Śledź w śmietanie is a signature dish of Poland; we have verified places to eat it in Warsaw. Polish herring fillets cured in salt, then served in sour cream with raw onion, apple and pickle. Start with where to eat Śledź w śmietanie in Warsaw.
Śledź w śmietanie · Warsaw
Polish herring fillets cured in salt, then served in sour cream with raw onion, apple and pickle. The canonical zakąska (cold starter) with a shot of vodka.
Śledź (herring) has been on Polish tables since the medieval period, when the Baltic fishery and inland salt-curing made it the cheapest protein for the long winter. The śmietana (sour cream) preparation is the Warsaw version, distinguished from the eastern oil-cured śledź po japońsku. It is the canonical zakąska on every Polish vodka-tasting table and at every Christmas Eve dinner. Restauracja Polka and Stary Dom plate it as a cold starter.
Where to eat in Warsaw:
- Restauracja Polka
- Stary Dom
- Pijalnia Wodki i Piwa (Nowy Swiat)
- Coctail Bar Max & Dom Whisky
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