Baku Kitchen! An independent reference of traditional food

Ukraine

Ukraine’s food is built around beet borscht, filled dumplings, cured salo and garlic bread rolls from Europe’s breadbasket. Look for Borscht (beet and cabbage soup with pork, sour cream, garlic pampushky), Varenyky (boiled dumplings with potato, cheese or cherries; fried onions, smetana) and Salo (cured pork fatback with garlic, rye bread, horilka). UNESCO added the culture of Ukrainian borscht to its urgent-safeguarding list in 2022; beetroot took over the soup as the crop spread. This atlas has 48 Ukraine dishes catalogued below, from everyday cooking to food kept for festivals and special occasions.

48 dishes.

PalianytsiaPalianytsiaround hearth loaf with a cut flap, offered with salt to guestsPampushkyPampushkyfluffy rolls brushed with garlic oil, borscht's companionPaskaPaskatall glazed Easter bread blessed in basketsRiazhankaRiazhankafermented baked milk, caramel-coloured and mildly sweetSaloSalosalted pork fatback with garlic, sliced onto rye breadSamohonSamohonhome-distilled grain or fruit spirit, clear and strongSmetanaSmetanathick sour cream stirred into soups and spooned over everythingSoleni hrybySoleni hrybyForest mushrooms salted in layers with dill and garlic, eaten with oil.SyrnykySyrnykyfried curd-cheese pancakes with jam, smetanaUzvarUzvarsmoky dried-fruit compote for feast daysVarenykyVarenykyboiled dumplings with potato, cheese or cherries; fried onions, smetanaVerhunyVerhunyTwisted strips of dough fried crisp and dusted with icing sugar.

  • Horilka z pertsem

    Vodka infused with chilli and honey, drunk as a warming shot. 15 min to prepare. Makes 700 ml. A wine…

  • Kapusnyak

    Sauerkraut soup with pork and millet. Ready in 25 minutes prep and 2 hours cooking. Serves 6. A soup &…

  • Kholodets

    Jellied pork aspic with mustard or horseradish. Ready in 30 min prep and 6 hours cooking. 8 servings. A snack…

  • Kompot

    Homey drink of fruit simmered in water, served with dinner. Ready in 15 min prep and 25 min cooking. 2…

  • Kovbasa

    Garlicky homemade smoked pork sausage. A charcuterie & cured recipe from Ukraine.

  • Krovianka

    Blood sausage bulked with buckwheat groats, fried in slices. Ready in 1 hour prep and 1 hour cooking. Makes about…

  • Kubete

    Crimean Tatar layered pie of meat, potato and onion. Ready in 1 hour prep and 1 hour cooking. One large…

  • Kruchenyky

    Beef or pork rolled around mushrooms or bacon and braised. Ready in 45 minutes prep and 1 hour 15 minutes…

  • Kulish

    Millet and salo porridge-soup cooked over a campfire. Ready in 15 min prep and 1 hour cooking. 6 servings. A…

  • Kvasheni kavuny

    Small whole watermelons fermented in salt brine, sour and fizzy. 30 min to prepare. Fills a 10-litre crock. A fermented…