Kapusniak is a popular Ukrainian sour cabbage soup that takes the second place by popularity after borsch (beetroot soup). This dish was named after its main ingredient, sour cabbage, which is pronounced in Ukrainian as “кисла капуста” (kysla kapusta) and thus derives kapusniak. The pickled vegetable gives a special flavor and zing to the soup. Sauerkraut was very popular with Ukrainian ancestors for its easy and affordable recipe. It’s also the perfect example of how common Ukrainians cooked delicious foods using simple basic ingredients. Traditionally, sauerkraut was finely chopped, poured with...
Bigos (Halychyna recipe)
Bigos is a traditional dish of Ukrainian, Polish, Luthuainia and Belarusians cuisine. It has a sourish flavor and strong aroma of smoked products. The more kinds of meat you use the more tasty bigos you get. What is more - this dish doesn’t loose its taste after defrost. It is usually cooked for future use and then it is frozen. Make with us this stewed meat and sauerkraut and enjoy. Ingredients: 1 kg sauerkraut 10 g vinegar 300 g meat broth 250 g pork 250 g veal 150 g home-made...
Potato flapjacks with sauerkraut
Ingredients: 500 g sauerkraut 100 g potatoes 1 egg 70 g wheat flour 60 ml milk 200 g homemade chicken sausage 30 g bulb onion 1 tbsp sunflower oil 1 tbsp butter 10 g dill sour cream – to taste salt – to taste ground black pepper – to taste Cooking Peel potatoes and grate them. In this recipe the main role plays sauerkraut. That’s why we do not need many potatoes. Wash sauerkraut and stew it if it is tough. Peel onion and dice it. Slice homemade chicken...