Ukraine can rightly be proud of the fact that it will satisfy the taste of even the most pretentious gourmet. Ukrainian feasts are described by Gogol in his Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka - needless to say, our people know a lot about food and are distinguished by hospitality.
Ukrainian cuisine has traditional dishes through which she is recognized. And if you delve into culinary traditions, then there are such names and recipes that will pleasantly surprise you.
IGotoWorld.com will tell you about the best national dishes ah Ukraine. Cook your own or travel around the country to taste original dishes in the areas where they were invented. And, as the Ukrainians say during the feast, “so that you can eat and drink, and want, and be able”!
Borsch
What is a Ukrainian without borscht? Foreigners are sure to be treated to this traditional first course. AT cookbooks we will find more than 50 recipes for borscht, because each region prepares it differently. Rich meat, seasoned with bacon ... Or lean with beans or mushrooms - this is boiled during fasting, and vegetarians will also be pleased. Instead of meat, you can put fish. In addition to the traditional beets, potatoes, carrots, onions, cabbages and tomatoes, there are many things that are added to borscht for piquancy! Some recipes even have apples, dried fruits, prunes! Borscht is often served with donuts with garlic.
Borscht festivals are held in the village of the same name Borshchiv in the Ternopil region, as well as in other regions of Ukraine. In October, such a festival was held in Kharkov - for the third year in a row. By the way, choose .
Salo is our everything!
No wonder they say: fat is a Ukrainian drug. Without him, we are simply nowhere. And how many jokes about salo and Ukrainians! One godfather says to another: “Have you heard that sclerosis develops from fat?” And he answered him: “But I think, how to eat a piece of bacon in the morning, so all day long I don’t remember what I want to eat!” There are many recipes for salting lard. The simplest: chop the garlic, mix with pepper, grate the undercut or lard with the mixture and keep in the refrigerator for three days. You can add fragrant spices.
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The lard festival has already become traditional in Petrikovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region. And in Lviv there is an amazing place where fat parties are held, unique sweets "Salo in chocolate" and sushi lard are served.
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Kapustnyak Zaporozhye
If you get to Khortytsya, the region of the Cossack freemen, on holidays or a festival, you will definitely be offered Zaporozhye cabbage. Traditionally, it was cooked rich - with pork and bacon, sauerkraut and millet. If you cook on a fire with smoke - the aroma and taste are delicious. .
There are also plenty of cabbage recipes, and a festival dedicated to it is held in Zbarazh in the Ternopil region.
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Homemade sausages
“Porridge breast, sausage ring” - remember the line from the Ukrainian carol? The Christmas table of Ukrainians is not complete without homemade sausages.
Delicious sausages are cooked in Transcarpathia - you can hope that you will be offered a "natural product" baked not in gas oven, but in a rural oven, a completely different smell and taste is piquant! Come to Transcarpathia: they are waiting for you. And you can find it on our website.
Volhynia also knows how to cook sausages: in 2015, the longest sausage was made in Lutsk - 5 meters - and the achievement was recorded in the Book of Records of Ukraine.
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Aspic
Not all foreigners will "understand" our jelly - a jellied snack from different types meat. But the Hungarians will definitely appreciate it: they have jelly - also a national dish, they even hold jelly festivals there.
Ukrainians traditionally serve aspic with horseradish and mustard.
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Varya Hutsulskaya
The name is already intriguing with its originality. Varya Hutsulskaya is a salad originally from Bukovina. It is good for fasting - both hearty and tasty. Boiled beets, beans and prunes are taken, seasoned with sunflower oil. If you go to Bukovina, be sure to visit its heart - Chernivtsi, and the accommodation option is possible.
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Meat krucheniki
And now we turn to meat masterpieces. The meat for the rolls (more often beef or pork) is beaten off, and then the filling is wrapped in them, the roll is tied with a thread. You can fry and then stew. In the regions of Ukraine, kruchenyky are prepared with different fillings: rice with onions, eggs, dried apricots, prunes… Minced mushrooms are often used. The scope for experimentation is huge. For example, for hearty Volyn-style krucheniki, the meat is first stewed until half cooked, then a piece of lard is placed on it, covering it from above. stewed cabbage, and wrap.
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Polyadvitsa
This dish is from the "tasty and simple" series. The whole secret is in a piece of good pork or beef tenderloin. It was marinated in kvass, rolled in flour, fried in butter - and then baked in the oven until cooked. Polyadvitsa was solemnly prepared for Christmas and Easter. Modern housewives use lemon instead of kvass: they rub a piece of meat with it, and it is convenient to bake in a sleeve.
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Pancakes from Zhytomyr
Ukrainian Polissya is famous for potato crops and potato dishes. In Korosten in the Zhytomyr region, it was even installed! A festival dedicated to this dish is held here every year. And no matter how many pancakes you try: with meat, and with cheese, and with mushrooms, and with cottage cheese. Where to stay in Zhitomir? Perhaps it will fit.
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Porcini mushrooms in Hutsul style
The recipe for their preparation is very simple: boil, fry on vegetable oil, stew in sour cream or cream, add green onions, parsley. But it's all about the mushrooms themselves! Be sure to go to Bukovina for them, because mushrooms are a real asset of the local forests.
Popular mushroom tours in Transcarpathia. But even if you go in winter, you can buy dried porcini mushrooms or pickled ones. Choose and enjoy the excellent cuisine and wonderful nature of the region! Many travelers believe that the most delicious dishes are prepared here. delicious food Ukrainian cuisine.
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Roast with mushrooms
Roast in pots of potatoes with mushrooms is usually served in all restaurants of Ukrainian cuisine, it is easy to cook it at home. But you should definitely try this dish in Western Ukraine, where you will be served it with porcini mushrooms, and not some store-bought champignons! Roast in the Hutsul style is original in that potato pancakes, meat and mushrooms are laid out in layers in a pot. And all this with sour cream!
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banosh
Another dish from the Hutsul cuisine is banosh (or banush). It would seem, what can surprise corn porridge? The whole secret is in what it is seasoned with: sour cream or cream is added during cooking, and fried cracklings and cheese are placed on top.
Want to taste real banosh? Then plan a trip to Transcarpathia in May: here in the village of Kostylevka, Rakhiv region, the Berlibash Banosh festival takes place. Rakhiv is a picturesque place for tourists,.
Photo source: sergej_pozhar - LiveJournal.
Poltava dumplings
“Poltava dumplings” is often called the inhabitants of the region of the same name - their regional dish has become so recognizable. Dumplings are both without filling, and with meat, liver, mushrooms.
In Poltava, a festival dedicated to dumplings is held annually, and even installed.
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Plyatski Lviv
Galicia is famous for its wonderful dessert - dances. A tall whole pie is baked with fillings (they may vary) and then cut into cakes. From above, as a rule, it is poured with glaze. And just try to say “cakes” to Lviv dances - they can be offended.
There is a glorious place in Lviv where you can enjoy this wonderful dessert with a cup of aromatic coffee.
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We hope that this mouth-watering review of the best dishes of Ukrainian cuisine will inspire you to cook one of them or go on a gastronomic tour of the country.
In the meantime, you can add to the list of your favorite Ukrainian dishes below in the comments.
Ukrainians are a hospitable and hospitable people who know how to feed in such a way that a generous table is remembered, forced to return or encourages guests to cook national dishes of Ukraine at home. We have thousands of recipes for all sorts of goodies, because even borscht is prepared in completely different ways in different parts of the country. And today IGotoWorld.com will tell you how the traditional dishes of the regions of Ukraine can surprise you.
So let's start our virtual tasting tour. Don't read on an empty stomach!
Satisfying North of Ukraine
In the northern regions of Ukraine, they cook hearty, tasty and thoroughly. These regions are famous for the potato harvest, and this has affected the peculiarities of the local cuisine.
Zhytomyr region: potato pancakes
In Polissya, one of the favorite dishes is pancakes made from grated potatoes - pancakes, or potato pancakes. In Korosten, Zhytomyr region, a brand has been made of this dish: the International Potato Festival is held here every year, where chefs from all over Ukraine and beyond come to show their art. And in the park where it takes place, they even erected a monument to the bully. And, of course, local restaurants are ready to offer you the best variations of this dish. Deruny can be stuffed: traditionally they were made with cottage cheese and stewed in the oven. Now pancakes with mushrooms, meat, grated cheese are popular.
Chernihiv region: roast in pots and pies with viburnum
In the Chernihiv region, they are happy to serve hot dishes - this is a dish in pots, it includes potatoes, sauerkraut and meat. Satisfying and appetizing.
And for dessert - pies with viburnum, because Chernihiv region is rich in berries.
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Sumy-style roast and borsch on beetroot kvass
Another recipe for roast in pots, which is prepared in the Sumy region, is original in that both meat and liver are laid with potatoes. All this is cooked with bell pepper, sour cream and cheese. Another variation: meat, beans, mushrooms and sour cream.
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And borscht is cooked here with pork and beetroot kvass.
The Kiev's cutlets
The multicultural capital of Ukraine is rich in restaurants for different tastes. Here you can try the menu of many countries of the world. But we will remember the old recipe for Kiev cutlets: when inside deep-fried chicken fillet put a piece of butter, cheese, greens, coat with an egg and bread. The cutlet turns out surprisingly juicy and tasty.
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Ear in Nikolaev style
In the Nikolaev region, fish is preserved at home, adding tomato, and boiled fish soup with tomato juice or tomato paste and sour cream. And for spiciness - sauce: chopped garlic mixed with salt and pepper. It is served with potatoes and fish.
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Eggplant in Kherson style and eggplant caviar
The south of Ukraine is also famous for its vegetables. Kherson-style eggplant is a spicy dish. It is prepared by frying blue ones in oil, with sweet and hot peppers and apple cider vinegar.
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And if you are not a fan of such spicy, then eggplant caviar is for you. By the way, according to the Kherson recipe, peppers and eggplants are not boiled (as many housewives do), but baked - this is how the vegetables retain their flavor.
Crimea: lagman and dolma
Lagman is one of the most popular dishes of the Crimean Tatar cuisine. A cross between the first and second: noodles served with pieces of meat (usually beef) stewed in gravy with vegetables. Sweet and simple! AT classic recipe in local restaurants, the noodles are rolled out themselves. But in everyday life they often use ready-made from the store.
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And in the spring, when young grape leaves bloom, small cabbage rolls with meat are prepared from them, which are called “dolma”. And, of course, we cannot imagine Crimea without huge pasties.
Kapustnyak Zaporozhye and mlyns
Rich cabbage was prepared in the Zaporizhzhya Sich. It is cooked with pork - traditionally, the Cossacks "to spite the busurmans" used lard and pork.
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Another interesting dish is mlins. It is prepared in the Sea of \u200b\u200bAzov. These are not pancakes or pancakes. The yeast dough is thinly rolled out, a layer of cottage cheese filling with butter is placed on top, and then rolled up.
You can try the dishes of real Cossacks.
Dishes of Central Ukraine
It is worth heading to the central regions to try traditional dishes of Ukraine thanks to which our cuisine is recognizable in the world.
Cherkasy region - borscht and donuts with garlic
As already mentioned, in Ukraine borscht is cooked differently everywhere. In the Cherkasy region, it is classically rich, and fragrant dumplings with garlic are served with it.
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Kirovohrad region - kruheniki and dumplings
Another favorite dish of central Ukraine is dumplings. They are prepared with different fillings: potatoes, mushrooms, meat, liver, cabbage. And grandmothers know a special recipe for dumplings “with this”: for the filling, lard is overcooked in a pan with flour and onions. Sometimes housewives can surprise you with palm-sized dumplings.
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And from special meat dishes one can name krucheniki - small meat rolls stuffed with minced meat, pate, prunes with nuts.
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Poltava dumplings and pundiki
The expression "Poltava dumpling" has taken root in everyday life so much that they began to call it not only the signature dish of this region, but also the inhabitants of the Poltava region. And if you have boiled pieces of dough floating in a bowl of soup, in no case believe that these are real dumplings. “In the original” they are not at all like that: dumplings are cooked with fillings, and to see this, you should come to Poltava for the annual festival of dumplings or just visit the local restaurants of Ukrainian cuisine.
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Do you know what pundiki are? These are cakes made from dough mixed with kefir and an egg, which are fried in a pan. They can be salty - then they are fried with onions or sweet - with poppy seeds. Poppy cakes are prepared for the holiday of Makovei, served with honey.
Dnepropetrovsk region: mincemeat and branded fish soup
In Dnepropetrovsk, as well as in Odessa, they like to cook a signature Jewish dish - forshmak. Herring is soaked in water with vinegar or in milk, then ground and mixed with boiled potatoes. You can decorate mincemeat with egg and green onions.
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And from fresh fish caught in the Dnieper, they prepare a magnificent fish soup in the Dnieper style with lek. Suitable catfish, carp. The ear is cooked as usual, but it's all about the seasoning. As it is used lek - it is garlic, grated with salt, and seasoned with fatty fish broth. You can water the fish with it or add it to the yushka - to taste.
Dishes of Eastern Ukraine
They like to eat here thoroughly and satisfyingly, and this is not surprising, because eastern Ukraine is the land of miners. And real men engaged in physical labor need to well reinforce their strength with lunch.
Donbas-style shank and okroshka
The shank is cooked for several hours in the oven at a temperature of 160-180 degrees. The back of the pork leg is taken, rubbed with salt and spices, and then baked in dough or in foil.
In addition, about 50 okroshka recipes are known in Donbass. So, like borscht, it will be different in every family. This cold soup is prepared with kvass, whey or even mineral water, flavored with sour cream.
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Meatloaf in Lugansk
Very satisfying original dish. Minced pork and beef are laid out on a piece of linen, on top - an omelet and large boiled carrots. The roll is rolled up, tightly tied and boiled in salted water, then the sheet is removed, cooled and cut into portions. You can experiment with toppings.
Photo source: recept-vzakladku.ru.
Kharkiv region: Slobozhansky borscht and Greeks
As soon as they cook Ukrainian borscht! In a real Slobozhansky, the recipe of which was told in the Kharkiv region, they put beans and meatballs, usually from beef.
And on the second - Greeks: meatballs with buckwheat, you can add mushrooms.
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Bukovyna - chinakhi, hominy and cheese
Second question: what is chinakhi? This is a Bukovinian dish like a roast. Layers are laid out potatoes, beans and smoked ribs with onions. Then it is filled with water and stewed in the oven in a pot.
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In the Chernivtsi region, it is also worth trying delicious homemade sheep's milk cheese and traditional food Hutsuls - corn porridge, hominy. Classically, it is boiled in sheep's milk, generously flavored with butter. When frozen, locals can use hominy instead of bread.
In Bukovina they know how to cook, you can be sure of this in Chernivtsi.
Transcarpathia: Zavivans and Bograchs
Question three: how is bograch prepared? This dish comes from Hungarian cuisine. Goulash is taken, and the meat should be of different types. In the original recipe, everything is boiled over a fire in a cauldron and seasoned with roots, Carpathian herbs and Magyar paprika.
And in Transcarpathia, both large meat rolls and small rolls are called curlers. Small Uzhgorod-style curls are made from thin slices of beef, on which a mixture of finely chopped boiled eggs, pickled cucumber, bacon and raw grated potatoes is laid out. The roll is fastened with a thread, first fried, and then stewed.
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Fine meat dishes will be served to you, don't forget about a cup of coffee!
Mazuryks in Volhynia and Polissya Verguns
Question four: what are mazuriki? To learn and try, we go to the Volyn region. Western Ukraine is famous for its variety of homemade sausages. Volynsky Mazuriks are homemade turkey sausages with butter and cheese inside.
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Lviv region: Galician cheesecake and strudel
Question five: have you tried real strudel? And how does the Galician cheesecake differ from the usual cheesecakes for us?
Delicious Viennese rolls - strudel are well cooked in Lviv. They can be both salty (with cheese, bacon) and sweet (with cottage cheese, apples).
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And the Galician cheesecake is a symphony of culinary art. The preparation of the curd mass, which is laid out on shortcrust pastry, is a whole ritual. Then the syrniki should stand in the refrigerator for a day ... So it’s better not to try to cook, but savor the syrniki with a cup of aromatic coffee ...
Visit atmospheric cafes and restaurants in Lviv - you will enjoy not only food!
Rivne region - potato growers and matsik
Question six: what is a matsik? This is the name in the Rivne region of dried meat in kendyukha - a boiled pork stomach. As already mentioned, Western Ukraine is the land of homemade sausages, and here they know how to cook them.
In the Rivne region, cartographers (or zrazy) are also popular. Various fillings are put into the dough from crushed boiled potatoes - mushroom, meat, egg and onion, then fried in a pan.
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Ternopil region: machanka and kulesha
Question seven, what is machanka? This is Lemko thick soup with meat, roasted flour, onion, ground sweet pepper. They cook it in the Ternopil region. A variety of machanka is mushroom, generously seasoned with sour cream. And if the mushrooms are chopped, then this is a good sauce for dumplings.
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And for the first course, they serve a rich kulesha of millet with cracklings.
Where to eat deliciously in Ternopil,.
Khmelnytsky region: meat rolls, sausages and buckets
Question eight: what are buckets? We leave for the answer to the Khmelnytsky region. It turns out that this is potato sausage: pig intestines are stuffed with grated raw potatoes, greased with lard on top, baked in the oven.
In addition, excellent meat sausages and rolls are cooked in the Khmelnytsky region - they are baked until golden brown and served with various side dishes.
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Waiting for you!
Traditional Ukrainian cuisine will appeal to all those who love hearty and delicious food. Folk and proven recipes have evolved over the centuries, creating their own, unique flavor. Dishes of Ukraine can be easily divided into first, second and third.
We have compiled for you a small list of national dishes of Ukraine, which we highly recommend trying. They, of course, are not at all for those who prefer vegetarian cuisine, or are on a diet. But if you do not overdo it, then the same borscht will be not only tasty, but also healthy.
The best traditional Ukrainian dishes
So, among the favorite first courses of the country
A dish beloved by all residents of Ukraine, widely known abroad. Of course, borsch is well known in the near abroad, there are many recipes for its preparation, and each hostess has her own. But first of all it vegetable soup with beetroot at the base of the dish, optional meat filling and, of course, sour cream as an impeccable seasoning.
Kapustnyak- another vegetable soup, and, as the name suggests, it is based on cabbage. It can be fresh or sour, the sourness in the taste of the dish depends on it.
Rassolnik- for this dish, pickles are usually taken, which give the soup a special sour piquancy.
Among the second courses of Ukraine are known and appreciated:
Vareniki- the meaning of this dish does not need to be explained, it is known everywhere, but it is in Ukraine that it is especially loved. Dumplings with cherries, potatoes, mushrooms, cabbage, meat can be found in the recipe list of any housewife and in most restaurants with national cuisine.
dumplings- these are just pieces of specially boiled dough. A hearty dish with sour cream is served, soup is cooked from it.
A whole piece of meat, usually pork, baked with sauce or butter. It is served as an appetizer or even a separate hearty meal, usually with bread.
Cracklings- finely chopped and fried pieces of fat or fatty meat. It is hard to call this dish purely Ukrainian, but here you can’t do without it when cooking many dishes.
Zrazy- another traditional for Eastern Europe, and, nevertheless, quite Ukrainian dish. And again, each housewife has her own recipes for zrazy, but usually these are cutlets or meatloaf with filling.
Among the third courses, or, as they say, for sweets in Ukraine, they are happy to serve:
Nalistniki- simply, these are pancakes with filling, cheese or meat, which are served with sour cream or jam.
Small pancakes, in the dough of which cottage cheese is abundantly added. They are usually sweet.
pancakes- a savory dish, which, nevertheless, is served rather on the third. These are pancakes made from grated potatoes, deliciously seasoned with sour cream.
good drinks in Ukraine are also valued. Among the ancient drinks, those that are obtained through fermentation are especially popular. This is honey, beer, kvass. They love here both knots and compotes.
Vodka as a kind of national drink turned out only in the XIV century, but already on its basis a huge number of tinctures are made. Insist vodka on berries, fruits, even dried fruits.
Varenukha- vodka, heated, but not brought to a boil, with the addition of honey and spices.
In Ukraine, they are produced in two regions, in the south of the country, including the Kherson region, and in Transcarpathia, where the unique warm climate allows growing sweet grapes.
Ukrainian cuisine or national cuisine of Ukraine is a set of delicious traditions that are revered all over the world. So, for example, in almost all corners of the globe you can find cafes and restaurants of Ukrainian folk cuisine, which are of great interest to gourmets! Why is the cuisine of this country so revered?! There are several reasons for this. Firstly, the history of the existence of Ukrainian cuisine has more than one hundred years. During this time, cooking methods have changed and improved, dishes have also been perfected in recipes and some other nuances, thanks to which, without exaggeration, perfect flavor combinations have been achieved! Secondly, Ukrainian hostesses have always been famous for their ability to create a culinary masterpiece from almost nothing. It is for this reason that one can single out such a feature of the national Ukrainian cuisine as ingenuity in cooking.
In general, if we talk about the features of the traditional cuisine of Ukraine, it is worth noting that it is quite diverse. Her range of dishes is extensive! Among them you will find first and second courses, salads, pastries, as well as all kinds of desserts. Favorable climatic conditions of the country contributed a lot to this diversity. From time immemorial, all kinds of crops, vegetables, fruits and berries have been grown on its territory. The rivers have always been rich in fish, as, indeed, the sea coastal zones. In addition, many households raised pigs, cows and birds (chickens, geese, turkeys, etc.). Therefore, it was not surprising to see meat, eggs, milk, dairy and dairy products. In general, as can be seen food products on the territory of Ukraine were the most diverse, which could not but play a decisive role in the variety of recipes.
The most famous dish in traditional Ukrainian cuisine is borscht. In different regions they prepared it according to their own special recipe. Therefore, do not be surprised to find dozens of variations on the preparation of this dish! However, it is worth noting that all varieties of borscht have one thing in common - a multicomponent composition. So the list of ingredients in recipes can contain from twenty to thirty items.
Speaking of folk Ukrainian cuisine, one cannot but mention lard. It is most often served as an independent cold appetizer salted or boiled. Salo is also included in the composition of a wide variety of dishes. So, for example, dressing for classic Ukrainian borscht is usually made on the basis of this particular product! Fat is also used for frying, calling it lard or just fat.
However, Ukrainian cuisine is not only borscht with garlic donuts, jelly and lard. These are also dumplings, famous to all of us since childhood. They are unleavened dough stuffed (vegetables, fruits, berries, mushrooms, cottage cheese) boiled in salted water or steamed.
The menu of modern Ukrainian cuisine, of course, differs from the old one. To a greater extent, this is due to the processes of globalization, which brought new products and methods of their processing, as well as new traditions, to the culinary of Ukraine. So do not be surprised if you suddenly find some variation of pizza or sushi in the arsenal of Ukrainian culinary recipes.
Baking has always occupied a special place in the diet of Ukrainians. She was in the daily list of products, and in the festive one. In the first case, we are talking about ordinary rye or “life” bread or buckwheat bread. Also, the daily menu included dumplings (boiled slices of lean bread). Festive flour dishes are, first of all, wheat bread, various loaves, Easter cakes and kalachi, pancakes (pancakes).
A special place in traditional Ukrainian cuisine is occupied by Western Ukrainian cooking (also called Galician or Hutsul cooking). It was formed under the influence to a greater extent of the Austrians, Hungarians and Germans. So, for example, Austrian cuisine enriched Galician with all kinds of sweet dishes, Hungarian - with dumplings or dumplings, as well as goulash, German - with a wide variety of types of sausages and sausages. In general, Hutsul cuisine is rather rural (village). However, this does not mean that the dishes are easy to prepare. On the contrary, they are somewhat intricate, and therefore, in order to get that very special taste, you will have to try, exactly following all the recipe instructions for preparing a particular dish.
The most famous dishes of Western Ukrainian cuisine:
- herring snack;
- aspic;
- horseradish sauce;
- banosh (Pretty cool porridge cooked on cream or sour cream from cornmeal and always by a man. This dish does not tolerate women's hands!);
- jama (This is a thick first course in pork broth with pieces of pork and grounds from wheat flour, eggs, vegetables. It is seasoned with sour cream and acidified with a few drops of vinegar.);
- poprikashka or paprizhanka (this dish is more of an appetizer, which is thin slices of salted lard).
Of course, this list can go on and on, but it is better to get acquainted with such dishes directly in the recipes!
In general, Ukrainian cuisine is a real abundance of all kinds of delicacies, only the memory of which awakens the appetite! By the way, one should not think that only Western Ukrainian cuisine has a charming originality. It is inherent in cooking in the northern, central, southern, and eastern parts of the country. So, for example, the inhabitants of northern Ukraine are most fond of such dishes: red borscht, cabbage, meat pancakes, Greeks, jelly, kulebyaka with fish, as well as all kinds of dishes from potatoes and cereals. In the central part of the country, fish dishes are most loved; pancakes with various fillings and jelly are also quite often prepared here. The folk cuisine of southern Ukraine is famous for its special abundance of dishes, since more than a hundred different nationalities live in this part of the country. A common feature in the cuisine of this region is a special love for meat dishes with vegetables, and in general for vegetables and fruits, with which this land is rich. Residents of the east of Ukraine, as well as southerners, most of all prefer meat dishes, as well as all kinds of dishes from vegetables and fruits.
Delicious national dishes of Ukrainian cuisine deserve special attention, and therefore we suggest that you familiarize yourself with them in those recipes with photos that are given on this site in abundance! All of them have detailed descriptions preparation steps. The pictures that are provided with each stage will clearly demonstrate how to perform this or that operation correctly. Thus, even a novice cook with the help of these recipes will cope with the preparation of even the most intricate dishes!
As they say in Ukraine: Let me be happy and savory!"("Good luck to you and bon appetit!").
Ukrainian cuisine is one of the richest national cuisines in the world, which can even be called the culinary art of the Ukrainian people. The uniqueness of Ukrainian cuisine lies in two simple facts: firstly, Ukrainian cuisine has retained its originality and authenticity for centuries, despite any influences; secondly, traditional old Ukrainian dishes are known far beyond the borders of Ukraine itself - in any case, Ukrainian borscht is known in all corners of the globe.Ukrainian traditional cuisine can really be called art, since Ukrainians have been very reverent and responsible in cooking since ancient times. It just seems that traditional Ukrainian cuisine is easy to prepare. In fact, the technologies for preparing local dishes are very complex, requiring a lot of time and effort. For example, it takes two days to prepare real Ukrainian borscht, two dozen ingredients and several types of heat treatment of products at once!
However, Ukrainians love and revere their dishes, despite their complexity. And it is noteworthy that traditional Ukrainian dishes are prepared not only in restaurants of national cuisine, but also in all families without exception - to the point that the phrase “cook borscht” has become synonymous with the phrase “cook food”.
The secret of Ukrainian cuisine is simple - it lies in the skillful combination of simple and affordable products. Recipes of Ukrainian dishes are based on the use of popular vegetables, fruits and berries, as well as meat, poultry, mushrooms and cereals. The most widespread type of meat is pork - it is part of most first and second courses in one form or another. Also from time immemorial, fish has been popular, especially river fish.
The flagship of Ukrainian cuisine, without a doubt, is borscht. To be more precise, borscht is not a specific dish, but a category of dishes, since Ukrainian cuisine knows a great many varieties and variations of borscht. Borscht has been and is enjoying phenomenal popularity: for centuries, Ukrainians have been eating borscht every day - both on weekdays and on holidays; and in Soviet times, borscht spread throughout Soviet Union and became the number one hot soup. However, Ukrainians do not live by borscht alone - such dishes of Ukrainian national cuisine as dumplings, dumplings, sausages, livers, donuts, jellies, pancakes, compotes, and broths are well known.
Dietary Ukrainian cuisine, of course, cannot be called. Many features of Ukrainian cuisine are due to the way of life of the local people, who have always been engaged in hard grain-growing work. People went out into the fields early in the morning and worked until late in the evening, so they needed high-calorie food that could saturate the body with the necessary calories for the day ahead. Therefore, to this day in Ukraine it is customary to have a hearty breakfast.
An important moment in the history of Ukrainian cuisine is the eighteenth century, when potatoes spread on the territory of modern Ukraine. It was immediately used for cooking first and second courses and side dishes, and today Ukrainians call this vegetable none other than their “second bread”.
Ukraine is a large country, and therefore each region of the country has its own peculiarities of cooking. So, in the northern regions of Ukraine, the cuisine is very reminiscent of Belarusian cuisine, here potatoes are especially actively used for food, which are also grown here on a huge scale. The cuisine of Western Ukraine borrowed a lot from Polish, Slovak, Hungarian cuisines. Eastern Ukrainian cuisine is closest to Russian, in the southwestern regions of the country they prepare many dishes typical of Romanian and Moldavian cuisines.
The main features of Ukrainian cuisine are the widespread use of wheat products, complex heat treatment of products in cooking, sliced vegetables without mixing them, daily consumption of hot first courses, as well as the widespread use of pork, lard, eggs and beets. Well, the main advantage of Ukrainian cuisine is its vitality - even today, when the supermarkets of big cities are overflowing with a wide variety of products, Ukrainians will prefer a plate of good Ukrainian borscht to any overseas dish.
