Non-Fasting Recipes

Georgian Non Fasting

Elarji — Cornmeal and Cheese Polenta

From Samegrelo (western Georgia): a thick, stretchy polenta of fine cornmeal cooked with vast quantities of sulguni c...

Greek Non Fasting

Kokoretsi — Lamb Offal Wrapped in Intestines

A Greek Paschal delicacy that polarizes — organ meats (liver, heart, lung, spleen) threaded onto a spit and wrapped w...

Serbian Non Fasting

Ćevapi — Serbian Grilled Minced Meat Fingers

Small, skinless fingers of minced beef and lamb, grilled over coals and served with warm flatbread (lepinja), chopped...

Serbian Non Fasting

Krofne — Serbian Jelly Doughnuts

Soft, airy, round Serbian doughnuts — essentially the Serbian version of the Central European jelly doughnut (Berline...

Georgian Non Fasting

Khachapuri Imeruli — Round Cheese-Stuffed Bread

The everyday khachapuri — a round flat bread stuffed with cheese, baked until golden, and served hot off the pan. Ime...

Romanian Non Fasting

Salată de Boeuf — Romanian Beef and Vegetable Salad

A layered holiday salad found at every Romanian Christmas, New Year, and Easter table — diced boiled beef, carrots, p...

Georgian Non Fasting

Chikhirtma — Georgian Chicken Soup with Egg and Lemon

A silken, golden chicken soup thickened with egg yolks and sharpened with lemon or vinegar — Georgia's answer to avgo...

Serbian Non Fasting

Pljeskavica — Serbian Burger Patty

Serbia's national burger — a large, thin patty of seasoned beef (and sometimes pork and lamb) grilled over coals, ser...

Greek Non Fasting

Souvlaki — Grilled Pork Skewers

Greek street food at its finest — cubes of marinated pork threaded onto skewers and grilled over coals, served in a w...

Serbian Non Fasting

Kokošja Čorba — Serbian Chicken Soup

The Serbian Sunday soup — chicken simmered with carrots, parsnip, and fresh parsley root, finished with fine home-cut...

Middle Eastern Non Fasting

Maamoul — Semolina Cookies with Date and Nut Fillings

Buttery semolina shortbread stamped in wooden moulds, filled with dates, walnuts, or pistachios, and dusted with powd...

Georgian Non Fasting

Kharcho — Beef and Walnut Soup

A thick, dark, sour-spicy soup from western Georgia: beef simmered with rice, thickened with ground walnuts, soured w...

Serbian Non Fasting

Kajmak — Serbian Clotted Cream Cheese

Kajmak is the soul of Serbian dairy — a fresh, tangy, soft clotted cream skimmed from slowly heated milk, lightly sal...

Georgian Non Fasting

Chakapuli — Lamb Stew with Tarragon and Sour Plum

A spring dish served at every Georgian Easter table: lamb gently stewed with enormous quantities of fresh tarragon, g...

Greek Non Fasting

Yemista — Stuffed Tomatoes and Peppers

Whole tomatoes and peppers stuffed with a fragrant filling of meat, rice, herbs, and pine nuts, then baked in olive o...

Greek Non Fasting

Magiritsa — Paschal Lamb Offal Soup

The traditional soup eaten at midnight after the Paschal Liturgy, magiritsa breaks the forty-day Lenten fast with lam...

Greek Non Fasting

Gemista Kalamari — Stuffed Squid

Fresh squid tubes filled with a rice-based stuffing enriched with feta, tomato, and pine nuts, then braised slowly in...

Serbian Non Fasting

Karađorđeva Šnicla — Karađorđe's Schnitzel

A Serbian restaurant classic — pounded veal (or pork) rolled around a log of kajmak, breaded, and deep-fried. When cu...

Romanian Non Fasting

Sarmale — Romanian Cabbage Rolls

The undisputed queen of the Romanian feast table — sour cabbage leaves rolled around a filling of pork, beef, and ric...

Russian Non Fasting

Пельмени — Siberian Meat Dumplings

Пельмени are small meat-filled dumplings, a dish born in Siberia where cooks would make enormous batches and freeze t...

Georgian Non Fasting

Khachapuri Adjaruli — Boat-Shaped Cheese Bread with Egg

The most famous khachapuri of all — a boat of chewy bread filled with molten cheese, topped with a raw egg yolk and a...

Romanian Non Fasting

Supă de Găină — Romanian Chicken Noodle Soup

The classical Romanian chicken soup — an old hen (or rooster) simmered slowly with plenty of vegetables until the bro...

Middle Eastern Non Fasting

Sfeeha — Meat Hand Pies

Small open-faced meat pies, a specialty of Baalbek — a yeasted flatbread boat filled with a tart mixture of minced la...

Romanian Non Fasting

Mititei in Bors — Meatball Sour Soup

A Romanian everyday soup — tender pork-and-beef meatballs floating in a tangy borș-thickened broth, with root vegetab...

Middle Eastern Non Fasting

Molokhia — Jute Leaves with Chicken

A singular dish — finely minced jute mallow leaves simmered with chicken broth and garlic until thick and slightly mu...