The iconic Czech pastry known as kolaches is a delicacy made with a supple, raised sweet dough and filled with any number of traditional fillings, including cottage cheese (the Czech version of cheesecake), poppy seed, or spiced plum.
Trdelník is a dessert that's become synonymous with Prague. It's made by wrapping dough around a cylinder-shaped spit, cooking it until the exterior is crispy and the inside is perfectly soft. While still warm, it's doused in sugar, cinnamon, or nuts.
Kolaches are Czech pastries made of a yeast dough and usually filled with fruit, but sometimes cheese. The ultra-traditional flavors — such as poppy seed, apricot, prune and a sweet-but-simple farmer's cheese — can be traced back to the pastry's Eastern European origin.
There isn't one single "Prague" dish, but Goulash (Guláš) and Svíčková (Marinated Sirloin) are arguably the most iconic, alongside hearty classics like Vepřo Knedlo Zelo (Pork, Dumplings, & Cabbage) and the popular beer snack Steak Tartare (Tatarák), often served with garlic-rubbed toast. Goulash is a rich beef stew with dumplings, Svíčková is beef sirloin in a creamy vegetable sauce with dumplings and cranberries, while Vepřo Knedlo Zelo is roasted pork with cabbage and dumplings.
This is my understanding from growing up in a small Czechoslovakian community. Kolache is pronounced "Ko-la-chee". Kolach is pronounced the way it is spelled (Ko-lah-ch). Kolach is singular.
Míša Řezy. (Teddy Squares) Míša řezy is a traditional Czech dessert made with farmer's cheese aka quark (tvaroh) as the key ingredient. The cake consists of five distinct layers: alternating layers of chocolate sponge cake with layers of sweetened quark cheese, mascarpone, and.
Trdelník (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtr̩dɛlɲiːk]; or rarely trdlo, trozkol, or chimney cake) is a kind of spit cake and variant of Kürtőskalács. It is made from dough that is wrapped around a stick, then baked and topped with sugar and walnut mix.
A 200-year-old recipe from the Czech Republic, these cinnamon pastries in the shape of a tube are called, “trdelniks,” pronounced kind of like “turtle necks.” They taste like a combination of a doughnut and cinnamon roll, with cinnamon and sugar carmelized on the outside producing a bit a crunch.
What is the name of the Czech dessert made with soft dough and filled with poppy seeds, jam or cream cheese?
Freshly baked Kolache 🤩👍 . These beauties are filled to the brim with tvaroh cheese, poppy seeds (mák), and a sweet touch of apricot jam (meruňkový džem) right in the center. This time, I skipped the crumble (drobenka) to let those rich fillings shine on their own. . A pure and delicious Czech treat!
tasteatlas.com/pastry TasteAtlas has crowned Pastel de Belém as the best pastry in the world for 2025, based on 25,737 votes across 496 cataloged dishes. Pastel de Belém is a traditional Portuguese egg custard tart and the predecessor to the famous pastel de nata.
📍Model Bakery (Napa, CA) This is Oprah Winfrey's favorite bakery apparently. They're known for their english muffin sandwiches so we tried both the original (canadian bacon, scrambled eggs, cheese) and the sausage (scrambled eggs, sausage patty, cheese, chipotle aioli).
What is a Pastry? Pastry is a type of dough made with flour, water and shortening. Baked pastry dough can be sweet or savory, and consumed alone or with fillings. Pastry is characterized by its flaky and crumbly texture, and rich buttery flavor.
What is the difference between a profiterole and a Chouquette?
Chouquettes loosely translates to “little bits of choux.” They are usually sold in baskets perched atop the glass pastry cases of bakeries and pastry shops in France. A sort of afterthought, they are just profiteroles shells—crisp, airy, and hollow, crusted in lumps of pearl sugar.
Ahoj (ah-hoy) = Hi. or Bye. Much like Aloha this word can be used both when meeting and leaving. You will often hear Czechs saying hi while waving you goodbye. Čau is another informal equivalent.
A simple but very useful Czech phrase 👀. “Děkuji, rozumím.” means “Thank you, I understand.” and helps you sound polite and confident. Perfect for classes, meetings, offices, and everyday conversations.
