Traditional Recipes

Make daikon and carrot namasu, a sweet-and-sour Japanese New Year side. Salt and squeeze the vegetables before dressing, then chill as one component of an osechi meal.

Make thin Ukrainian nalysnyky from a rested milk batter and fill them with sweetened cottage cheese. Roll the pancakes and gently warm the parcels before serving.

Cook a zucchini and tomato spread with onion and carrot until thick, then finish with vinegar. Keep this homemade vegetable spread refrigerated or frozen; do not pantry-can it.

Mix cooked beet, fresh carrot and onion with garlic and a sweet vinegar dressing. Chill this beet salad briefly and serve as a tangy side to potatoes or roast food.

Make thin milk blini with eggs and flour, resting the smooth batter before swirling it across a lightly oiled skillet. Serve the flexible pancakes warm. See the recipe.

Cook Transcarpathian bograch with beef, pork, sausage, paprika, potatoes and fully cooked beans. Simmer meat until tender before the potato-and-bean finish. See the recipe.

Make crisp refrigerator cabbage petals and beet in warm garlic-spiced vinegar brine. Chill the vegetables instead of holding them at room temperature or pantry-storing the jars.

Blend fresh tomato, pepper, garlic and horseradish into sharp raw adjika. Leave out the source’s aspirin preservative and keep this uncooked condiment refrigerated or frozen.

Simmer apples in lightly sweetened water for an easy homemade compote drink. Steep the softened fruit, chill the liquid and serve the apple pieces in each glass if you like.

Fry classic Ukrainian potato deruny with grated onion, egg and a little flour. Form thin patties for crisp edges and tender centers, then serve hot with sour cream.

Pickle small pattypan squash with garlic, dill, peppercorns and vinegar brine. Chill overnight for crunch and flavour; keep refrigerated rather than pantry-storing it.

Make garlic and mustard refrigerator tomatoes with firm fruit and a sweet-savoury vinegar brine. Chill the covered tomatoes before serving; this is not a pantry canning recipe.