Category Archives: Ritual Dishes

Kalach

Kalach – is considered to be ritual bread, one of the main attributes on weddings and some other Ukrainian feasts. Kalach usually has theoval form with a hole in the middle. It is mostly popular in the West Ukraine, while korovai is famous in other Ukrainian regions. Baking of kalach is culinary art....

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How to make classic Ukrainian borsch: the ultimate beetroot soup

Borsch – is one of the most ancient and popular Ukrainian dishes.

There is no profound information about its origin till XV century, but such dish had been cooked years before. The first mention about borscht were dated by Cossack times. According to Ukrainian legend, that the first-ever traditional borscht was made during the...

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