Author: Czech Cuisine.net
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Czech Fried Cheese
If there’s anything specific among Czech food, it’s Fried Cheese. Typical meal of Czech restaurants, where it was only vegetarian meal in the past. Breaded slice of cheese – Eidam (Edam; medium soft cheese), camembert (Hermelín), Emmental – is deep fried in pan or deep fryer and served with potatoes, french fries or in fast…
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Easter Traditions in Czech Republic
Easter, in Czech Republic and many other countries, is one of the most important Christian holidays and its celebration goes in this spirit. Many traditions and customs are connected with Easter and many of those have their roots in pagan times. In cities they are not held thoroughly these days, but in villages and regions…
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Easter Stuffing
Easter stuffing is traditional meal that can be found during Easter in Czech homes. Although it’s called stuffing, it’s mainly prepared separately and only sometimes the mixture is stuffed in poultry. Stuffing can be made with meat or simply vegetarian. Also a lot of different herbs can be used. Traditional is nettle stuffing, but basically…
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Typical Ingredients in Czech Meals
Czech Republic lies in the moderate climate of Central Europe. The local climate provides a little bit of everything. Because the Czech Republic has all four seasons, the range of accessible local ingredients varies along with the weather.
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Traditional Easter Sweets – Boží milosti
Boží milosti (God’s mercy) are traditional Easter sweet pastry of our grandmothers and great-grandmothers. It’s very fragile crispy delicacy known in the world as Angel wings and by many other names. They are excellent right after frying or even on second day, but hardly anyone can resist this temptation and they’ll disappear quickly.
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Potato Pancakes
Potatoes are the most used side in Czech cuisine. Potato pancakes are called bramborák or cmunda and are very popular. You can either serve it simply as side dish or as main dish, for example with sauerkraut and salami. Potato pancakes goes well with goulash or katův šleh (“executioner’s whipping”).