Ukrainian style cabbage rolls stuffed with pork and rice

The name for stuffed cabbage rolls in the Ukrainian language is “holubtsi.” There are many versions of how this word appeared. One of them is that the word “holubtsi” derived under the influence of the French cuisine, that was popular in the second half of the XIX century, when fried pigeons (“holuby”) rolled in cabbage were served. Ukrainians and Russians modified the recipe and came up with a more affordable way of cooking. Ukrainians started to stuff cabbage rolls with meat and rice and cooked them with tomato juice or...

Deruny (potato pancakes)

Do you want to try a new dish, but have only average ingredients? Then this recipe is for you! Potato pancakes are very popular in the world. You can taste juicy Irish bacstaí, modern Korean gamja-jeon, and of course traditional Ukrainian deruny. This dish is made of potato, onion, eggs and tastes really unique.  Besides traditional variant, Ukrainian hostesses cook such dish with sweet potato to make it like a dessert. Ingredients: 6 potatoes 1 egg 3 tablespoons of flour 1 onion sunflower oil 1 package of sour cream Cooking Potato...