Polish recipes served up with tidbits of folklore, customs, and history
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| Kebab zapiekanka with ketchup and garlic sauce |
Zapiekanka comes from a Polish word which means to bake. Zapiekanka can mean a casserole, but the more common use is this popular street food – a bagette half, topped with cheese and other toppings, baked until crisp and then finished off with ketchup and or other sauces.
[…] If you spend much time at all in Polish cities, you’ll see folks walking around eating long skinny Zapiekanka Polish French Bread Pizza. They always look and smell terrific. Almost two years after my first visit to Poznan, curiosity got the better of me. As I was leaving Sweet Surrender one afternoon, rather than hop on my tram at Most Teatralny, I walked over to another corner of this busy intersection to order my first Zapiekanka. […]
Oh good heavens! That looks delicious.
Vicki – you would love the food here!
Love it! And have fond memories of sitting in Torun and watching people stop at the shop for these as they made the long trek home after work.