
Svíčková na Smetaně (Czech Beef Sirloin in Cream Sauce)
Czechia's most beloved Sunday dish — braised beef sirloin in a silky root vegetable cream sauce, served with bread dumplings, cranberries and whipped cream.
Svíčková, goulash, koláče: abundante cocina bohemia con albóndigas de pan y Pilsner.
La cocina checa es una cocina reconfortante centroeuropea moldeada por las cocinas austrohúngaras y la tradición rural bohemia, con el knedlík (pan hervido o bola de masa de papa, cortado en rodajas y servido para remojar en salsa) como su alimento básico definitorio. El plato nacional canónico es vepřo knedlo zelo: cerdo asado con albóndigas de pan y chucrut estofado, mientras que svíčková na smetaně (solomillo de ternera en una salsa cremosa de tubérculos con arándanos y una rodaja de limón) es el punto de referencia festivo por el que se juzga a los cocineros checos.
Las salsas y sopas son la base de la cocina: las comidas tradicionalmente se abren con polévka (sopa de ajo česnečka, sopa de papa bramboračka, sopa de callos dršťková), y los platos principales se preparan alrededor de omáčky espesado con harina y cocido a fuego lento: salsa de eneldo (koprovka), tomate y champiñones. Guláš, tomado de Hungría y hecho más espeso y suave, es tanto comida de pub como comida casera, siempre con albóndigas y cebolla cruda, idealmente junto con cerveza estilo Pilsner: los checos beben más cerveza per cápita que cualquier nación del mundo.
La repostería es la mitad más dulce de la identidad: kolache (koláče) cubierto con queso de granjero tvaroh, semillas de amapola o povidla de ciruela; ovocné knedlíky, bolas de masa rellenas de frutas aderezadas con mantequilla derretida, tvaroh y azúcar que sirven legítimamente como plato principal; y pan trenzado navideño vánočka. Los cocineros caseros mantienen la alcaravea, la mejorana y el ajo como el trío de condimentos principal, y el almuerzo del domingo (sopa, asado, albóndigas y cerveza) sigue siendo la comida principal de la semana.
Knedlíky (empanadillas)
Pan hervido o bolas de masa de patata, cortadas como una hogaza: el acompañamiento esencial para remojar en salsa y, en forma rellena de fruta, un plato principal dulce.
Omáčky (salsas)
Las salsas cremosas espesadas con harina (crema de tubérculos de svíčková, koprovka de eneldo y tomate) definen cómo se elaboran los platos principales checos.
Cerdo asado y chucrut
El Vepřo knedlo zelo, cerdo asado con albóndigas y zelí estofado, es el plato nacional consensuado de Bohemia.
Sopas (polévky)
La česnečka de ajo, la bramboračka de patata y el caldo de ternera con albóndigas de hígado son tradicionalmente los ingredientes principales de cualquier almuerzo checo.
Cultura cervecera
La cerveza Pilsner, inventada en Pilsen en 1842, se trata como parte de la comida; Los checos son líderes mundiales en consumo per cápita.
horneado dulce
El kolache de tvaroh y semillas de amapola, el buchty de mermelada de ciruela y la vánočka trenzada transmiten la tradición pastelera bohemia.
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La cocina checa es conocida por sus abundantes platos de carne y albóndigas: cerdo asado con chucrut (vepřo knedlo zelo), ternera svíčková en salsa cremosa de verduras y gulash con albóndigas de pan. Sopas como platos abiertos de česnečka con ajo, pasteles kolache y albóndigas de frutas cubren el lado dulce, y la cerveza Pilsner, inventada en Pilsen, se considera una parte integral de la mesa.
Se superponen en la carne de cerdo, el repollo y la cerveza, pero la cocina checa se centra en las salsas, mientras que la comida alemana se inclina hacia los asados con guarniciones. El knedlík checo, una bola de masa hervida de pan rebanado, se diferencia del Klöße de patata alemán, y los omáčky cremosos como la salsa de tubérculos de svíčková no tienen una contraparte alemana directa. El gulash checo es más espeso que el húngaro y más suave, y las albóndigas dulces rellenas de frutas sirven como platos principales.
Svíčková na smetaně es un solomillo de ternera mechado y asado sobre una base de zanahorias, apio nabo, raíz de perejil y cebolla, que luego se hace puré con nata hasta obtener una salsa aterciopelada y ligeramente dulce. Se sirve con bolas de masa de pan, compota de arándanos, una rodaja de limón y crema batida. Es el estándar festivo de la cocina checa, el plato por el que se juzgan las recetas familiares y los restaurantes.
No, la comida checa se encuentra entre las más suaves de Europa. El condimento se basa en alcaravea, mejorana, ajo, pimentón dulce y laurel, y la riqueza se obtiene de la grasa de cerdo, la mantequilla y la crema en lugar de picante. Incluso el gulash, picante en su tierra natal húngara, se hace suave y espeso en la versión checa. El sabor picante proviene del chucrut, los pepinillos encurtidos, la mostaza y el rábano picante rallado, servidos con carne de res hervida.
El gulash checo es la entrada más indulgente: estofado de carne de res con muchas cebollas, pimentón dulce, alcaravea y mejorana hasta que espese, y sírvalo con albóndigas de pan caseras o compradas en la tienda. Bramboráky (panqueques de papa con ajo y mejorana) toma treinta minutos y solo necesita artículos de la despensa. Una vez que se sienta cómodo, pruebe el houskové knedlíky (albóndigas de pan), la habilidad que abre toda la cocina.