Cooking Traditional Czech Foods with Czech-American TV.
Button Pancakes
Button pancakes are usually eaten as a main meal, but they could also be part of a great dinner. This delicacy comes from Central Moravia, especially from the Olomouc region. This part of the Czech Re...
Mixed Lentils, Peas, Beans, Barley Soup
This soup came into existence in the nineteenth century in two distinct cultural areas – Moravian Wallachia, which is now part of the Zlin and Moravian-Silesian regions, and Hanakia, which is pa...
Split Pea Soup with Smoked Sausage
This soup is made from one of the oldest basic ingredients – a legume known as the pea. The pea is very healthy, mainly because it contains vitamin B and a lot of protein, like other legumes. The gree...
Jizera Style Roasted Chicken
This recipe is from the northern part of the Czech Republic, the part concentrated around the Jizera River, which has a spring in the Jizera Mountains (which take their name from the river). The Jizer...
Venison Soup with Meatballs or Gnocchi
One of the specialties for this region is Carlsbad dumplings, beer apple strudel and Pilsner beer. The bases of Czech cuisine are dumplings. There are a variety of dumplings, but the most traditional ...
Repanky Red Beet Buns
This recipe comes from the Central Bohemian Region, an administrative unit of the Czech Republic located in the middle of Bohemia. This region is the only one which doesn’t have a main regional city. ...
Plum Kolaches with Crumble Topping
Kolaches are traditional Czech desserts. The name originated from the Czech word “kolo,” which means “circle.” Kolaches can be filled with apricots, curd, poppy seeds, or plums. Plums can also be used...
Black Style Roasted Rabbit
This recipe comes from the Moravian-Silesian region, a territory that encompasses the northeastern part of the historical region of Moravia and most of the Czech part of the historical region of Siles...
Chicken with Apples, Juniper Sauce
This recipe is originally from the west Bohemian spa region, which is dominated by a town called Marianske Lazne. Marianske Lazne is a spa town surrounded by green mountains, a mosaic of parks and nob...
Frenstat Buckwheat Casserole
This recipe comes from the town of Frenstat pod Radhostem which is located in the Moravian-Silesian Region. Pagans from Asia brought buckwheat to the Czech Republic in the 13th century. Buckwheat tole...