2019 | Ukrainian recipes

Ukrainian korovai – Authentic wedding bread

Posted on March 21, 2019September 23, 2024 by admin

Wedding korovai is not only luscious pastry, but it is also the ritual bread with great symbolic meaning. Korovai is used to bless a new family life and is highly respected all over Ukraine. The entertaining and rich in events Ukrainian wedding ceremony can’t even be imagined without korovai. It starts and ends with the […]

Shpundra – Pork and beetroot stew

Posted on March 14, 2019September 23, 2024 by admin

Shpundra is the ancient Ukrainian folk dish comprising pork stewed with beetroots in beet kvass. The meat gets a tender, rich taste and a vibrant ruby color. Such a dish will be a great, nourishing dinner. In old times, shpundra was dressed with flour or steamed, grated millet. Ivan Petrovych Kotliarevsky, the well-known Ukrainian writer, […]