Traditional Easter dishes in different regions of Ukraine

Ukrainians have traditionally cooked many different dishes for the Easter celebration. While Easter bread and eggs play an essential ceremonial function, there are other recipes to include in your festive menu.  Festive meat and dairy dishes Generally speaking, Easter dishes fall into two groups — meat and dairy. Dairy dishes may vary from region to region. Still, the most common are cottage cheese Easter cake, sweet casserole, pleskanka (baked cottage cheese), butter (sometimes shaped like a lamb using a unique metal mold), and cottage cheese pyrizhky (hand pies).  There is...

Suckling pig roast with buckwheat

  Ingredients: 1 suckling pig 250 g buckwheat 100 g lard 2 tbsp dairy butter 1 bulb onion 2 eggs salt – to taste ground black pepper – to taste Cooking Clean the suckling pig inside and out thoroughly and remove the eyeballs. Place it in cold water for 1,5 – 2 hours. Then dry it with a napkin and salt inside. Let’s cook the stuffing. Boil buckwheat. Peel bulb onion and chop it. Fry it on lard. Then add finely cut liver and kidney of the suckling pig. Fry...