Ukrainian style pork roast

This is very popular and very simple way of cooking a pork roast in Ukraine and not just Ukraine, but Russia and Belarus as well.

The sweetness of natural pork here is being complimented by sweetness of a carrot and aroma of garlic.

So, that is  all you need for the roast

Pork  on a bone ( I prefer fat shoulder, but any fat part will do) 

Few cloves of garlic 

1 medium carrot 

Salt and black pepper

The pork itself should be on a fat side. The fat will melt down and give flavor to everything, plus I cook the roast to a higher temperature and longer, so the fat roast will be moist.

All you do is :

Cut the carrot and garlic in small pieces 

Make slits on the side of the pork and stuff every slit with piece of garlic and carrot. Plus, there will plenty of places on the roast you can put the garlic and the carrot. Any type of openings you can stuff : I put some under the fat , that will stay on  and melt.

Rub nicely with salt and black pepper and just a little bit of vegetable oil.

Cook until done, I cook it to 185 F.

About 45 minute before end I add some raw sliced potatoes in the pan.

Enjoy

Pickled herring with boiled potatoes and green onion

This dish is really popular all over Ukraine, Poland, Russia. It usually served as an appetizer with a range of  salads, cold cuts and  aperitifs (drinks)

The pickled herring is sold in Eastern European stores.

All I do is add a little bit of sunflower oil over the fish (unless it is all ready with oil in a package) and add some green onions over the herring and boiled potatoes

Buckwheat with mushrooms -fast side dish or a dish of its own

Ukraine, Russia, Belorussia boiled   buckwheat   is a popular breakfast dish. It's popular in North America as well.

So, if we have some of it left after breakfast, it can be really good side dish or vegetarian full course.

All you need :

1. Boiled buckwheat 

2. 1 can of mushrooms

3. Veg. oil for frying

Fry the mushrooms, add the buckwheat , stir and serve. You can add butter if you like

Enjoy