This one-pot dish is delicious, easy to make and highly nutritious. The sweet and sour flavor of the green lentils is perfectly balanced thanks to vinegar, onion, salt and black pepper.
23+ Czech & Bohemian Food Recipes
Do you love Czech food? Are you looking for easy and delicious Czech recipes in English?
Then you’re in the right place. From quick and easy appetizers to comforting Bohemian desserts, these are the best recipes to make classic Czech food at home.
Treat yourself to comforting Bohemian meals like Czech Potato Soup (Bramboračka).
If you’re in the mood for a truly traditional recipe from the Czech Republic, then you must make Czech Potato Pancakes (Bramboráky).
And to finish off your meal, turn to the sweet side with a homemade classic Czech pastry dessert, Kolache.
Vanilla Chocolate Marble Bundt Cake
Swirls of chocolate and vanilla meet in this delicious marble bundt cake. Your everyday coffee cake or bake it for birthdays or gatherings.
New Year’s Day Good Luck Green Lentil Soup
My mom’s delicious version of a classic Czech recipe.
Mulled Wine
My favorite Christmas drink is this mulled red wine, scented with sliced orange, cinnamon, cloves, and star anise. Merry, Merry!
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Authentic Czech Kolache (Koláče) With Fruit Filling
Koláč (pronounced “co-latch”), a common and popular Czech pastry item, is made from a yeasted brioche dough, filled with a variety of fresh seasonal fruit and topped with crumbly streusel. Kolache, kolatche, kolachky or koláče in Czech (plural, pronounced “co-la-tchay”) typically come in circular shapes (yes, they do look like pizza!). From the silver dollar-size […]
Chopped Salad With Quail Eggs
Vibrant chopped salad with tiny quail eggs, Emmenthaler cheese, fresh vegetables and herbs, with a tangy crème fraiche dressing.
Cheesy Egg Nests
A pedestal of toasted, chewy, sliced bread with melted sharp cheese.
Czech Lemon Linzer Holiday Cookies
Lemon linzer cookies are tender, lemony and buttery morsels, that you won’t be able to stop eating. Make the easy dough, roll it out, cut out cookies, bake and enjoy! If you love the taste of lemons in baked stuff like me, this cookie is a must to add to your repertoire. And not just […]
Apple Pecan Chocolate Coffee Cake
This easy, one-bowl recipe comes together in no time. Chopped apples, pecans, and chocolate shine in a simple batter made from flour, eggs, brown sugar, cinnamon and coconut oil. The result is a flavor-packed coffee cake with a nice, chunky texture. I call this a rocky road cake because when you take it out of […]
Czech Potato Pancakes (Bramboráky)
Bramboráky are the Czech version of potato latkes. This traditional family recipe is easy to make. Load your Czech Potato Pancakes with garlic, marjoram, and caraway seeds and start salivating. I have sweet memories of my grandma frying up a big pile of these pancakes—called bramboráky in Czech—for dinner for me and my cousins, when […]
Chunky Czech Potato Soup (Bramboračka)
Ready in 30 minutes, this delicious chunky potato soup is a quick, Czech-countryside classic, made with roux, potatoes, dried porcini mushrooms, parsnips, and carrots. Bramboračka is a Czech slang word that translates as “of potatoes”. It comes together fairly quickly using just a handful of ingredients, but with each playing a distinctly key role and […]
Zucchini Slices With Feta And Parsley
Versatile dish made with grated zucchini, eggs, feta cheese and fresh parsley. Eat it with a salad or as a snack on its own.
Easy Czech Cream of Semolina (Krupicová Kaše)
A traditional Czech recipe for Cream of Semolina (Krupicová kaše) porridge with two different topping options: cinnamon, cocoa, and butter, or fresh blueberries. Delicious comfort food, approved both by children and adults! I grew up eating and loving this classic Czech porridge. Nothing could be simpler and faster to make. If you have kids, I […]
Linzer Cookies With Raspberry Jam
Tender, buttery cookie with a hint of lemon zest, and filled with raspberry jam. Classic Christmas cookie but tastes as good all year round.