Subcarpathian Discover Marieta Marecka's recipes for unique Christmas potato dishes
Potatoes – our national treasure and an ingredient of many domestic dishes – are often just an addition to Christmas Eve and holiday dishes. Marieta Marecka – author of books on cooking, host of her own TV cooking shows and culinary expert of the campaign “Potatoes or potatoes? Choose, taste and eat” convinces that potatoes can play the role of the main character during Christmas. An unconventional potato casserole combined with fish and tomatoes, delicious baked potatoes filled with herring salad, fragrant mushroom tart, perfect both hot and cold – these are easy-to-prepare dishes that will delight guests with their taste at the holiday table.
Stuffed potatoes with cheese and herring
Number of servings: 4 (Preparation time: 15 minutes + baking)
Ingredients:
- 4 very large potatoes
- 4-6 tablespoons butter
- Salt, pepper
- 2/3 cup grated yellow cheese
In addition:
- 1 large apple
- 1/2 green part of leek
- 4 nice matjas-style herrings soaked overnight in water
- 3 tablespoons of heavy cream 22%
- 1 heaped tablespoon of mayonnaise
- Parsley
Scrub the potatoes, dry them, wrap them individually in aluminum foil, place them on a baking sheet and put them in an oven preheated to 250 degrees Celsius for about 1.5 hours. Bake until a knife inserted into the potato goes in smoothly and the potatoes are soft inside. Then cut the apples and skin into smaller cubes, do the same with the leek, and finely chop the parsley. Cut the herring into larger cubes, add to the apples and leek, season with pepper, add mayonnaise mixed with sour cream. Unwrap the potatoes from the foil, place on a plate, cut in half, but be careful not to tear the lower part of the skin. While hot, add about 1-2 tablespoons of butter and a large handful of cheese, season well with salt. With a quick movement, for example with a fork, we combine the soft interior of the potato with the butter and cheese, so that we get a smooth, stringy mass. We put a heaping portion of herring on top and serve while it's still hot!
Fish and potato casserole
Number of servings: 4-6 (Preparation time: 25 minutes + baking)
Ingredients:
- About 1.2 kg of potatoes
- 400-500 g cod fillet
- 200 g cream 18%
- 100g milk 3.2%
- 3 eggs
- 2 tomatoes
- 150 g smoked yellow cheese, e.g. roulade ustrzyki
- 1 teaspoon dried tarragon
- 1/2 bunch of dill
- 1 heaped tablespoon of butter + for greasing the form
- Breadcrumbs
- Salt, pepper
Wash the potatoes, cover with water, salt and cook in their skins for 20 minutes. Then cool, peel and cut into slices. Cut the fish into neat pieces, season with chopped dill, salt and pepper. Grease the baking dish with butter and sprinkle with breadcrumbs. Mix the milk with the cream and eggs. Place a layer of potatoes tightly on the bottom of the baking dish, place the fish on them, pour in some of the egg mixture and sprinkle with half of the cheese. Cover with potato slices alternating with tomato half-slices, pour the remaining egg mixture over it and bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees C for about 15 minutes, then switch the oven to the top heating element, increase the temperature to 200-210 degrees C and bake for another 25-30 minutes until nicely browned. Serve hot.
Potato and mushroom tart
Number of servings: 6 (preparation time: 20 minutes + baking)
Ingredients:
Cake:
- 200 g wheat flour
- 100g butter
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 egg
- 1 flat teaspoon of salt
Stuffing:
- About 500 g of cooked potatoes
- 200 ml cream 30%
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 of the light part of a leek
- 6 caps of dried mushrooms
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1/2 cup of grated Bursztyn cheese
- Salt, pepper
- Sprigs of fresh thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon hot paprika
- 1 tablespoon butter
Transfer all the ingredients for the dough to a food processor and pulse until they form coarse crumbs and start to stick together. Then transfer to a pastry board, knead briefly until they stick together into a ball. Roll out into a flat cake on a pastry board lightly sprinkled with flour or through a piece of cling film. Line a tart tin with the dough and prick it thickly. Put the tin in the fridge while you prepare the filling. Soak the mushrooms overnight, then drain and cut into strips. Cut the leek into half-slices. Heat the butter in a pan, add the mushrooms and fry until the water evaporates. Add the garlic sliced into slices and the leek, season with salt and pepper, add the thyme sprigs. Fry briefly until the leek softens. Cool and prepare the potatoes, cutting them into thicker slices. Combine the eggs with the cream, mix thoroughly. Spread potato slices on the dough, arrange mushrooms, pour egg mixture over, season with salt, pepper and a little paprika, cover with another layer of potatoes, sprinkle with cheese and place in an oven preheated to 170 degrees C for about 45-50 minutes. Eat warm.
About the expert
Marieta "Maryś" Marecka
She hosts her own program "ABC GOTOWANIA" and "365 Obiadów Mariety Mareckiej" on Kuchnia+. Author of books. Her first book "ABC kuchnia" was published in October 2015. In 2016, the second part appeared on the market, and in the autumn of 2017 - another one, this time "ABC kuchnia 3".
Her culinary adventure began with participation in the second edition of the program "Gotuj o wszystko" on TVN. Then she took second place in the program "Warsztaty smaku Kuchni+ z Tomkiem Jakubiak". She had her own episode there "Warsztaty Smaku – Wyjadacze".
Currently, she is a frequent guest on the breakfast program Dzień Dobry TVN. She publishes columns and recipes in women's magazines and on websites. She collects culinary publications. In love with cooking, recipes, flavors, her husband, son, daughter and traveling. She hates monotony in the kitchen and in life. That is why culinary workshops and meetings with her are energetic, brilliant, interesting. You can learn not only the ABC of cooking, but also catch her joy of life, love for the kitchen and culinary travels.
She has a master's degree in management and marketing, and her master's thesis was about cooking fashion.
The organizer of the nationwide promotional and educational campaign "Potatoes or potatoes? Choose, taste and eat" is the Federation of Branch Associations of Agricultural Producers.
More information about the campaign can be found on the website www.ziemniakiczykartofle.com.pl and on profiles:
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https://www.instagram.com/ziemniaki_czy_kartofle
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