I halved the recipe and made it two times in the week to serve with the Sorrel Broth (duck soup) recipe in the book. Mamushka came into the world — last year — when Cookbook Corner was dormant, and I have long since wanted to bring it to your attention. If you are curious and want to discover something new and learn more about Ukraine, I highly recommend this book. That’s not the case- it all comes together perfectly, the kidney beans are essential adding a textural aspect.

I would recommend it in spite of the issues - read your recipe before and consider where you may need to do some googling to fill the gaps in some of the doughes, etc - but subsequent releases need a serious review and edit. Add the red pepper and tomato purée to the onion and carrot and cook it out for 2 minutes, then add the grated fresh tomato, stir and reduce slightly before adding all of this to the broth.In any case, Hercules produces a tasty honey cake with sour cream - that doesn't require days of refrigeration for the layers to soften. Most recipes I tried, I will add to my repertoire, but my favourites were the “Cold Beetroot Soup”, the “Armenian Soup with Lamb and Prune Meatballs”, the “Grilled Vegetable Caviar”, the Georgian Kidney Bean Salad”, “Chilli and Garlic Cucumber”, and the “Azerbaijani Rice and Fruity Lamb”. For example, the chicken broth and dumplings recipe suggest a whole chicken, sectioned into 8 chunks, is boiled as part of the broth. Pie seemed extremely soupy when it came out of the oven, but it was perfect when it had cooled down.

Mamushka is a celebration of the food and flavours of the "Wild East" - from the Black Sea to Baku and Armenia to Azerbaijan, with over 100 recipes for fresh, flavourful and unexpected dishes from across the region. Place the beetroot at the bottom of a warm, sterilised 2-litre preserving jar, then top with the cabbage wedges, beans, spring onions, garlic and all the aromatics, apart from the peppercorns.This dish is something our whole extended family adopted: silky noodles, pulled goose and its juices. After finishing school, she moved to the UK where she studied Italian language and International Relations at the University of Warwick. She kicked off her culinary career working at Fulham's Union Market with Aaron Craze before landing her dream job as chef-de-partie at Ottolenghi's.

Mix the cinnamon with the apples, then tip the apples into the prepared cake tin and pour the cake batter evenly over the apples. I’d probably sub halibut or sea bass next time, my catfish wasn’t great but I wanted to be authentic to the recipe and culture.The recipes are a solid combination of bright and fresh, as well as home-y and warm, with a good variety of complexities levels as well. Made this soup and the suggested Moldovan flatbread (made them twice--once for first meal and then, for leftover soup). Knead the dough until it becomes firm and elastic without sticking, then cover with clingfilm and let it rest at room temperature for about 30 minutes. My one recommendation for the 3 minute per side shallow fry in the recipe is to put the heat on med-low--just a little bit above low.