3 Chefs Cook the Ultimate Ukrainian Holiday Dishes

pork

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: turkey

Chicken is leaner and more affordable.

sour cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: plain yogurt

Greek yogurt provides similar creaminess with fewer calories.

beetroot

🥗Healthier: carrots

💰Cheaper: canned beets

Carrots are more accessible and still nutritious.

fish

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: canned fish

Tofu offers a plant-based alternative while canned fish is budget-friendly.

Prepare the dough by mixing 1 spoon of sugar, a bit of yeast, and 300 ml of warm milk.

Add flour and mix, then let it rest for half an hour in a warm place.

Add 5 g of salt, 2 eggs, and butter to the dough and mix again.

Let the dough rest for an hour and a half.

Roll the dough thin and spread poppy seeds on it, then roll it up and cut into buns.

Place the buns in a pan and let them rise for 1 hour.

Bake the buns in the oven at 180°C for 30 minutes.

Grate and peel the potatoes and onion, then squeeze out excess liquid using a muslin cloth.

Mix the grated potatoes, onion, pickled vegetables, flour, salt, and 2 eggs together.

Heat oil in a pan and fry the mixture for about 1.5 to 2 minutes on each side until golden brown.

Slice chicken breasts in half and prepare a filling with prunes, roasted hazelnuts, and gorgonzola cheese.

Wrap the chicken with the filling and tie it with string.

Fry the wrapped chicken in a hot pan until slightly browned, then transfer to the oven to finish cooking.

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