apricot jam – DivineCuisine Recipes https://divinecuisine.recipes Viva La Food! Thu, 28 Jan 2016 17:00:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.1 Easter Kulich (Paska) https://divinecuisine.recipes/easter-kulich-paska/ https://divinecuisine.recipes/easter-kulich-paska/#respond Sun, 05 Apr 2015 19:47:14 +0000 http://divinecuisine.recipes/?p=1935 Happy Easter to all the foodies all over the world! Although today is Catholic Easter, we still have one week until Ukrainian (Orthodox) Easter, which also called Pascha, and that means the whole week to decide what to cook for this great holiday. In my family, like in many Ukrainian families, we have a tradition […]

The post Easter Kulich (Paska) appeared first on DivineCuisine Recipes.

]]> Happy Easter to all the foodies all over the world! Although today is Catholic Easter, we still have one week until Ukrainian (Orthodox) Easter, which also called Pascha, and that means the whole week to decide what to cook for this great holiday. In my family, like in many Ukrainian families, we have a tradition to cook a lot for Easter: crepes, salad, veggies, fish, poultry, meat and of course Kulich (or Paska) for dessert, we have all these goodies in one day. Mostly because historically our religious ancestors had a very strict Lent eight weeks before the holiday, which ended only on Resurrection Sunday. For 56 days, they lived with total abstention from meat, fats, eggs and dairy products. Instead they used cereals, veggies and another type of food devoid of fats, almost like vegans. However, not a lot of modern people can endure such a strict Lent, and honestly they don’t want to do that anymore. Even though Ukrainian refused to fast, they continued to feast on Easter.

Easter Kulich_1

Usually, for our festive Sunday we start cooking a couple days in advance, just because the number of dishes is always crazy, and we need to spend a lot of extra time in the kitchen. Every family has their own signature dishes. Ours are Beer Roasted Pork Knuckle with Honey Glaze and my signature Kulich, which is similar to Italian Panettone. This year I decided to make Kulich a little bit more interesting. Instead of traditional white topping I used shiny apricot glaze and dried fruits and nuts, in my opinion because of this Kulich became much more sophisticated. I will gladly share the recipe of this wonderful Easter dessert with you, hope you will enjoy it as much as my family and friends do.

The post Easter Kulich (Paska) appeared first on DivineCuisine Recipes.

]]> https://divinecuisine.recipes/easter-kulich-paska/feed/ 0