
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, gulasch, koláče – ricca cucina boema con canederli di pane e Pilsner.
La cucina ceca è una cucina confortevole dell'Europa centrale, modellata dalle cucine austro-ungariche e dalla tradizione rurale boema, con il knedlík - il pane bollito o gli gnocchi di patate, affettati e serviti per assorbire la salsa - come alimento base. Il piatto nazionale canonico è vepřo knedlo zelo: maiale arrosto con gnocchi di pane e crauti brasati, mentre svíčková na smetaně - controfiletto di manzo in salsa cremosa di radici con mirtilli rossi e una fetta di limone - è il punto di riferimento festivo con cui vengono giudicati i cuochi cechi.
Salse e zuppe portano avanti la cucina: i pasti tradizionalmente si aprono con la polévka (zuppa di aglio česnečka, zuppa di patate bramboračka, zuppa di trippa dršťková) e le portate principali sono costruite attorno a omáčky (salsa all'aneto (koprovka), pomodoro e funghi, addensata con farina e fatta cuocere a fuoco lento. Guláš, preso in prestito dall'Ungheria e reso più denso e delicato, è tanto cibo da pub quanto cibo casalingo, sempre con gnocchi e cipolla cruda, idealmente insieme a una birra chiara in stile Pilsner: i cechi bevono più birra pro capite di qualsiasi nazione sulla terra.
La cottura al forno è la metà più dolce dell'identità: kolache (koláče) condita con formaggio contadino tvaroh, semi di papavero o povidla di prugne; ovocné knedlíky, ravioli ripieni di frutta conditi con burro fuso, tvaroh e zucchero che fungono legittimamente da portata principale; e il pane intrecciato vánočka di Natale. I cuochi casalinghi mantengono il cumino, la maggiorana e l'aglio come trio di condimenti principali, e il pranzo della domenica - zuppa, arrosto, gnocchi, birra - rimane il pasto principale della settimana.
Knedlíky (gnocchi)
Pane bollito o gnocchi di patate, tagliati a fette come una pagnotta - il lato essenziale per inzuppare la salsa, e in forma ripiena di frutta come piatto principale dolce.
Omáčky (salse)
Le salse cremose addensate con farina - la crema di radici di svíčková, la koprovka all'aneto, il pomodoro - definiscono il modo in cui vengono costruite le portate principali ceche.
Arrosto di maiale e crauti
Il Vepřo knedlo zelo, arrosto di maiale con gnocchi e zelí brasato, è il piatto nazionale più diffuso in Boemia.
Zuppe (polévky)
La česnečka all'aglio, la bramboračka di patate e il brodo di manzo con gnocchi di fegato aprono tradizionalmente ogni vero pranzo ceco.
Cultura della birra
La birra chiara Pilsner, inventata a Plzeň nel 1842, viene considerata parte del pasto; i cechi guidano il mondo nel consumo pro capite.
Cottura dolce
La kolache di tvaroh e semi di papavero, il buchty alla marmellata di prugne e la vánočka intrecciata portano avanti la tradizione della pasticceria boema.
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La cucina ceca è nota per i sostanziosi piatti a base di carne e gnocchi: arrosto di maiale con crauti (vepřo knedlo zelo), manzo svíčková in salsa cremosa di verdure e gulasch con gnocchi di pane. Zuppe come la česnečka all'aglio, pasticcini kolache e gnocchi di frutta coprono il lato dolce, e la birra chiara Pilsner, inventata a Plzeň, è considerata parte integrante della tavola.
Si sovrappongono nel maiale, nel cavolo e nella birra, ma la cucina ceca è incentrata sulle salse, mentre la cucina tedesca tende agli arrosti con contorni. Il knedlík ceco - un raviolo di pane bollito e tagliato a fette - è diverso dalla Klöße di patate tedesca, e gli omáčky cremosi come la salsa di radici di svíčková non hanno una controparte tedesca diretta. Il gulasch ceco è più denso di quello ungherese e più delicato, e gli gnocchi dolci ripieni di frutta servono come veri e propri piatti principali.
Svíčková na smetaně è un controfiletto di manzo lardellato e arrostito su una base di carote, sedano rapa, radice di prezzemolo e cipolla, che viene poi frullato con panna fino a formare una salsa vellutata e leggermente dolce. Viene servito con gnocchi di pane, composta di mirtilli rossi, una fetta di limone e panna montata. È lo standard festivo della cucina ceca, il piatto in base al quale vengono giudicate le ricette di famiglia e i ristoranti.
No, il cibo ceco è tra i più miti d'Europa. Il condimento si basa su cumino, maggiorana, aglio, paprika dolce e alloro, con ricchezza di grasso di maiale, burro e panna invece del calore. Anche il gulasch, piccante nella sua patria ungherese, è reso delicato e denso nella versione ceca. La piccantezza deriva dai crauti, dai sottaceti, dalla senape e dal rafano grattugiato serviti con manzo bollito.
Il gulasch ceco è il piatto più indulgente: brasare il manzo con un sacco di cipolle, paprika dolce, cumino e maggiorana fino a renderlo denso e servire con gnocchi di pane acquistati in negozio o fatti in casa. Bramboráky - frittelle di patate con aggiunta di aglio e maggiorana - richiedono trenta minuti e necessitano solo di elementi della dispensa. Una volta a tuo agio, prova gli houskové knedlíky (gnocchi di pane), l'abilità che sblocca l'intera cucina.