Ukraine recipes
Recipes from Ukraine: home cooking with cultural background, ingredient substitutes and step-by-step instructions.
Borscht: Ukrainian Beef and Beet Soup
A borscht recipe for six, a Ukrainian home dish that makes the most of beef and the sweetness of beets. Explains the order in which to add sourness, the heat that keeps the color, substitutes for ingredients you may not find, and storage and reheating, along with the background of the table. Also covers how to use dill and sour cream.
Kutia (кутя): Ukraine's Christmas Eve Wheat Berry and Poppy Seed Porridge
A recipe for kutia, the first dish eaten at Ukraine's Christmas Eve supper, made with wheat berries, poppy seeds, honey, and walnuts. Its role in the meatless twelve-dish supper, the custom of bringing it to godparents, how to grind poppy seeds until they release their "milk," and the dried-fruit drink uzvar.