Rooster kholodets (Ukrainian meat aspic)

  Do you want to try something authentic? Then try kholodets, a traditional Slavic treat, loved by many Ukrainians and served at family gatherings. This cold snack represents a broth cooked using meat which is then refrigerated until jellified. The meat aspic takes the shape of the basin where it is chilled, and cut into serving pieces that are usually several inches high.  Traditionally, the gelling agent was made by cooking pork feet, which naturally have gelatin and release it after many hours of boiling. Meanwhile, I want to share...

Chicken, Pork, and Beef Kholodets

Kholodets is a jelly-like dish from meat broth. It gets its name from ‘kholod’, the Ukrainian word for cold and is traditionally served in Ukraine during winter holidays. When served, kholodets has the shape of the basin where it was chilled. The meat pieces are clearly seen through the transparent broth-turned jelly. Kholodets is served cold as an appetizer with hot mustard or strong horseradish sauce. Today we are going to cook special kholodets which includes the combination of chicken, pork, and beef. It both tastes and looks amazingly good....

Chicken kholodets

Ingredients: 1 chicken 1/2 bulb onion 1 carrot 20 g of gelatin water (1.5 liter for 1 kg of chicken) salt – to taste black ground pepper – to taste 1 bay leaf Cooking Cut chicken into small pieces, put in a pan, pour with water and boil for 1.5-2 hours. Do not forget to scum from time to time. Peel, rinse a carrot and an onion. Cut the vegetables into large pieces. Add them to the pan. Put a baly leaf there. Adjust salt and pepper at the end of boiling....