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    Finally figured out what my family has been making on christmas every year.
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    Finally figured out what my family has been making on christmas every year.


    I live in Brazil, but my grandfather was polish, his mother was pregnant with him as she came with his siblings during WW2. I unfortunately never got to meet him as he passed long before my mother got married to my father, but I heard of him growing up and have fond memories of this meal.

    My grandmother would make it for Christmas and everyone always said it was a polish recipe my grandpa taught her, however, everyone referred to it as "coclet" (or at least it’s what it sounds like). I try to look it up but it would always show chocolate, so this time I looked up "Polish rolled beef" and I believe what my family has been cooking is Rolada/Zrazy(?)!!

    We make it with meat, stuffed with bacon and onions and rolled up, tying it up with string before cooking it. It might not be 100% identical, but it’s probably what they intend to be making this whole time! I’ll leave a picture of my plate from 2023 as I don’t usually take pictures of food and it’s something we only eat on special occasions such as christmas, though my grandma would make it for me as birthday gifts because of how much I liked it.

    https://i.redd.it/iz4ba5xfsx5g1.jpeg

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    1. 5thhorseman_ on

      “Kotlet” – a somewhat genericized term for a portion of meat.

      A little unusual to use the term for rolada, but not improbable and we do use it for *kotlet de Vollaile* which you might know better as *chicken Kyiv* .

    2. Nytalith on

      “Coclet” probably is “kotlet” which is coutlet – a slice of meat, usually in some breading, fried.

      What you posted looks like Rolada and it’s quite popular Polish meal. There’s plenty of variations but I think most common one is one with mustard, onions and kiszone ogórki (soured cucumbers, not to be mistaken with pickles that are usually made with vinegear).

      In many Polish homes it’s still a staple dish for some celebrations.

    4. Darq10 on

      My grandfather always calls it “zrazy”. Kotlet stands for general piece of meat like for example “kotlet schabowy” (“porkchop”)

    5. NoxiousAlchemy on

      Kotlet is very similar to German schnitzel. What you got there could be indeed zrazy! (I think it’s called rolada in Silesia?) Anyway I’m glad you’ve found it 🙂 I’ve heard there’s a number of Brazilians with Polish roots, it’s good to see at least some culinary traditions are passed down.

    7. tupisac on

      >I believe what my family has been cooking is Rolada/Zrazy

      Yep, that’s it.

      But imo it really needs soured cucumbers to complete the recipe. I wonder if those are even available in Brazil.

    10. Nik-ki on

      Now you just need to figure out kluski Śląskie and red cabbage to complete the holy Silesian trinity

    12. _Montague on

      It’s a Rolada, rolled beef meat filled with bacon, sliced sour pickles, onions and mustard.

    13. szudrzyk on

      Zrazy wołowe! Jeszcze ogórek do środka i delektować się smakiem- dobrej jakości wołowina do tego to podstawa!

    14. 1Pawelgo on

      Immediately looks like bitki or zrazy with a personal touch, which is essentially what rolada is. Really depends on how the dish is prepared, because bitki often have pickles on them as rhe padt of sauce, while rolada and zrazy have them inside.

      Mind you, rolada is also a type of cake, so to be more specific, it is sometimes referred to as rolada wołowa, or beef rolada. It is rather not something a pole would call a kotlet, that usually goes for fried flat pork or breaded, fried meat (still usually pork).

    17. SleepyProgrammer on

      It’s “zrazy” not “rolada” as others say, “rolada” is a sweet cake, rolled with cream or jello, only people from some regions say it’s “rolada” but i don’t believe them 😉 they must be trolling, why would anyone called meat with a name that suggests a sweet cake 😉
      source: Adam Mickiewicz wrote in “Pan Tadeusz”, most important piece of polish literature (epic poem that is an entire book) mentions them on several ocasions

      anyway, you almost got it, it also needs some pickled cucumbers inside, salted ones, not pickled in vinegar (that won’t work)

    18. Cute_Style2445 on

      Kotlet and zrazy? Cool! I think the stuffing depends on the household though. My grandma makes them with pickles and they’re soooo good