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Category: Soviet Cuisine

January 14, 2025January 14, 2025 jgrusseLeave a comment

Grandma’s Rolled Crescents

This is an adaptation of a cookie recipe brought from Ukraine to the US in 1910, passed down to a granddaughter, and printed in Good Housekeeping Favorite Recipes: Cookies.  It makes 48 cookies and takes about 4 hours including chilling time. The recipe calls for Prune Butter as a filling and suggests fruit preserves as Read More …

Desserts, Soviet Cuisine
December 16, 2024December 16, 2024 jgrusseLeave a comment

Lazy Holubtsi

Holubtsi are the Ukrainian version of the stuffed cabbage rolls which are popular throughout eastern Europe.  This version is adapted from the deconstructed holubtsi in Yevhen Klopotenko’s cookbook The Authentic Ukrainian Kitchen: Recipes from a Native Chef.  Rather than making a filling and putting it inside rolled cabbage leaves, this version makes patties of the Read More …

Soviet Cuisine
August 19, 2024 jgrusseLeave a comment

Eggplant Oriental

The Russian Tea Room is an iconic restaurant on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.  Carol and I have eaten there at least once during one of the times I was working in Manhattan in the 1970s and 1980s.  It published a cookbook in 1981 and at some point in the early 1980s I copied Read More …

Soviet Cuisine, Vegan, Vegetarian
November 22, 2023November 22, 2023 jgrusseLeave a comment

Olivier Salad with Chicken or Turkey

I was reading Alissa Timoshikina’s cookbook “Salt & Time: Recipes from a Russian Kitchen” and spotted a recipe for Olivier Salad, which is more commonly known throughout the world as Russian Salad.  (I remember eating it once in Buenos Aires.)  I made a batch in part to use up some roast turkey breast meet.  I Read More …

Salads & Dressings, Soviet Cuisine
June 9, 2023June 9, 2023 jgrusseLeave a comment

Khachapuri (Georgian Cheese Bread)

Khachapuri is a very popular dish in the Republic of Georgia.  Anna suggested it for lunch, and I made it based on a recipe in kingarthurflour.com.  It takes a total of about 2 hours, including about 30 minutes in the oven.  (I made a double recipe of the dough and used one of them to Read More …

Breads, Breakfast, Soviet Cuisine
July 3, 2022July 3, 2022 jgrusseLeave a comment

Herbed Yogurt Cheese (Suzma) with Ryazhenka

I recently revisited Herbed Yogurt Cheese (Suzma) by making two changes.  First, I started with Ryazhenka which is less tart than conventional yogurt.  Second, I thought that sometimes previous batches of Suzma were not thick enough, so I decided to take advantage of my cheese press to press the curd after draining it.  Here is Read More …

Cheese, Soviet Cuisine
June 29, 2022June 29, 2022 jgrusseLeave a comment

Ryazhenka

Ryazhenka (also spelled Ryazhanka) is a variation on yogurt of Ukrainian origin, in which the milk is slowly cooked before it is cultured.    The process causes Maillard reactions, which gives the ryazhenka a tannish color, and thickens the milk through evaporation.  Traditionally, it would be baked at a low temperature in a traditional oven, but Read More …

Cheese, Sous-Vide, Soviet Cuisine
April 4, 2022April 5, 2022 jgrusseLeave a comment

Slow roasted pork with sauerkraut and dried fruit

This is one of the favorite recipes which Olia Hercules has in her recent book Summer Kitchens: Recipes and Reminiscences from Every Corner of Ukraine.  She strongly recommends using some of the roasted pork with its accompanying vegetables and fruit as the filling of buns called pyrizhky, which sound very much like kolaches.  We served Read More …

Pork, Soviet Cuisine
September 25, 2021September 25, 2021 jgrusseLeave a comment

Tkemali (Georgian Plum Sauce)

I made a batch of this popular Georgian condiment to go with Garlicky Cornish Game Hens (Tabaka).  I thought a little bit of it nicely enhanced the garlic sauce for the game hens.  This version is adapted from Darra Goldstein’s book The Georgian Feast. 1.5 lbs. plums (not too sweet or ripe) ¼ cup water Read More …

Soviet Cuisine
March 26, 2021March 26, 2021 jgrusseLeave a comment

Armenian Perok Cake

This Armenian cake is a bit like a large Linzer cookie, since it has a base layer, a jam layer, and a lattice top.  This version is adapted from thekitchn.com.  The next time I make it, I will need to work some more flour into the lattice layer, since the pastry strands were fragile and Read More …

Desserts, Soviet Cuisine

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