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Eastern European food is hearty, earthy, and secretly very glamorous in its own way. Potatoes, cabbage, beets, rye, buckwheat, mushrooms, pork, dairy, pickles, and dumplings appear in soups, stews, pastries, and comforting family-style dishes.

Polish pierogi, Ukrainian borscht, Romanian specialties, and the many cuisines farther east each have their own personalities. Fermentation and pickling are big deals, while dill, garlic, sour cream, and rye breads provide a wonderfully recognizable regional thread.

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Sarmale cu Mămăligă

40 min · 3 servings

Tocană de Cartofi cu Carne

20 min · 4 servings

20 min · 2 servings

Zeamă de Găină

20 min · 7 servings

30 min · 3 servings

130 min · 3 servings

Friptură de Porc cu Prune

20 min · 5 servings

Mămăligă Simplă

5 min · 10 servings

Cartofi Prăjiți cu Mărar

15 min · 7 servings

Plăcintă cu Dovleac

35 min · 10 servings

Gogoși Moldovenești

105 min · 9 servings

Pâine de Casă Moldovenească

100 min · 14 servings

25 min · 7 servings

Compot de Fructe

Plăcintă cu Cartofi

35 min · 3 servings

Holidays & Special Occasions

Colac de Nuntă

150 min · 6 servings

Holidays & Special Occasions

Sarmale de Crăciun

40 min · 5 servings

Syrniki (Ukrainian Cottage Cheese Pancakes)

Hrechana Kasha (Buckwheat Porridge with Milk)

Varenyky z Kartopleyu (Potato and Cheese Dumplings)

Deruny (Ukrainian Potato Pancakes)

Salo z Chosnykom (Cured Pork Fat with Garlic and Rye Bread)

Kholodets (Ukrainian Meat Aspic)

Borscht (Ukrainian Beet Soup)

Solyanka (Sour Meat Soup)

Salat Olivier (Ukrainian Olivier Salad)

Vinegret (Ukrainian Beet and Vegetable Salad)

Holubtsi (Stuffed Cabbage Rolls)

Kartoplyane Pyure z Smazhenoyu Tsybuleyu (Mashed Potatoes with Fried Onions)

Hrechka z Hrybamy (Buckwheat with Mushrooms)

Medovyk (Ukrainian Honey Layer Cake)

Kyivskyi Tort (Kyiv Cake)

Paska (Ukrainian Easter Bread)

Chorny Khlib (Ukrainian Dark Rye Bread)

Uzvar (Dried Fruit Compote)

Kvas (Fermented Rye Bread Drink)

Pyrizhky z Myasom (Fried Meat Buns)

Chebureki (Fried Meat Turnovers)

Holidays & Special Occasions

Kutia (Christmas Eve Wheat Berry Pudding)

Holidays & Special Occasions

Korovai (Ceremonial Wedding Bread)

Kotleta po-Kyivsky (Chicken Kyiv)

Ciorbă de Burtă

Ciorbă de Legume

Salată de Boeuf

Salată de Varză

Cartofi țărănești

Fasole Bătută

Pâine de Casă

Holidays & Special Occasions

Holidays & Special Occasions

Seledka pod Shuboy

Beef Stroganoff

Kasha Grechnevaya

Griby v Smetane

Borodinsky Khleb

Holidays & Special Occasions

Novogodniy Olivier Feast

Holidays & Special Occasions

Romanian Mămăligă cu Brânză și Smântână

Romanian Zacuscă

Romanian Salată de Vinete

Romanian Ciorbă de Perișoare

Romanian Plăcintă cu Brânză

Romanian Covrigi

Moldovan Mămăligă cu Brânză și Smântână

5 min · 4 servings

Moldovan Plăcintă cu Brânză

35 min · 4 servings

Moldovan Zacuscă

40 min · 1 servings

Moldovan Ciorbă de Perișoare

25 min · 7 servings

Moldovan Salată de Vinete

20 min · 1 servings

Moldovan Covrigi

90 min · 8 servings

Zhytni Khleb (Traditional Belarusian Rye Bread)

30 min · 10 servings

Buckwheat Kasha with Wild Mushrooms

10 min · 3 servings

Holidays & Special Occasions

Piachista (Festive Roast Meat Platter)

20 min · 5 servings

Kulaga (Berry Pudding Dessert)

15 min · 7 servings

Lazanki (Belarusian Pasta with Bacon and Onion)

35 min · 2 servings

Draniki (Belarusian Potato Pancakes)

20 min · 4 servings

Machanka (Pork Stew in Sour Cream Gravy)

20 min · 4 servings

Salat Alivye (Belarusian New Year Potato Salad)

25 min · 3 servings

Syrniki (Belarusian Cottage Cheese Pancakes)

15 min · 3 servings

Selyodka z Tsybuley (Herring with Onions)

15 min · 3 servings

Vinegret (Beet, Potato and Pickle Salad)

20 min · 1 servings

Perepechy (Wheat Flatcakes)

15 min · 6 servings

Kvass (Fermented Rye Bread Drink)

Kolduny (Potato Dumplings Stuffed with Meat)

40 min · 4 servings

Beliashy (Fried Meat-Filled Buns)

30 min · 7 servings

Piarnik (Belarusian Honey Spice Cake)

20 min · 6 servings

Zhur (Fermented Oat Sour Soup)

20 min · 4 servings

Kholodnik (Cold Beet and Kefir Soup)

20 min · 2 servings

Grechaniki (Buckwheat Cakes)

15 min · 3 servings

Sbiten (Hot Honey Spiced Drink)

Smazhenka (Belarusian Savoury Pizza-Snack)

15 min · 3 servings

Babka Bulbiana (Baked Potato Pudding)

25 min · 8 servings

Holidays & Special Occasions

Karavai (Ceremonial Wedding Bread)

60 min · 3 servings

Tsibriki (Grated Potato and Cheese Balls)

25 min · 6 servings

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