Are you a Czech foodie? Are you a Czech foodie? If you haven’t had the pleasure of a delicious Czech meal, then you are missing out. If you don’t live in an ethnic area, it can be difficult to locate Czech, Slovak or any other Eastern European restaurant.
A diner looking for a Czech meal may need to either drive to the city or call someone who is familiar with the preparation of such meals. My Bohemian heritage is what has fueled my fascination with Czech food. These foods and cultures were introduced to me by my grandparents and parents, and I have accepted most of them. My grandfather can preserve the brains and beef tongue.
Typical Czech Food
No matter what meat or vegetable is served in Czech cuisine, bread or yeast-raised dumplings are always included. They are a classic on any dinner table, and they taste amazing with the rich sauces that go with their stews and roasts. Czechs make dumplings in many ways. They can be filled with potatoes, fruits, or vegetables like cabbage and zeli. The dumplings are made like bread dough and rolled into loaves before being boiled in the kettle. After they have dried, they can be rolled into loaves and then boiled in a kettle. Finally, they can be cut with string to make perfect little breads. Warm dumplings can be served with the meal immediately or frozen for later.
Czech cuisine has a similar meat to other European dishes. Most Czech households eat pork (or veprova). You can either roast the meat with caraway seeds, or make it tender and breaded like Schnitzel. Czechs love beef and can prepare it in many ways. Svickova, or pickled beef tenderloin/sirloin tip, is one of the most popular beef dishes on Czech menus. Before cooking, the meat is marinated in vinegar, spices, and vegetables for at least a day. After the meat has been roasted, it’s cut very thinly and then covered with gravy made from pan juices or sour cream.
A good pilsner is a great complement to traditional Czech cuisine. Pilsner Urquell is a great beer. This beer is outstanding and can be enjoyed with any hearty Sunday meal, Czech or not.
Czech desserts are simply too tempting to miss. Kolacky is the most popular sweet pastry. Kolacky is a sweet, thin, flaky dough wrapped around a filling made of raspberry, plum or apricot. Kolacky can be made in many ways, but all have the same consistency: light flaky dough and a delicious filling. Other desserts that can be found on Czech menus include poppy seed cake and apple strudel.
The menu is very similar for those who like Polish, German, or Hungarian cuisine, but not yet tried traditional Czech cuisine.
I have tried the national food of Czechoslovakia which is Vepřo Knedlo Zelo and it blowen my mind. I love the taste a lot. Never miss it if you ever visit the city of Czech.