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Silesian cuisine belongs to the region of
Silesia Silesia (, also , ) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at around 8,000,000. Silesia is split ...
in
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. It is a subtype of
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and German cuisine with many similarities to and signs of the influence of neighbouring cuisines. The cuisine is particularly renowned for its poppy seed and
knödel Knödel (; and ) or Klöße (; ) are boiled dumplings commonly found in Central European and East European cuisine. Central European countries in which their variant of ''Knödel'' is popular include Austria, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, ...
dishes.


List of Silesian dishes

* ''Żymła'' - a well-baked
bread roll Bread is a staple food prepared from a dough of flour (usually wheat) and water, usually by baking. Throughout recorded history and around the world, it has been an important part of many cultures' diet. It is one of the oldest human-made food ...
, oval with a division in the middle, topped with poppy seeds, similar to Austrian ''Kaisersemmel. * '' Kluski śląskie/Schlesische Kartoffelklöße'' (Silesian dumplings) - round dumplings served with gravy, made of mashed boiled potatoes, finely grated raw potatoes, an egg, grated onion, wheat flour, and potato flour * ''Schlesisches Himmelreich'' ("Silesian Heaven") - a dish of smoked pork cooked in water with dried fruit and spices * '' Rolada z modrą kapustą'' (rouladen with red cabbage) - best-quality beef-meat roll; stuffed with pickled vegetable, ham, and good amount of seasoning; always served with red cabbage (with fried bacon, fresh onion and allspice); traditionally eaten with ''kluski śląskie'' for Sunday dinner * '' Szałot'' - a salad made of cubes of boiled potatoes and carrots, peas, ham, various sausages, pickled fish, boiled eggs, seasoned with olive oil or mayonnaise * ''
Kaszanka Kaszanka is a traditional blood sausage in the east and central European cuisine. It is made of a mixture of pig's blood, pork offal (commonly liver), and buckwheat or barley (kasza) stuffed in a pig intestine. It is usually flavored with onion ...
''/''Krupniok''/''Grützwurst'' - a type of blood sausage made of ''
kasha In English, kasha usually refers to pseudocereal buckwheat or its culinary preparations. In various East-Central and Eastern European countries, ''kasha'' can apply to any kind of cooked grain. It can be baked but most often is boiled, either i ...
'' and animal
blood Blood is a body fluid in the circulatory system of humans and other vertebrates that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells, and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells. Blood in the cir ...
* '' Żymlok'' - like ''krupniok'' but instead of ''kasha'',
bread roll Bread is a staple food prepared from a dough of flour (usually wheat) and water, usually by baking. Throughout recorded history and around the world, it has been an important part of many cultures' diet. It is one of the oldest human-made food ...
(''żymła'') is used * '' Wodzionka''/ ''Brotsuppe'' - soup with garlic and cubes of dried rye bread * ''
Siemieniotka Siemieniotka is a Silesian soup made of hemp seed, often eaten at the traditional Christmas Eve meal, Wigilia. The name of the dish comes from its main component, seeds (''siemie''). The hemp seeds are cooked, separated from the shells, ground i ...
''/''Hanfsuppe'' - soup made of
hemp seed Hemp, or industrial hemp, is a botanical class of ''Cannabis sativa'' cultivars grown specifically for industrial or medicinal use. It can be used to make a wide range of products. Along with bamboo, hemp is among the fastest growing plants o ...
, a main Christmas Eve meal * ''
Knysza Knysza () is a type of fast food, consisting of a bread roll amply filled with a variety of ingredients. The bread is a sliced-in-half sponge cake (''bułka drożdżowa''), sometimes grilled prior, abundantly infilled with a variety of ingredien ...
'' - pita bread filled with meat and cabbage * '' Moczka''/''Motschka''/''Lebkuchensauce''/''Polnische Sauce'' - a traditional Christmas Eve dessert, its main ingredients are gingerbread extract, nuts and dried fruit, strawberry compote, and almonds. * '' Makówki''/''Mohnpielen'' - traditional Christmas Eve dessert, based on finely ground poppy seeds, with raisins, almonds, candied citrus peels, honey, sugar, and pudding, and flavoured with rum * '' Hauskyjza'' - strongly flavored, home-made cheese with caraway seeds * '' Kopalnioki'' - hard candies made of sugar, anise oil, and the essences of
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,
melissa Melissa is a female given name. The name comes from the Greek word μέλισσα (''mélissa''), "bee", which in turn comes from μέλι (''meli''), "honey". In Hittite, ''melit'' signifies "honey". ''Melissa'' also refers to the plant ''Me ...
, and
peppermint Peppermint (''Mentha'' × ''piperita'') is a hybrid species of mint, a cross between watermint and spearmint. Indigenous to Europe and the Middle East, the plant is now widely spread and cultivated in many regions of the world.Euro+Med Plantba ...
, its black colour comes from charcoal food dye. * '' Streuselkuchen''/''Kołocz śląski'' - made of a yeast dough covered with a sweet crumb * ''Liegnitzer Bombe'' - small chocolate-covered gingerbread cakes filled with marzipan and fruit or nuts, historically a speciality of Legnica (Liegnitz)


References

Silesia Silesia (, also , ) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at around 8,000,000. Silesia is split ...
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