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A traditional Christmas meal in Poland includes fried carp and borscht ( beetroot soup ) with uszka ( ravioli ).

Carp provides a main component of the Christmas Eve meal across Poland ; carp fillet, carp in aspic etc.

Universal Polish Christmas foods are pierogi as well as some herring dishes, and for desert, makowiec or noodles with poppy seed.

Often, there is a compote of dry fruits for a drink.