A Greater Poland soup of duck or goose broth thickened with the animal's blood, soured with vinegar and sweetened with dried fruit, served with kluski lane (egg noodles).
Czernina is the most Wielkopolska of all dishes and the most polarising of all Polish soups. The dish dates to at least the 17th century, when blood-thickened soups were common across Slavic Europe, and survived in Greater Poland after they faded elsewhere. The sweet-sour balance from vinegar and dried plums or pears distinguishes the Poznań version. In folk tradition, a serving of czernina was the signal a suitor's marriage proposal had been declined.
3 editor picks for Czernina in Poznań, ranked by editorial score. All Poznań signature dishes · Czernina across every city.
Hyćka ★ 4.4
srodka · Rynek Śródecki 17, 60-653 Poznań
Hyćka in Śródka, Poznań cooks the regional Wielkopolska canon: pyry z gzikiem, czernina, szagówki and szare kluchy, with bread baked on the premises on sourdough since 2017.
Podkoziołek ★ 3.9
stary-rynek · Stary Rynek, 61-772 Poznań
Podkoziołek on Stary Rynek in Poznań is a Wielkopolska restaurant opposite the Koziołki, with handmade pierogi, plendze, czernina and golonka in a vaulted dining room with regular live music.
Ratuszova ★ 3.9
stary-rynek · Stary Rynek 55, 61-772 Poznań
Ratuszova on Stary Rynek in Poznań is a modern-Polish room in a historic Stary Rynek 55 tenement, in business since 1954, with roast duck, czernina and game on a seasonal menu.