Poland
- barszcz (beetroot soup) with uszka (small dumplings) - Classic Polish Christmas starter.
- carp fillet with potato salad, carp in aspic etc. Carp provides a main component of the Christmas Eve meal across Poland.
- pickled herring
- rollmops
- pierogi with sauerkraut and forest mushrooms; filled with white cheese and potatoes
- fish soup
- żurek - soup made of soured rye flour and meat
- kiełbasa - various types of kiełbasa
- zupa grzybowa - mushroom soup made of various forest mushrooms
- bigos - savory stew of cabbage and meat
- Kompot - traditional drink a light, refreshing drink most often made of dried or fresh fruit boiled in water with sugar and left to cool and infuse.
- gołąbki - cabbage rolls
- compote - dried fruit
- kutia - sweet grain pudding/ in the eastern regions (Białystok)
- makowiec - poppy seed cakes
- mazurek - jam-filled flat pastry
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