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Ukrainian dishes
Ukrainian food is one of the richest national cuisines. Its dishes are well known far away from Ukraine. And the Ukrainian recipes of the foods are very popular nowadays. Is anyone, who doesn’t know the Ukrainian Borsch?
Borsch is cooked of fresh vegetables: cabbage, beet, tomato with the addition of pounded lard with garlic and parsley. The combination of all these groceries gives the borsch its piquancy, aroma and unforgettable taste. There are about 30 types of Ukrainian borsch: Poltava borsch, Chernigov borsch, Kiev borsch, Volyn borsch, Lviv borsch and others.
Varenyky are very popular in Ukraine too. They are ravioli-like pasta stuffed with potato, cabbage, mushrooms, meat or cheese or with cherries as a sweet dish. Stewed meat with potatoes, Ukrainian bitki with garlic and lard, stewed cold boiled pork with cabbage and lard, krucheniki and others have the same popularity among Ukrainian lovers of tasty food.
The description of Ukrainian cuisine would be incomplete without salo (pork fat). Ukrainians regularly joke, "Salo is our national pride". Placing a thin sliced salo on black bread with garlic and salt is a quick and simple way to a delicious snack. Ukrainian sausage- domashnia kovbasa- is delicious. It is preserved in a special way — in porcelain vessels filled by melted fat.
Typical Ukrainian cabbage rolls can be made from either pickled or parboiled cabbage leaves. Fillings traditionally contain rice and meat. Other recipes call for cooked kasha and chopped wild mushrooms or, more recently, combinations of whole grains and root vegetables. The finished rolls may be simmered in thinned tomato juice, beef stock, vegetable stock, or even miso broth.
Ukrainian cuisine is marked by often use of eggs, powder and vegetables. Most popular vegetables are - beetroot, legumes, carrot, pumpkin, corn and tomatoes. Ukrainian cuisine folk recipes actively use such spices and flavor as garlic, onion, caraway, mint, angelica, chilly pepper, savory, cinnamon and bay leaf.
Breads and wheat products are very important to Ukrainian cuisine. Decorations on the top can be very elaborate for celebrations. Paska is traditional rich Easter bread. It is shaped in a short round form. The top of the paska is decorated with typical Easter symbols, such as roses or crosses.
Ukraine national cookery is rich in meals cooked in special cases (wedding, birth of the child, send-off to the army and others). In such a way pancakes of wheat and buckwheat flour and varenyky are the obligatory meals in Pancake week (Maslenica). Meat or liver pies are usually cooked for the most solemn occasions. The ceremonial dish was fruit compote or uzvar. Ukrainian food is simple and complex at the same time.
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