Cooking the Comments | Svickova 🇨🇿 Beef: 3 pounds whole beef (e.g. top blade) 5 ounces fat bacon for larding meat 1 ½ Tablespoons lard (or sunflower / canola oil) 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 2 teaspoon salt water to cover meat while simmering Vegetables for Svíčková base: 2 medium carrots 2 medium parsley root 7 ounces celeriac 3 medium onions 1 medium apple ½ stick unsalted butter ½ cup granulated sugar ⅓ cup vinegar 5% acidity Spices: 6 bay leaves 10 allspice balls 10 peppercorns Roux 3 Tablespoons all-purpose flour ½ stick unsalted butter To finish svíčková: 1 cup heavy cream To garnish: sliced lemon, whipped cream, lingonberry jam Knedliky: 3 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour 1 ¼ cup lukewarm milk 1 ½ cup bread cubes made from stale white bread, cut into ⅓-inch pieces 1 egg 1 ½ teaspoons active dry yeast or 20 g fresh yeast ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon granulated sugar #cooking #recipe #czech #svickova #czechfood