Cuisine of Odesa explained

The cuisine of Odesa in Ukraine is influenced by cultures of various regions, including Ukrainian, Russian, Jewish, Georgian, French, German, Italian, Armenian, Uzbek, Bulgarian, Moldovan, and Greek cultures. However, many recipes are indigenous to Odesa, with fusion cuisine being common.

Typical dishes

Appetizers

Meat

Fish and seafood

Other

Desserts

Overview

Due to its coastal location, Odesa cuisine includes a large number of seafood dishes.The most popular dish is gefilte fish, which is served on holidays using several types of fish, mainly pike, mullet or redlip mullet, carp, and pike perch. Fried fish is also popular. Preference is given to the Black Sea flounder and gobies. Cutlets are fried from small fish of the herring family, mainly Black Sea sprats. Pilaf with mussels is a popular Odesa seafood dish. Mussels are often fried on-site on large sheets of iron.

A traditional snack in Odesa is boiled shrimp, called /, in the Odesite slang.

Among cold appetizers, vorschmack is especially popular, as well as a dip made from grilled aubergines.

Stuffed chicken neck (gefilte helzele) and stuffed vegetables (bell peppers, zucchini, and aubergines) are very popular.

Another feature of Odesa cuisine is the tendency to reduce the size of individual food items while keeping the portion size unchanged. For example, pelmeni and varenyky, when interpreted by Odesa chefs, look different than the more traditional versions. In Odesa, pelmeni and varenyky are served at a small size, whereas varenyky in Ukrainian cuisine are as large as a fist. The most popular type of varenyky are cherry varenyky. Cabbage rolls in the Odesa culinary tradition are also made in a smaller size than is traditional elsewhere, with a preferred size called “the little finger.” A popular dessert, called (blintzes with quark), is also quite small.

Odesa specialties

The specialties of Odesa and Odesa Oblast include:

Books about Odesa cuisine

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Review of Black Sea: Dispatches and Recipes – Through Darkness and Light . Moore . Eleanor . 14 February 2019 . Russian art and culture . March 2, 2021.
  2. Book: Libkin, Savva . October 12, 2018 . My Odessa Cuisine . Fors . 51 . 978-617-7559-69-5.
  3. Web site: An authentic Old World appetizer – Jewish touch in Odessa cuisine . . March 2, 2021.
  4. Web site: Review of Black Sea: Dispatches and Recipes – Through Darkness and Light . Moore . Eleanor . 14 February 2019 . Russian art and culture . March 2, 2021.
  5. Book: Libkin, Savva . October 12, 2018 . My Odessa Cuisine . Fors . 177 . 978-617-7559-69-5.
  6. Book: Libkin, Savva . October 12, 2018 . My Odessa Cuisine . Fors . 124 . 978-617-7559-69-5.
  7. Book: Libkin, Savva . October 12, 2018 . My Odessa Cuisine . Fors . 16 . 978-617-7559-69-5.
  8. News: The best food books to take you overseas - while stuck at home . Eden . Caroline . The Guardian . 13 June 2020 . March 4, 2021.
  9. Web site: Delicious gobies . Kalenska . Maria . March 3, 2021.
  10. Book: Hercules, Olia . July 14, 2020 . Summer Kitchens: Recipes and Reminiscences from Every Corner of Ukraine . Weldon Owen . 278 . 978-1681885704.
  11. News: Odessa's new parks lead a blossoming of urban regeneration . Eden . Caroline . The Guardian . 5 August 2017 . March 4, 2021.
  12. Book: Hercules, Olia . July 14, 2020 . Summer Kitchens: Recipes and Reminiscences from Every Corner of Ukraine . Weldon Owen . 21 . 978-1681885704.
  13. Book: Libkin, Savva . October 12, 2018 . My Odessa Cuisine . Fors . 49 . 978-617-7559-69-5.
  14. Web site: Odessa mussels . Kalenska . Maria . March 3, 2021.
  15. Web site: Mussel pilaf . Kalenska . Maria . 31 May 2019 . March 3, 2021.
  16. Web site: Pilaf with mussels . Libkin . Savva . March 3, 2021.
  17. Web site: Sprat cult . Kalenska . Maria . March 3, 2021.
  18. Book: Hercules, Olia . July 14, 2020 . Summer Kitchens: Recipes and Reminiscences from Every Corner of Ukraine . Weldon Owen . 276 . 978-1681885704.
  19. Web site: Borscht with Gobies . July 6, 2021.
  20. Book: Libkin, Savva . October 12, 2018 . My Odessa Cuisine . Fors . 238 . 978-617-7559-69-5.
  21. Web site: Odessa "5 minutes" pickled cucumbers . Kalenska . Maria . 6 October 2020 . March 3, 2021.
  22. Web site: pickled cucumbers ODumplings with Cherry . Libkin . Savva . March 3, 2021.
  23. Book: Libkin, Savva . October 12, 2018 . My Odessa Cuisine . Fors . 235 . 978-617-7559-69-5.
  24. Book: Libkin, Savva . October 12, 2018 . My Odessa Cuisine . Fors . 93 . 978-617-7559-69-5.
  25. Book: Libkin, Savva . October 12, 2018 . My Odessa Cuisine . Fors . 245 . 978-617-7559-69-5.
  26. Book: Hercules, Olia . July 14, 2020 . Summer Kitchens: Recipes and Reminiscences from Every Corner of Ukraine . Weldon Owen . 296 . 978-1681885704.
  27. Web site: Food diplomacy: the French influence on Odessa dishes (but probably is Neapolitan) . . March 2, 2021.
  28. Web site: Odessa-style walnut stuffed prunes . Kalenska . Maria . 3 April 2020 . March 3, 2021.
  29. Book: Libkin, Savva . October 12, 2018 . My Odessa Cuisine . Fors . 151 . 978-617-7559-69-5.
  30. Book: Libkin, Savva . October 12, 2018 . My Odessa Cuisine . Fors . 14 . 978-617-7559-69-5.
  31. Book: Libkin, Savva . October 12, 2018 . My Odessa Cuisine . Fors . 23 . 978-617-7559-69-5.
  32. Book: Libkin, Savva . October 12, 2018 . My Odessa Cuisine . Fors . 33 . 978-617-7559-69-5.
  33. Book: Libkin, Savva . October 12, 2018 . My Odessa Cuisine . Fors . 43 . 978-617-7559-69-5.
  34. Book: Libkin, Savva . October 12, 2018 . My Odessa Cuisine . Fors . 154 . 978-617-7559-69-5.
  35. Book: Libkin, Savva . October 12, 2018 . My Odessa Cuisine . Fors . 156 . 978-617-7559-69-5.
  36. Web site: Izmail is the place we are . Izmail City Council . March 3, 2021.