Vepro Knedlo Zelo

Name: Vepro Knedlo Zelo
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Czech
Ingredients: 1kg pork shoulder; 1 head cabbage, shredded; 6 bread rolls, for dumplings; Caraway seeds

Vepřo knedlo zelo/VEP-roh KNED-loh ZEH-loh/

Also known as: Czech Pork, Dumplings and Cabbage

About this dish

Roast pork served with bread dumplings and braised cabbage, the quintessential Czech Sunday meal.

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Ingredients

🐷1kg pork shoulder

🥬1 head cabbage, shredded

🌾6 bread rolls, for dumplings

🧂Caraway seeds

Method

Serves 4

Season the pork with caraway seeds and roast until tender with a crisp exterior.

Braise shredded cabbage slowly with a little sugar and vinegar until soft.

Prepare bread dumplings and steam until cooked through.

Slice the dumplings and the roasted pork.

Serve together with the braised cabbage and pan gravy.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Vepro knedlo zelo is considered the Czech national dish, its name simply meaning 'pork, dumpling, cabbage.'

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