Czech Garlic Recipes

Czech cuisine — Svíčková, goulash, koláče — hearty Bohemian cooking with bread dumplings and Pilsner — brings its own distinctive techniques and seasonings to every ingredient it touches. When Czech cooks work with garlic, they reach for its own regional aromatics, fats and signature spice blends, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are simmering, frying, braising and roasting.

The aromatic foundation of savoury cooking almost everywhere — pungent raw, sweet and mellow when cooked. In this collection it's most often cooked with fine sea salt, dried marjoram, onion, caraway seeds, eggs and butter. The dishes here span czech classics ready in as little as 30 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.