Czech national specials
Sirloin in cream sauce
restaurants: 118What comes to mind when you hear the words ‘typical Czech food'? The most popular dish, according to food experts, is sirloin in cream sauce, a delicious combination of tender beef, creamy sauce and, of...
Beef in tomato sauce
restaurants: 3An everyday dish that can be prepared in an unusual way. In the Czech Republic you will find tomato sauce (not ketchup) on menus in both school canteens and top-notch restaurants. Depending on who the...
Christmas mushroom bake
restaurants: 1Once people would have enjoyed this dish at Christmas time only, but today it is commonly eaten for dinner at any time of the year. It’s also one of only a few recipes in which groats (peeled barley) play...
Country-style pork
restaurants: 2Rub the meat with garlic and roast until very well done. Baste the golden crackling with the light meat juices and serve this feast with dumplings and sauerkraut. A less calorific alternative is a side...
Dill sauce
restaurants: 4Dill sauce is one of the permanent fixtures in the Czech sauce menu. In combination with dumplings and eggs it could even pass as the national vegetarian dish. Ingredients: 50 g butter60 g fine...
Farmer’s cheese dumplings with strawberries
restaurants: 8Dumplings made from light farmer’s cheese dough can be filled with seasonal fruit or just whatever you fancy. This can be strawberries, plums, apricots or blueberries. And we can chop and change what we...
Fried carp with potato salad
restaurants: 2Carp and potato salad are just as big a part of a Czech Christmas as presents and carols. While the fish gives off a wonderful aroma in the oven, the cook can put the finishing touches to the potato salad...
Fruit dumplings
restaurants: 9If you conducted a survey to find the food people associate most fondly with childhood, fruit dumplings would surely finish near the top. Light and fluffy dough wrapped around hot fruit, sprinkled with...
Pikeperch in caraway seeds
restaurants: 14This is a classic and as well as a very quick way of preparing Czech freshwater fish. Instead of pikeperch you can use carp, pike or trout – just sprinkle with caraway seeds, roast and serve. Ingredients...
Plum dumplings from potato dough
restaurants: 1Few ingredients have such a wide variety of uses as the humble potato - boiled, roasted, fried, sweet and savoury, as a main course or side dish. And you can create wonders from potato dough - plum dumplings...
Pork roast with dumplings and sauerkraut
restaurants: 12If you are looking for a dish that represents the essence of Czech cuisine, then roast pork with dumplings and sauerkraut is it. This dish brings together three popular ingredients: pork, dumplings and...
Potato cakes
restaurants: 19What’s the most important thing to know when making potato cakes? Serve them straight out of the frying pan! The perfect crispy potato cake is at its best when still hot, and the longer you leave them...
Potato dumplings with a smoked meat filling
restaurants: 4In an encyclopaedia of Czech cuisine the ‘dumplings’ entry would run to several pages. Potato dumplings with smoked meat would take pride of place – but cooking and eating them is much better than writing...
Roast duck with dumplings and sauerkraut
restaurants: 38Cooking is just as prone to fads and fashions as the clothing industry is. Fortunately there are dishes that are always made no matter what happens to be en vogue. Roast duck with homemade dumplings and...
Schnitzel
restaurants: 42What would the everyday story of Czech cuisine be without the humble schnitzel? All those Sunday lunches, excursions and hikes into the countryside where mum’s schnitzel played the leading role… Ingredients...