Czech Potatoes 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 potatoes, they reach for its own regional aromatics, fats and signature spice blends, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are simmering, boiling, frying and poaching.

The comforting carbohydrate that roasts, mashes, fries and bakes its way into cuisines worldwide. In this collection it's most often cooked with fine sea salt, butter, all-purpose flour, eggs, dried marjoram and egg. The dishes here span czech classics ready in as little as 25 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.