The posts feature recipes that we have gathered and created during our travels, including recipes from The Dish and Weekend Eggs posts.
This chicken Kiev recipe makes the retro Russian classic that was once cooked for Russia’s tsars, that was democratised during the Soviet Union, and popularised outside the USSR in the 1970s. An iconic Russian dish of chicken breasts stuffed with parsley butter, coated in egg and bread crumbs and fried, it was another dish on … Read more
Our fried dumplings recipe for your Russian and Ukrainian pelmeni and vareniki leftovers shows you how to make the most of the dumplings you couldn’t finish, so that they’re so much more than just leftovers, by frying them up with bacon, onion and garlic, and serving them with fresh dill and sour cream. My fried … Read more
This traditional Russian potato vareniki recipe makes half-moon shaped Russian and Ukrainian dumplings filled with mashed potato and caramelised onion that are eaten with sour cream and fresh dill. My baboushka made a big batch along with meat-filled pelmeni for family feasts. Boiled the first time they’re cooked, they’re fantastic fried the next day. Our … Read more
This Russian piroshki recipe makes perfect savoury minced meat-filled pastries, which are essentially Russian hand pies. Eaten as a snack, piroshki are also a popular side to the traditional soup called borscht. My baboushka also served piroshki as one of an array of Russian dishes for family gatherings. While we prefer deep-fried piroshki, these can … Read more
This Russian kotleti recipe makes delicious deep-fried Russian style chicken meat patties, or chicken cutlets or chicken meatballs if you prefer, which my baboushka served with mashed potatoes and a garden salad or as one dish of an array of plates if being eaten as part of a shared family feast as so many of … Read more