Christmas and Holiday Meals

Fried Fish (Vyprážaná Ryba)

Ingredients: fish fillet, egg, bread crumbs, flour, oil, potato salad Prep time: 20 minutes The traditional meal to eat in Slovakia on Christmas is a fried fish with a potato salad. This dish typically follows a serving of the sauerkraut soup, kapustnica. I showed you how to make Slovak potato salad in the previous post. Here I show you how to fry the fish. It’s quick and easy! Take a fully defrosted fish fillet, rinse it under running water, and pat dry with a paper towel. Then coat it in flour, egg,… … and bread crumbs. Fry in salted oil Read the Rest…

Potato Salad (Zemiakový Šalát)

Ingredients: 4 potatoes, about half an onion, 15oz can of sweet peas, 3 carrots, 2 dill pickles, 2 eggs, 6 tablespoons of mayonnaise, salt, black pepper, paprika Prep Time: 1 hour, plus few hours to sit in the fridge Yesterday my mom stopped here in Washington, D.C. on her way to San Francisco. I figured this was a golden opportunity to learn how she makes her really good potato salad. Here is the recipe for the Slovak potato salad, ala my mom. Start by boiling unpeeled potatoes and 3 carrots, peeled, in salted water. At some point also hard boil Read the Rest…

Sauerkraut Soup (Kapustnica)

Ingredients: sauerkraut, garlic, black pepper, caraway seeds, cloves, nutmeg, bay leaves, dried mushrooms, onion, apples, pork, sausage, red pepper, paprika, sour cream Prep Time: 1 hour Please see the new kapustnica recipe. The new pictures are much nicer! Kapustnica is by far my favorite Slovak dish. It is a soup made with sauerkraut, mushrooms, pork, sausages, and various spices. It’s really delicious and rightfully very popular. It’s traditionally eaten on Christmas, but you will find this soup offered in all Slovak restaurants year around. On Christmas, this soup is typically followed by fried fish with potato salad, and then by Read the Rest…