Zlatá klasika / Recepty prověřené časem – Pohlreich Zdeněk (2023)

Golden Classics – these are recipes for dishes that are the most beloved in our country and are considered an integral part of Czech cuisine. They mostly consist of the best of Czech classics, but I have also included classic recipes that we happily adopted during our travels to Greece, Croatia, Italy, Asia, or America and made them our own. You will find recipes for the universally loved roasted duck, pork sparrows, schnitzels, segedín, meatloaf, svíčková, beef cheeks, buns with vanilla cream, poppy seed dumplings, as well as burgers, spaghetti aglio olio, spaghetti carbonara, Kung Pao, Tikka chicken, ćevapi, salmon with remoulade, Serbian risotto, Italian risotto, fish & chips, carpaccio, Greek salad, Caesar salad, tzatziki, caprese… and everything you currently feel like eating. I have always said that I prefer being a foot soldier of classics rather than an innovator and creator of something that has long been discovered. This is still true today, and after all these years in gastronomy, I know very well which dishes disappear from restaurant menus first. When the book was being created, we kept in mind mainly that it should be simple to navigate and in the style of presentation. It is clearly focused on home cooking and traditional methods, where it is...