Author: R. Kirilin
Skip to main content Part of our Heritage Kitchen Glossary – short guides to the ingredients and techniques behind Eastern European cooking. Put nalysnyky and blintzes side by side and they look like the same dish twice: a thin crepe wrapped around white cheese, cooked once as a pancake and again after it is filled.…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~40 minutes | Total time: ~3 hours (with rising) | Serves: 6 per version | Difficulty: Medium Quick Overview Swap the traditional lamb filling for lean…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~40 minutes | Total time: ~3 hours (with rising) | Serves: 6 (about 12 kibinai) | Difficulty: Medium Quick Overview Make a simple leavened dough with…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Prep: ~1 hour | Cooking: ~1 hour 15 minutes | Serves: 6 | Makes: about 16–18 rolls | Difficulty: Intermediate Quick Overview Choose a filling: leaner ground pork…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Prep: ~1 hour | Cooking: ~1 hour 15 minutes | Serves: 6 | Makes: about 16–18 rolls | Difficulty: Intermediate Quick Overview Blanch a whole head of cabbage…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~30 minutes | Total time: ~45 minutes | Serves: 4 (about 14–16 pancakes) | Difficulty: Easy Quick Overview Air-fry or oven-bake instead of pan-frying in a…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~30 minutes | Total time: ~40 minutes | Serves: 4 (about 14–16 pancakes) | Difficulty: Easy Quick Overview Grate the potatoes and onion together into a…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: about 1 hour | Total time: about 1 hour 45 minutes | Serves: 6 (about 50 dumplings) | Difficulty: Medium Quick Overview Make a dough from…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: about 1 hour | Total time: about 1 hour 45 minutes | Serves: 6 (about 50 dumplings) | Difficulty: Medium Quick Overview Make a simple dough…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: about 1 hour 30 minutes | Cook time: 35 minutes | Serves: 4 per filling (8 dumplings) | Difficulty: Advanced Quick Overview Grate raw potatoes and…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: about 25 minutes, plus time for the beets to cool | Chill time: 1 hour minimum | Serves: 4 | Difficulty: Easy Quick Overview Use low-fat…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: about 25 minutes, plus time for the beets to cool | Chill time: 1 hour minimum | Serves: 4 | Difficulty: Easy Quick Overview Boil the…
Skip to main content Part of our Heritage Kitchen Glossary – short guides to the ingredients and techniques behind Eastern European cooking. The short answer Farmer’s cheese is a fresh, pressed curd cheese, made by draining most of the whey out of soured milk curds until what remains holds its shape. It ends up firmer…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~15 minutes (plus steeping) | Total time: ~4.5 hours | Serves: 8 | Difficulty: Easy Quick Overview Rinse the dried fruit and raisins under cold water…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~40 minutes (plus overnight soaking) | Total time: ~2.5 hours | Serves: 6 | Difficulty: Easy Quick Overview Soak whole wheat berries overnight, then simmer them…
Skip to main content Part of our Heritage Kitchen Glossary – short guides to the dishes, ingredients and techniques of Eastern European cooking. Put a plate of pierogi, a bowl of varenyky, and a ladle of barszcz with uszka floating in it on the same table, and a stranger to the region could be forgiven…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Serves: 6 | Two variants included: Leaner Poultry Cholent and Vegetarian Cholent | Difficulty: Easy Quick Overview Choose a path: bone-in chicken or turkey in place of beef,…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~30 minutes | Total time: ~12–18 hours (mostly unattended) | Serves: 6 | Difficulty: Easy Quick Overview Soak the dried beans overnight, then give them a…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~40 minutes | Total time: ~2 hours 15 minutes | Serves: 6 | Difficulty: Medium Quick Overview Pound thin slices of lean beef and spread each…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~35 minutes | Total time: ~2 hours 15 minutes | Serves: 6 | Difficulty: Medium Quick Overview Pound thin slices of beef and spread each one…
Skip to main content Part of our Heritage Kitchen Glossary – short guides to the ingredients and techniques behind Eastern European cooking. The short answer Kasha is the Ukrainian and Russian word for cooked grain porridge: millet, buckwheat, barley, semolina, whatever a household had on hand. It names a category, not a single dish. Cross…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~55 minutes | Total time: ~2.5 hours (including dough rising) | Serves: 9 (about 18 doughnuts, 2 per serving) | Difficulty: Moderate Quick Overview Air-fry or…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~55 minutes | Total time: ~2.5 hours (including dough rising) | Serves: 9 (about 18 doughnuts, 2 per serving) | Difficulty: Moderate Quick Overview Bloom yeast…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~40 minutes | Total time: ~6 hours (including rising and cooling) | Serves: 16 (1 loaf, 16 slices) | Difficulty: Moderate Quick Overview Use a half…
