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
This Russian borscht recipe makes the hearty home-cooked soup of my childhood that my baboushka used to make. With its provenance in Ukraine, but cooked all over Russia, the former Soviet states, and parts of Eastern Europe, my Russian-Ukrainian family’s beetroot-driven vegetable soup is served with sour cream and dill and is a filling meal … Read more
This classic Russian garden salad recipe makes my Russian-Ukrainian grandmother’s take on the simple tossed green salad of lettuce, tomato, cucumber, and onion. The addition of fresh dill and pink radishes add fragrance and crunch, setting it apart from other European garden salads. It’s the perfect accompaniment to hearty Russian and Ukrainian dishes. My classic … Read more
My easy Russian cabbage rolls recipe for golubtsi (голубцы) makes a more petite version of my baboushka’s bigger cabbage rolls – one cabbage roll was a meal in itself! – and as I cook the savoury pork, beef, carrot, and rice filling before stuffing the cabbage rolls, they bake much faster than the larger golubtsy … Read more