Category Archives: Dessert

Semolina pancakes with honey and nuts

 

Nothing says weekend like comfort homemade pancakes.

These semolina pancakes are an airy, spongy, and melt-in-mouth kind of pancakes. They have a simple and time-friendly recipe – you just need to soak semolina for half an hour and then mix with other ingredients to...

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Nalysnyky – Ukrainian cheese filled crepes

 

Nalysnyky are essentially delicate thin pancakes with a cheese filling, slathered in butter and baked until tender. It is a traditional dish of the Ukrainian cuisine which Ukrainians have cooked for many years. This dish is rather versatile and can be served both as an...

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Strawberry dumplings – Delicious treat from Ukraine

Varenyky are a part of national Ukrainian cuisine. For many Ukrainians, sweet dumplings were a favorite food in childhood, which today brings nostalgia and happy memories. Isn’t it great when a dish can take you back to a certain period and place of your life?...

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Ukrainian Easter Cake – Cottage Cheese Paska

 

Apart from a traditional kulich, Ukrainians also cook another type of paska molded in the shape of a pyramid. This cheese paska is the traditional companion of the Ukrainian Easter bread. Made using cottage cheese/curd, sour cream, dairy butter, and sugar, this paska is unbelievably...

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