Non-Fasting Recipes

Russian Non Fasting

Пирог с Мясом — Russian Meat Pie

A substantial yeasted pie filled with slow-cooked ground beef, onions, and rice, brushed with egg wash and baked unti...

Georgian Non Fasting

Ojakhuri — Home-Style Pork and Potatoes

Ojakhuri means "family style" — a skillet of browned pork and golden potatoes seasoned with garlic, cilantro, and Geo...

Romanian Non Fasting

Pască — Romanian Paschal Cheese Bread

The second great Romanian Paschal bread — a round, flat-topped loaf with a cross-shaped braid on top and a rich filli...

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

Котлеты по-Киевски — Chicken Kiev

A pounded chicken breast wrapped around a log of cold garlic-parsley butter, breaded, and fried until golden — when c...

Serbian Non Fasting

Ajvar — Roasted Red Pepper and Eggplant Spread (with Meat)

Classic ajvar is vegetarian, but the Serbian home kitchen has a beloved variation: an ajvar-based warm relish enriche...

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...

Serbian Non Fasting

Vasin Kolač — Vasa's Cake

A classic Serbian layer cake: thin layers of nutty almond-walnut meringue alternating with a rich chocolate buttercre...

Romanian Non Fasting

Drob de Miel — Romanian Paschal Lamb Loaf

The Paschal lamb dish of Romania — a loaf made from lamb offal, pork, fresh herbs, garlic, and eggs, wrapped in caul ...

Serbian Non Fasting

Proja — Serbian Cornbread with Cheese

Savoury Serbian cornbread — a quick bread made from cornmeal, yogurt, eggs, and crumbled white cheese. Served warm wi...

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...

Romanian Non Fasting

Cârnați cu Varză — Romanian Sausages with Cabbage

Romanian homemade pork sausages simmered and then browned alongside braised sauerkraut. A dish of extraordinary simpl...

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...

Russian Non Fasting

Жульен — Mushroom and Chicken Julienne

Despite the French name, жульен is purely a Russian restaurant classic — small individual gratins of tender chicken a...

Romanian Non Fasting

Tochitură — Pork and Polenta Stew

A Transylvanian shepherd's meal turned national institution — cubes of pork pan-seared with smoked sausage and bacon,...

Georgian Non Fasting

Gupta — Georgian Meatballs in Herb Sauce

Hand-formed meatballs made from a well-seasoned mix of beef and pork, simmered in a thin, vivid green sauce of herbs ...

Middle Eastern Non Fasting

Knafeh — Cheese Pastry with Syrup

Shredded phyllo (kataifi) baked around a layer of stretchy unsalted cheese, drenched in rose-scented syrup, and crown...

Serbian Non Fasting

Pečenica — Serbian Paschal Roast Lamb

The centrepiece of Serbian Easter — a whole spring lamb roasted slowly on a rotating spit (ražanj) over wood coals. T...

Russian Non Fasting

Оливье — Russian Olivier Salad

Invented in the 1860s by a Belgian chef in Moscow, Olivier salad (known abroad as "Russian salad") is inseparable fro...

Greek Non Fasting

Pastitsio — Greek Baked Pasta

Greece's other great casserole — layered long pasta, spiced meat sauce, and béchamel. Similar to moussaka in architec...

Romanian Non Fasting

Ciorba de Burta — Tripe Sour Soup

A classic Romanian sour soup — gently simmered veal tripe in a tangy broth soured with bors (fermented wheat liquid),...

Greek Non Fasting

Spanakopita — Spinach and Feta Pie

Layers of shatteringly crisp phyllo dough wrapped around a savoury filling of wilted spinach, herbs, and feta. Spanak...

Russian Non Fasting

Щи Мясные — Traditional Meat Shchi

The original shchi — the most ancient of all Russian soups, simmered for centuries in every peasant kitchen — is made...

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...

Russian Non Fasting

Куриная Лапша — Chicken Noodle Soup

The classic Russian chicken soup — deep golden broth, tender shredded chicken, hand-cut egg noodles, and a generous h...