Family Recipes
Simple, delicious dishes for everyday family meals
109 recipes
Pasta with Meat Patties and Onion Gravy
Homemade golden-brown meat patties with a tender onion gravy and hot pasta — a simple, hearty dinner for the whole family.
Semolina Porridge with Milk
A smooth, lump-free milk semolina porridge — a simple Ukrainian breakfast with butter and warm cinnamon.
Machanka
Hearty Transcarpathian machanka — a thick sour cream and butter gravy with mushrooms and fried onion, traditionally served hot for dipping bread, potatoes or pancakes.
Crepes
Delicate lace-thin milk crepes — a classic Ukrainian breakfast, served hot with sour cream or jam.
Millet Porridge with Milk
A tender, creamy porridge made from well-rinsed millet cooked in milk and finished with butter.
Creamy Milk Rice Porridge
A gentle, creamy rice porridge cooked in milk with butter — a simple Ukrainian breakfast with a homemade taste.
Meat Solyanka
A rich, tangy-and-salty soup on beef stock with smoked meats, pickles, olives and lemon — a classic mixed solyanka of home cooking.
Olivier Salad
A classic festive Olivier salad with boiled sausage, potatoes, carrots, eggs, pickles, and green peas, dressed with smooth mayonnaise.
Herring Under a Fur Coat
A layered festive salad of salted herring and vegetables bound with mayonnaise, where a vibrant beet top hides a juicy filling of potatoes, carrots, eggs and crunchy pickled onion.
Buckwheat Garlic Pampushky
Fluffy, golden-brown pampushky made from 100% buckwheat egg dough, generously drizzled with a fragrant garlic dressing of oil and fresh herbs — a hearty alternative to classic wheat pampushky served with hot borscht.
Garlic Pampushky
Fluffy yeast rolls generously brushed with a fragrant garlic-and-oil dressing — a traditional and essential accompaniment to Ukrainian borsch.
Ukrainian Paposhnyk (Choux Pastry Easter Bread)
A rich, fragrant Easter bread made with choux pastry dough, generously packed with egg yolks and raisins — it stays soft and doesn't go stale for a long time.
Pearl Barley Porridge with Butter and Onion
Tender pearl barley with plump grains, creamy butter and golden sautéed onion — a simple, hearty homestyle side dish.
Pearl Barley with Vegetable Gravy
Soft, fluffy pearl barley topped with a rich tomato gravy, sweet carrots and bell pepper — a simple, hearty dish in the Ukrainian home-cooking style.
Pearl Barley with Beef Gravy
Tender pearl barley with juicy beef, carrots and onion in a rich tomato gravy — a hearty homestyle dish from the Ukrainian table.
Zhytomyr-Style Liver
Tender pieces of beef liver, quickly seared and then braised in a sour cream and mushroom sauce with onion and garlic, served hot with mashed potatoes or buckwheat — a hearty homestyle dish in the spirit of Polissia cuisine, so generous with wild mushrooms.
Fried Choux Puffs with Jam
Delicate balls of light choux pastry made with egg yolks and whipped whites, deep-fried to a golden, crispy crust, rolled in breadcrumbs with vanilla sugar, and served hot with thick cherry jam for dipping.
Simple Choux Puffs
Light, airy balls of choux pastry, deep-fried to a golden, crispy crust and generously dusted with powdered sugar — a quick classic Ukrainian dessert made without yeast or dough proofing.
Wheat Porridge with Mushroom and Sour Cream Gravy
Tender wheat porridge with golden button mushrooms, onion and a thick sour cream gravy — a hearty home-style dish in Ukrainian tradition.
Wheat Porridge with Chicken and Tomato Gravy
Fluffy wheat porridge with tender pieces of chicken in a rich tomato gravy — a simple and hearty Ukrainian home-style dish.
Wheat Porridge with Butter
Delicate homemade wheat porridge with butter — a simple Ukrainian side dish with soft, well-cooked grains.
Millet Porridge with Pumpkin
A tender milk porridge with pumpkin and butter for a cozy breakfast.
Millet Porridge with Meat Gravy
Fluffy millet is served with tender pork in a rich onion gravy — a simple and hearty homestyle dish.
Millet Patties with Sour Cream Sauce
Tender golden patties made from thick millet porridge, served with a warm sour cream and dill sauce.
Rice with Mushroom Gravy
Fluffy rice with a rich, savory mushroom gravy — a simple homemade dish with the deep flavor of button mushrooms.
Rice Porridge with Chicken Gravy
Tender rice with juicy chicken, carrots and onion in a rich homemade gravy — a simple, hearty dish for a family lunch.
Rice Porridge with Raisins
A gentle milk rice porridge with sweet raisins — a cozy homemade breakfast for the whole family.
Roast Pork with Spices
Juicy pork neck rubbed with garlic, paprika and rosemary, roasted whole in the oven together with potatoes until golden brown.
Syrnyky (Ukrainian Cottage Cheese Pancakes)
Tender golden syrnyky made from cottage cheese, fried to a crispy crust — a beloved Ukrainian breakfast that pairs wonderfully with sour cream or jam.
Cherry Solozhenyk
A delicate, multi-layered solozhenyk — a traditional Ukrainian dessert made of thin egg pancakes layered with a cherry filling and topped with a crisp meringue cap, browned in the oven.