Category Archives: Vegetables/ Fruits

Holodnik (cold soup with tomatoes)

Holodnik (cold soup with tomatoes)

This summer soup is akin to Spanish gazpacho or Russian beetroot soup. However the Ukrainian recipe doesn’t contain beetroot and cucumbers.

If you want to cook something unsubstantial and refreshing in hot weather, holodnik will sell like hot cakes.

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Salad with mushrooms and red beans

Salad with mushrooms and red beans
  This amazing pickled mushroom and tomato salad has a savory and bright taste. Try and see for yourself.

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 glass of pickled mushrooms (ceps or slippery jack)
  • 1/2 glass of red...
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Beet kvas

Beet kvas
 

Ingredients:

  • 1-2 fresh beets
  • 3 l (liter) water
  • a rye-bread crust
  • 3 liter glass bottle

Cooking

Wash the beets, peel and cut them....

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Pickled cucumber soup

Pickled cucumber soup
 

Ingredients:

  • 500 g beef bones
  • 4 potatoes (300 g)
  • 2 carrots (100 g)
  • 2 bulb onions (100 g)
  • 50 g parsley root
  • 100 g lard
  • 150 g pickled cucumbers
  • 50 g flour
  • 300 g pickle-juice
  • 200 g sour cream
    • ...
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