Ukraine

🇺🇦Ukraine

Babka

Бабка

Babka is a Western Ukrainian Easter bread made with milk, butter, eggs, sugar, raisins, saffron, vanilla, and lemon peel.

🇺🇦Galicia, Ukraine

Banosh

Банош

Banosh is Hutsul cornmeal porridge cooked with smetana and topped with bryndza, mushrooms, and crispy salo.

🇺🇦Ukraine

Bilyi Borshch

Білий борщ

White borscht of soured wheat bran or whey with potato and sausage, the Christmas-Eve counterpart to ruby borshch.

🇱🇹Lithuania

Bird's Milk Cake

Птичье молоко

Bird's Milk Cake is a Soviet-era chocolate-covered soufflé cake with airy filling and thin sponge layers.

🇷🇺Russia

Blini

Блины

Blini are thin yeasted pancakes made from buckwheat or wheat flour, served with caviar, sour cream, jam, or smoked salmon, symbol of sun and Maslenitsa dish, thin delicate texture with yeast rise and golden color.

🇺🇦Transcarpathia, Ukraine

Bograch

Бограч

Bograch is a Transcarpathian goulash made with several kinds of meat, paprika, and vegetables, cooked in a cauldron over a fire.

🇺🇦Ukraine

Borshch

Борщ

Deep ruby soup of beet, cabbage and pork finished with garlic dill and a spoon of smetana; UNESCO inscribed Ukrainian borscht culture in 2022.

🇺🇦Ukraine

Bublik

Бублик

Bublik is a ring-shaped bread roll boiled then baked, similar to bagel but sweeter.

🇷🇺Russia

Buckwheat Kasha

Каша

Buckwheat kasha: roasted groats simmered until fluffy and nutty, the default hot side of Russian home cooking.

🇺🇦Ukraine

Carp with Honey

Короп з медом

Whole carp baked or braised in a honey-and-onion glaze, a Polissya river-fish festive dish where sweetness balances the mud-rich flesh.

🇺🇦Ukraine

Chebureki

Чебуреки

Chebureki are Crimean Tatar deep-fried half-moon turnovers filled with minced meat and onions.

🇺🇦Kyiv, Ukraine

Chicken Kyiv

Котлета по-київськи

Chicken Kyiv is a breaded chicken fillet stuffed with herb butter, fried then baked, calling card of Ukrainian capital known worldwide, juicy meat with butter center that doesn't leak and crispy golden breading.

🇺🇦Ukraine

Draniki

Драники

Draniki are Belarusian-style potato pancakes made from finely grated potato, fried crisp at the edges and served with sour cream; the form is also familiar across neighboring cuisines.

🇺🇦Ukraine

Grechanyky

Гречаники

Minced-meat patties bulked with boiled buckwheat groats, fried then simmered in gravy.

🇺🇦Ukraine

Halushky

Галушки

Halushky are small pieces of boiled wheat dough served with sour cream, gravy, or pork cracklings.

🇺🇦Ukraine

Holubtsi

Голубці

Holubtsi are cabbage rolls stuffed with meat and rice, braised in tomato or sour cream sauce.

🇺🇦Ukraine

Horilka

Горілка

Horilka is Ukrainian vodka distilled from grain or potatoes; flavoured versions include fruit infusions.

🇺🇦Galicia, Ukraine

Hutsul Bryndza

Гуцульська бриндза

Sheep's-milk brined cheese of the Ukrainian Carpathians, in 2022 the country's first EU-protected geographical indication.

🇺🇦Galicia, Ukraine

Hutsul Syr

Гуцульський сир

Homemade acid-set cheese of Carpathian brown-cow milk, pressed into flat discs by Hutsul households.

🇷🇺Russia

Kalach

Калач

Kalach is a ring-shaped Russian white-wheat bread with a handle, historically sold as portable market food.

🇺🇦Ukraine

Kapusniak

Капусняк

Kapusniak is a Ukrainian sauerkraut soup with pork, potatoes, root vegetables, and sometimes millet.

🇧🇾Belarus

Kartoflianiki

Картапляникі

Balls of boiled mashed potato stuffed with fried mushrooms, curd or minced meat, then fried or baked in sour cream.

🇱🇹Lithuania

Kefir

Kefyras

A cultured milk drink with a clean lactic tang, lightly thick body, and refreshing acidity.

🇧🇾Belarus

Khaladnik

Халаднік

Cold soup of grated young beetroot and their leaves in soured milk or kefir, shocking pink, finished with dill, cucumber, hard-boiled egg and served with hot boiled potatoes on the side.

🇧🇾Belarus

Kholodets

Холодец

Kholodets is a meat aspic made from pork or beef bones slow-cooked until collagen releases, then chilled until set, clear firm jelly with tender meat pieces, served with horseradish or mustard.

🇱🇹Lithuania

Kissel

Кісель

A Polish fruit dessert of fruit juice or water thickened with potato starch, served warm or cold. A rustic, sweet-tart dessert, a home-cooked classic, served with bread or alone.

🇺🇦Ukraine

Knysh

Книш

Knysh is a Ukrainian baked bread or pastry filled with potato, buckwheat, onion, or farmer cheese.

🇬🇷Greece

Koliva

Κόλυβα

Ritual wheat/poppy/honey memorial porridge

🇵🇱Poland

Kompot

Polish fruit compote of boiled fresh or dried fruits (apples, plums, pears), served warm or cold. A traditional drink-dessert, sweet and fruity, a daily and festive staple.

🇺🇦Ukraine

Korovai

Коровай

Korovai is a Ukrainian braided wedding bread decorated with symbolic dough figures.

🇷🇺Russia

Kotlety

Котлеты

Kotlety are pan-fried ground-meat patties with bread and onions, served with mashed potatoes or buckwheat.

🇺🇦Ukraine

Kruchenyky

Крученики

Kruchenyky are meat rolls stuffed with various fillings like prunes, cheese, or mushrooms, named from to twist, gourmet Ukrainian meat dish, thin pounded meat with generous filling.

🇺🇦Ukraine

Kulish

Куліш

Kulish is Ukrainian Cossack millet porridge cooked with meat, onions, and salo over a field fire.

🇧🇾Belarus

Kutsia

Куцця

Whole wheat or barley grains boiled soft and dressed with honey, poppy-seed milk, nuts and dried fruit — the first dish of the Christmas Eve table.

🇧🇾Belarus

Kvas

Gira

Kvas is a naturally fermented rye-bread drink with a lightly sour, malty flavour and gentle carbonation.

🇺🇦Kyiv, Ukraine

Kyiv Cake

Київський торт

Kyiv Cake is a Ukrainian cake of crisp meringue and hazelnut layers joined by buttercream, created in Kyiv.