresh (not smoked) sausage that has so many uses. If you’ve had żurek or white barczsz at Easter, this is the sausage that goes in those soups.

kremówka (cream cookie), pastry cream sandwiched between two layers of puff pastry, very similar to the French Napoleaon, became famous when Pope John Paul II reminisced about the pastry from a bakery in his hometown of Wadowice.

A sturdy pound cake baked in a lamb shaped mold, a delicious centerpiece for Easter

An Easter Lamb Cake is a popular centerpiece in many Polish homes. It’s a tradition that followed the Polish diaspora to the United States. If you want to try one, I have the recipe and decorating ideas, my own and others.

An Easter Lamb Cake is a popular centerpiece in many Polish homes. It’s a tradition that followed the Polish diaspora to the United States.

A Polish potato salad that is full of flavor!

When I lived in Poland, Mazurek was the Easter pastry that all of my friends were making. I was fortunate to sample several of these beautifully decorated shortcrust tarts topped with layers of goodness. You’ll want to check out this Easter Mazurek recipe!

Try authentic orzeszki, a Polish walnut cookie. Two halves sandwiched around a filling of caramel of other yumminess!

Chałka or Challah is the bread used in Sabbath and holiday rituals for Jews, in particular, the Ashkenazi. They originally formed a community in the Holy Roman Empire (Central Europe) around the end of the first millennium.

Potato salad is potato salad you might say. I’m here to tell you, my friends, that the little things make quite a difference.

This Polish Radish Salad also has cottage cheese, so perhaps we should call it a radish and cottage cheese salad or sałatka z rzodkiewek i serka wiejskiego. Polish Radish Salad – light, healthy salad with a lovely crunch!

Polish Radish Salad – light, healthy salad with a lovely crunch!

Full of flavor, a Polish comfort food, a delicious side dish or add sausage for a hearty main

Full of flavor, a Polish comfort food, a delicious side dish or add sausage for a hearty main

A savory cheese spread for toast or crackers

We love the flavor combination in Kulebiak z Kapusta i Grzybami (Cabbage & Mushroom Pie), and I think you will too.