Home Food: Recipes from the founder of #CookForUkraine

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Bake for 30 minutes, or until the cake is a little wobbly, but not liquid: it will set more firmly as it cools. It was not, as Ms Timoshkina told ITV News, a coincidence they show to fundraise through food as they felt it is a way of helping people understand the conflict on a very human level. If you are using six 200ml glasses, fill them each halfway up; if you are using a one-litre jelly mould, oil it lightly with a brush, especially in all the grooves, but not so much that it pools in the bottom. Home Food takes readers on a culinary journey through the places Hercules has lived and the influences this has had on the food she enjoys cooking and eating at home.

Home Food from Olia Hercules - Review - London Unattached Home Food from Olia Hercules - Review - London Unattached

One hundred recipes make for a substantial book and there is a great deal to keep home cooks in the kitchen throughout the year. Traditionally we use firm white cabbage leaves, so if you want more of a traditional taste, please use those, they just may need to be blanched for three minutes instead of two. And not just (at all) because of the conditions under which it’s been published, when her native Ukraine is being destroyed by Putin. Cover and leave it somewhere warm for 30 minutes, then give it another knead on a well-floured surface; it might feel sticky at first, but that will soon go. Once the oil is sizzling, add the onion, carrots, celeriac, celery and leek, and saute, stirring from time to time, for about five minutes: you want them to become caramelised in parts, but not scorched.The one recipe that really transported me back to my own childhood was a very simple dish of green beans in tomato. After a couple of minutes, turn them over and fry on the other side until the fritters are golden all over, then lift out with a slotted spoon, drain on kitchen paper and keep warm in a medium oven while you repeat with the remaining cauliflower and batter. This is a great example of home cooking – a simple dish with no frills which is cheap to cook and a real crowd-pleaser. There should be no air pockets, and make sure both ends of the kebab are tightly attached to the skewer. You can also use kefir, but that’s more sour than ryazhanka, so you may need to up the honey ratio a little (and most certainly add vanilla).

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Dishes like radish and pomegranate salad, roasted potatoes topped with feta, yogurt, dill, and chopped carrots, and baked apples stuffed with creamy tvorog or ricotta get woven together with stories that make her fourth cookbook her most personal yet. Add the butter bit by bit, and knead (if doing this by hand, wet your hands and use the stretch and fold technique), until fully incorporated. In between batches, you might need to drain and wipe out the pan with kitchen paper and add more oil. Break the egg yolks with a fork and gradually add them to the mix, whisking them in well as you go, then whisk in the vanilla extract and cheese. Home Food (Bloomsbury) was written during lockdown and the subtitle ‘recipes to comfort and connect’ was apt then and continues to be the purpose of home cooking.

She brings that particular mixture of exquisiteness and sturdiness that I’ve always associated with her cooking, and which now seems such a poignant manifestation of vulnerability, strength and hope. Some restaurants are adding a small voluntary donation to the bill, while others are including a Ukrainian special on their menu.