Ukrainian Cuisine

Aperitifs

Borshch	beet soup often made with meat
Ukha	fish soup typically with carp
Hybivka	mushroom soup
Vinigret	beetroot salad made with beans, peas and onions
Oseledets	pickled herring salad with onion, sunflower oil and pepper
Kapustianyi	sauerkraut salad with oil, walnuts and mayonnaise
Paska	like Easter bread
Korovai	braided bread used in wedding celebrations
Babka	Easter bread containing dried fruit

Main Course
Varenyky – boiled dumplings stuffed with fruit, potatoes, cheese and cabbage.
Holubtsi – cabbage rolls stuffed with millet or minced meat with rice.
Blyntsi – crepes served with meat, cheese, fruit or caviar.
Pechenya – roast pork, lamb, beef or veal.
Studynets – jellied meat or fish.
Kotljetys – fish or meat fritters.
Deruny – potato fritters served with sour cream or cottage cheese.
Shashlyk – type of shish kebab usually with marinated lamb and vegetables.

Dessert
Tort – cakes often made with ground walnuts or almonds instead of flour.
Kutia – a Christmas dessert with honey, nuts, poppy seeds and wheat.
Zhely – jellied fruit.
Pampushky – fried dough, similar to doughnuts.

Beverages
Kvas – made from bread with a sweet-sour taste.
Compote – dried or fresh fruit drink.
Kefir – sour milk.