The Best Traditional Ukrainian Dishes 🇺🇦
Let's cook some of the most famous Ukrainian dishes!
Borscht
Borsch is a signature dish of Ukrainian cuisine, which is greatly
enjoyed all over the world. The dish has dozens of variations, due to
the wide geography of Ukrainians.
In 2022 UNESCO, the UN's cultural agency, has registered Ukrainian
borscht as part of Ukraine's "intangible cultural heritage in need of
urgent safeguarding".
How to cook?
Ingridients:
- beef — 250 grams;
- water — 1.5 cups;
- cabbage — 150 grams;
- 1 carrots;
- 1 onion;
- 4 white potatoes;
- ½ medium beet;
- tomato paste — 1 tablespoon (can be replaced by ½ liters of tomato juice);
- salt, pepper, herbs — to taste.
First, start cooking the broth. It is better to choose meat on the bone.
Boil it until ready and remove from the broth, cut into small pieces,
removing bones and tendons.
Meanwhile, cut beet into thin strips
and to the broth. Wait until it boils and becomes transparent, and only
then add the remaining ingredients. Otherwise, all the vegetables in the
dish will be the same red color.
Once the beet is boiled, add
finely chopped onions. After a few minutes add finely cut into thin half
circles carrot. Then add the finely chopped cabbage and diced potatoes
to the boiling broth. When all the vegetables are ready, add the meat
from the broth, tomato juice (or tomato paste diluted in water), herbs
and spices.
*In another variation of this recipe, carrots, onions and beets are
pre—fried in a small amount of lard. In this case, the dish will be
more fatty and high in calories.
Varenyky
Varenyky are Ukrainian national dish that is not inferior in popularity
and importance even to borscht. Varenyky are made from fresh dough and a
variety of fillings, such as meat, potatoes, mushrooms, vegetables,
fruits, cheese and many more.
Their fillings can be salty or sweet, lean or meaty. Recipes vary
greatly depending on the region.
How to cook?
Ingridients:
- milk — ½ glasses;
- water — ½ glasses;
- wheat flour — 3 cups;
- sunflower oil — 1 tablespoon;
- salt — ¼ teaspoon;
- bryndza cheese — 200 grams;
- cottage cheese — 100 grams;
- eggs — 3 pieces;
- breadcrumbs — 2 tablespoons;
- garlic — 1 clove.
Start by making the dough. You need to pour the flour into a deep bowl,
make a deepening inside and pour milk and water there. The dough can be
kneaded by hand. At the end of the kneading, add sunflower oil. Leave
the dough for 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, prepare the filling: mix the
cheese, bryndza cheese, eggs, breadcrumbs and garlic until smooth.
Roll out the dough into a layer 2 millimeters thick and squeeze
out slices of the same size. Put the filling in the middle and pinch the
dough. If wanted, you can make a decorative braid on varenyk’s edge to
make the dish look more elegant.
Varenyky should be cooked in
salted water for about 5 minutes. Then place in a deep plate and grease
with butter. Varenyky taste best with sour cream, fried onions and bacon
crisps.
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