Zapiekanka z Ketchupem
Zapiekanka with ketchup; the classic topping, applied in a zigzag pattern.
Andrew Lekashman
Zapiekanka z Kebabem
Zapiekanka with kebab meat; döner-style meat, fusion creation.
Zapiekanka Wegetariańska
Vegetarian zapiekanka; mushrooms with various vegetables, no meat.
Zapiekanka Włoska
Italian-style zapiekanka; with salami, pepperoni, Italian herbs, mozzarella.
Zapiekanka Studencka
'Student' zapiekanka; cheap, filling, classic version popular with students.
Zapiekanka Meksykańska
Mexican-style zapiekanka; with jalapeños, corn, beans, spicy sauce.
Zapiekanka Krakowska
The zapiekanka krakowska is the dish pinned to one address: the okrąglak, a round 1900 market hall on Plac Nowy whose hatches sell half-baguettes baked with mushroom and cheese, sauced at the window.
Zapiekanka Klasyczna
Classic zapiekanka; half baguette with sautéed button mushrooms (pieczarki), grated yellow cheese (usually Gouda or Edamer), toasted unti...
Zapiekanka Hawajska
Hawaiian zapiekanka; with ham and pineapple, like Hawaiian pizza.
Zapiekanka Gyros
Gyros zapiekanka; with gyros meat, tzatziki sauce, onion, tomato.
Zapiekanka Grecka
Zapiekanka grecka piles cold feta, olives and tzatziki onto a hot toasted baguette, a Polish idea of Greek flavor built from two dishes no Greek table serves together.
Zapiekanka Gourmet
At Kraków's Plac Nowy rotunda, the loaded zapiekanka tucks blue or smoked cheese under mozzarella and adds cured ham and dry-sautéed mushrooms to the same half bagietka, at twice the price.
Zapiekanka Góralska
A zapiekanka built on oscypek, the PDO-protected mountain sheep cheese that blisters and squeaks under heat instead of melting, finished cold with żurawina.
Zapiekanka Fit
Zapiekanka fit puts chicken breast and light mozzarella on a whole-grain half-baguette. Bran scorches before the crumb sets, and lean chicken renders no fat to fuse the top.
Wrap z Kurczakiem
A cold chicken wrap built for a gym bag or an office fridge: grilled breast, a stripe of garlic sauce, and the hours in foil that decide whether the tortilla tears or turns to mush.
Wrap Wegetariański
Poland's meat-free tortilla wrap: twarożek or hummus to seal the bread, egg and ser żółty for weight, ogórek kiszony for sourness, pressed seam-down at Orlen's Stop Cafe and bakery counters.
Tost
The Polish tost is named for its bread: chleb tostowy, the square loaf milled to crisp in the press, bound with melting ser żółty. Plain with ham or loaded with kabanos.
Tost z Szynką i Serem
Poland's toasted ham-and-cheese, made in the opiekacz: a hinged toaster whose ridged plates seal the rim and score it into two crisp triangles. The hot, home answer to the cold kanapka.
Tost z Pieczarkami
Sautéed pieczarki and melting cheese, sealed in Poland's opiekacz until the crust snaps: a meatless pressed tost built entirely on drying a mushroom out first.
Tost z Kurczakiem
Poland's next-day chicken tost: Sunday's roast or a spit-roasted bird torn into strands, coated in sos czosnkowy, sealed between slices of yellow cheese in the opiekacz.
Tost Wegetariański
Pull the ham from a Polish tost and the cheese has to do its job too: melt, bind, and season a sandwich built from whatever ser żółty and vegetables are already in the fridge.