The 20 most famous dishes of Czechia
Czech cooking is rich Bohemian food, led by creamy sauces, dumplings (knedlíky), cabbage and roast meats, with famous yeasted pastries.
1Svíčková na Smetaně
Beef braised slowly with root vegetables in a blended cream sauce, served with dumplings, cranberries and…
2Pečená Kachna
Duck roasted with caraway until the skin crackles, served with red cabbage and dumplings.
3Hovězí Guláš
Thick Czech beef goulash with onion, paprika and marjoram, served with bread dumplings.
4Houskové Knedlíky
Czech bread dumplings shaped as a loaf, steamed and sliced — the partner of every Czech sauce.
5Smažený Sýr
Thick slices of Edam breaded and fried, served with tartare sauce and chips.
6Kulajda
A creamy South Bohemian soup of mushrooms, potatoes, dill and sour cream, topped with a poached egg.
7Česnečka
Czech garlic soup with potatoes and caraway, served with croutons and cheese — a folk cold remedy.
8Bramboráky
Grated potato pancakes with garlic and marjoram, fried thin and crisp.
9Trdelník
Sweet dough wrapped around a metal spit, roasted and rolled in sugar and walnuts — famous on Prague's streets.
10Koláče
Round yeast pastries with a filled centre of sweet cheese, poppy seed or plum jam.
11Buchty
Yeast buns baked snugly together, filled with jam or curd cheese and dusted with icing sugar.
12Ovocné Knedlíky
Curd-cheese dumplings filled with strawberries or plums, served with butter, sugar and grated tvaroh.
13Rajská Omáčka
A sweet-sour tomato sauce with cinnamon and allspice, served with boiled beef and dumplings.
14Utopenci
Sausages pickled in vinegar with onion, peppers and spices — the name means "drowned men", served in pubs.…
15Chlebíčky
Small open-faced sandwiches decorated with potato salad, meats, cheese, egg and vegetables — party food.
16Vánočka
Braided Christmas bread with raisins, almonds and lemon zest, plaited from nine strands in tiers.
17Bramboračka
Potato soup with wild mushrooms, marjoram and caraway — warming and rustic.
18Tatarák
Finely chopped raw beef with onion, yolk and seasoning, eaten on fried bread rubbed with garlic.
19Žemlovka
A baked bread pudding with apples, cinnamon and raisins, sometimes topped with meringue.
20Vepřo-Knedlo-Zelo
The Czech national dish: caraway roast meat with dumplings and stewed cabbage. Traditionally pork; for halal…