Cheesecake sernik for Polish Easter?

Polonius3 980 | 12275

3 Apr 2010 / #1

Anyone bake or serve sernik (cheesecake) as part of their Easter feast? I understand some contain semolina? Anyone familiar with those?

frd 7 | 1379

3 Apr 2010 / #2

I don't know what semolina is. But yeah we receive a sernik every easter and christmas from our next door neighbour, I'm pretty confident that it's the cream of the crop of all serniks ;) the very creme de la creme of "serniksecity"...

aphrodisiac 11 | 2427

3 Apr 2010 / #3

semolina

is a special type of processed wheat if I am not mistaken. It is used exclusively in pasta making process, but I cannot really see it being used in sernik.

OP Polonius3 980 | 12275

3 Apr 2010 / #4

Isn't it called kaszka manna in Polish?

pgtx 29 | 3094

3 Apr 2010 / #5

or grysik

but i don't think you add it to sernik... do you?

plk123 8 | 4119

3 Apr 2010 / #6

is a special type of processed wheat if I am not mistaken. It is used exclusively in pasta making process, but I cannot really see it being used in sernik.

polonius doesn't always make sense.. i agree. :D

sernik is not an easter thing.. x-mas, sure.

kaszka manna

no and it would be kasza not kaszka.

frd 7 | 1379

3 Apr 2010 / #7

sernik is not an easter thing.. x-mas, sure.

naaah sernik is all around, all year king of the table for me ; P

kaszka manna just as just kaszka is a common name for milk soup in Poland : o

Seanus 15 | 19666

4 Apr 2010 / #8

Semolina is a pudding of sorts, not such a great one at that. I used to hate it as a kid. Tapioca is much better :)

Frd is right, cheesecake is used all year round. I'm often treated to it in Zabrze when I'm at my wife's parents' place. It's not exclusive to Easter.

OP Polonius3 980 | 12275

4 Apr 2010 / #9

For sernik z kaszą manną see:
mojeciacha.blogspot.com/2009/02/puszysty-sernik-z-kasza-manna.html

frd 7 | 1379

4 Apr 2010 / #10

For sernik z kaszą manną see:

Sorry mate but that's one dodgy sernik right there.. proper sernik doesn't have this kasza manna thingie..

plk123 8 | 4119

4 Apr 2010 / #11

Tapioca is much better :)

yuk. :X

It's not exclusive to Easter.

not exclusive and to me has never been inclusive of easter (4 me).. pączki, yes.. other stuff, yes.. sernik.. no.

Sorry mate but that's one dodgy sernik right there.. proper sernik doesn't have this kasza manna thingie..

exactly.. and as i said somewhere in the last couple of days, polonius doesn't show to be of sound mind, at times.

z_darius 14 | 3960

4 Apr 2010 / #12

sernik is not an easter thing.. x-mas, sure.

must be regional thing.
Sernik was a sure thing for both Christmas and Easter wherever I lived in Poland.

plk123 8 | 4119

4 Apr 2010 / #13

^^ maybe the case as i don't ever recall sernink at easter.. could have been just my family or something too.. maybe there was just never any room for it after all the other eats. :D

z_darius 14 | 3960

4 Apr 2010 / #14

With me it was the other way around. I usually got stuffed with sernik first. Sometimes I had enough room for makowiec.