Articles of category "Slavic dishes"

Vegetable borscht is widely believed to be originally from Ukraine, but is a part of the local culinary heritage of many Eastern and Central European nations. Borscht (also borsch or borshch) is a vegetable soup, usually including beet-roots, which gives it a strong red color. Well, beets are the main ingredient distinguishing vegetable borscht and shchi - it can be boiled as well as raw, depending on the color the cook wants to receive.

Blini - you may never have heard of the name before, but chances are once you eat it you'll never forget it! There is hardly a thing so dear to the heart of each Slavic person than blini! Thin, hot, with lots of different stuffing- sweet or not, with oil and butter - can there be another delicacy? At least not for those, who tasted this majestic dish. Well, blini are thin pancakes which are often served in connection with a religious rite or festival.