Polish & Global Home-Cooked Recipes
Winter Recipes
Polish Christmas
Wigilia always started with barszcz z uszkami, at my parents’ house and at my grandmother’s. Nothing was served until someone spotted the first star, so as kids we picked at food in the kitchen all day. Here are a few more dishes that go on the table.
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My Allotment
I keep an allotment, and a lot of what ends up on this site starts there. See what grew in 2026 and what I cook from it.
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More Recent Recipes
Crispy Fried Chicken Thighs (Boneless Strips)
Boneless chicken thigh strips marinated in yoghurt for a day, coated in flour and cornflour and fried until crunchy.
Polish Sauerkraut Salad (Surówka z Kiszonej Kapusty)
Squeezed sauerkraut, grated carrot and finely diced onion with oil and a pinch of sugar. My everyday Polish side.
Pizza Fritta (Italian Fried Pizza)
Pizza dough fried in a cast iron pan until puffed and golden, cut in half and topped with tomato and mozzarella, cream…
Fresh Pumpkin Cake with Almonds and Cinnamon Frosting
A dense, moist cake of roasted pumpkin and ground almonds, with a brown sugar and cinnamon butter frosting and toasted almonds on…
Kotlety Mielone (Polish Minced Meat Cutlets)
Small Polish cutlets of minced pork with fried onion and marjoram, rolled in breadcrumbs and fried until golden.
Knedle ze Śliwkami (Polish Plum Dumplings)
A whole plum wrapped in soft potato dough, simmered until it floats and finished with butter and sugar. A Polish late summer…
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Bigos BuilderBuild your own Polish hunter’s stew. Pick the meats, the sourness and the method, and get a full recipe scaled to your table.
Japanese Curry BuilderCurry rice, katsu or keema. Choose your protein, heat and thickness, and get the whole recipe worked out for you.
Beef Bourguignon BuilderChoose the cut, the pork and how you cook it, on the hob, in the oven or in a slow cooker, and the method rewrites itself to match.
Salad BuilderLeafy, grain, pasta, potato or slaw. Pick a direction and a dressing, and every weight is worked out for you, the herbs included.
Thai Curry Paste BuilderRed, green, yellow, massaman or panang, with how much paste goes in the curry worked out from what is in the pot.
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Hello, I’m Chef Łukasz Babral.
I grew up on Polish home cooking and never really left it behind. Here I share the dishes my family made (pierogi, żurek, kotlety, jars of ogórki kiszone) alongside the global flavours I’ve fallen for over the years.
Every recipe is tested in my own kitchen and written so you can actually cook it. No fuss, just good food to share.
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