Family Recipes
Simple, delicious dishes for everyday family meals
11 recipes
Ukrainian Mixed-Meat Borscht
A rich borscht made with a beef, pork and ham broth, featuring braised beetroot, sour kvass and a traditional garlic-and-lard dressing.
Cabbage Vareniki
Homemade vareniki filled with tender braised cabbage, carrot and onion, served hot with fried onion — a beloved meatless dish of Ukrainian cuisine.
Pierogi with Beans and Mushrooms
Meatless pierogi with a tender bean filling, sautéed mushrooms and onion — a hearty traditional dish for meatless days or a cozy family dinner.
Cabbage Rolls (Holubtsi)
Juicy holubtsi — cabbage rolls filled with rice and ground meat, braised in a delicate tomato-sour cream sauce until completely tender.
Buckwheat Pancakes with Mushroom Gravy
Thin pancakes with the nutty flavor of buckwheat, served hot with a delicate creamy gravy of button mushrooms and onion.
Uzhhorod Beef Rolls
Juicy rolls of thinly pounded beef stuffed with pickled cucumber, pork fatback, egg and potato — a traditional Transcarpathian dish that's seared and then braised in its own sauce until tender.
Potato Patties with Mushroom Gravy
Golden potato patties made from tender dough, served hot with a rich gravy of dried porcini mushrooms, sour cream and milk.
Potato Lezhni
A tender roll of potato dough with a juicy filling of stewed cabbage or mushrooms — an authentic dish from the Vinnytsia region, served hot with sour cream.
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.
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.