Knysza () is a type of
fast food
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, consisting of a
bread roll
A bread roll is a small, oblong individual loaf of bread served as a meal accompaniment (eaten plain or with butter). Rolls can be served and eaten whole or are also commonly cut and filled – the result of doing so is considered a '' sandwic ...
amply filled with a variety of ingredients. The bread is a sliced-in-half
yeast bread roll (''bułka drożdżowa''), sometimes
grilled
Grilling is a form of cooking that involves heat applied to the surface of food, commonly from above, below or from the side. Grilling usually involves a significant amount of direct, radiant heat, and tends to be used for cooking meat and v ...
prior, abundantly infilled with a variety of ingredients, including vegetables,
cutlet
In cuisine, cutlet (derived from French ''côtelette'', ''côte'', "rib") refers to:
# a thin slice of meat from the leg or ribs of mutton, veal, pork, or chicken
# a dish made of such slice, often breaded (also known in various languages as a ...
, topped profusely with
sauce
In cooking, a sauce is a liquid, cream, or semi- solid food, served on or used in preparing other foods. Most sauces are not normally consumed by themselves; they add flavour, texture, and visual appeal to a dish. ''Sauce'' is a French wor ...
.
The original knysza is
vegetarian
Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the Eating, consumption of meat (red meat, poultry, seafood, insects as food, insects, and the flesh of any other animal). It may also include abstaining from eating all by-products of animal slau ...
and is named "knysza with vegetables" (''knysza z warzywami''), with the bread roll solely infilled with fresh vegetables (white and red
cabbage
Cabbage, comprising several cultivars of '' Brassica oleracea'', is a leafy green, red (purple), or white (pale green) biennial plant grown as an annual vegetable crop for its dense-leaved heads. It is descended from the wild cabbage ( ''B.& ...
,
tomato
The tomato (, ), ''Solanum lycopersicum'', is a plant whose fruit is an edible Berry (botany), berry that is eaten as a vegetable. The tomato is a member of the nightshade family that includes tobacco, potato, and chili peppers. It originate ...
,
cucumber
The cucumber (''Cucumis sativus'') is a widely-cultivated creeping vine plant in the family Cucurbitaceae that bears cylindrical to spherical fruits, which are used as culinary vegetables.[sweetcorn
Sweet corn (''Zea mays'' convar. ''saccharata'' var. ''rugosa''), also called sweetcorn, sugar corn and pole corn, is a variety of maize grown for human consumption with a high sugar content. Sweet corn is the result of a naturally occurring rec ...]
), generously topped with garlic sauce,
mayonnaise
Mayonnaise (), colloquially referred to as "mayo" (), is a thick, creamy sauce with a rich and tangy taste that is commonly used on sandwiches, hamburgers, Salad#Bound salads, bound salads, and French fries. It also forms the base for various o ...
or spicy sauce, besprinkled with roasted
onion
An onion (''Allium cepa'' , from Latin ), also known as the bulb onion or common onion, is a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus '' Allium''. The shallot is a botanical variety of the onion which was classifie ...
. Variants of knysza include those with meat, for example
cutlet
In cuisine, cutlet (derived from French ''côtelette'', ''côte'', "rib") refers to:
# a thin slice of meat from the leg or ribs of mutton, veal, pork, or chicken
# a dish made of such slice, often breaded (also known in various languages as a ...
(''kotlet''), chicken or sausage, as well as a version with cheese.
Knysza is most popular in
Wrocław
Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...
, where the meal rose in popularity in the 1990s.
See also
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Doner kebab
Doner kebab or döner kebab is a dish of Turkish cuisine, Turkish origin made of meat cooked on a vertical rotisserie. Seasoned meat stacked in the shape of an inverted cone is turned slowly on the rotisserie, next to a vertical cooking elemen ...
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Knish
A knish or knysh ( or , ) is a traditional food of Eastern European origin, characteristic of Ukrainian and Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine. It typically consists of a filling covered with dough that is baked or sometimes deep fried.
In most tradi ...
External links
Guilty Pleasures: Regional Fast Foods from Poland
References
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Polish cuisine
Wrocław
Silesian cuisine
Fast food
Culture in Wrocław