Non-Fasting Recipes

Greek Non Fasting

Magiritsa — Paschal Lamb Offal Soup

The traditional soup eaten at midnight after the Paschal Liturgy, magiritsa breaks the forty-day Lenten fast with lam...

Georgian Non Fasting

Shkmeruli — Garlic Cream Chicken

A dish of Rachan origin: crisp-skinned roast chicken swimming in a sauce of mashed garlic and warm milk. The flavour ...

Serbian Non Fasting

Ajvar — Roasted Red Pepper and Eggplant Spread (with Meat)

Classic ajvar is vegetarian, but the Serbian home kitchen has a beloved variation: an ajvar-based warm relish enriche...

Middle Eastern Non Fasting

Kibbeh bil Sanieh — Baked Stuffed Kibbeh

The queen of Levantine tables — a tray-baked version of Syrian-Lebanese kibbeh, with two layers of spiced bulgur-and-...

Serbian Non Fasting

Pljeskavica — Serbian Burger Patty

Serbia's national burger — a large, thin patty of seasoned beef (and sometimes pork and lamb) grilled over coals, ser...

Russian Non Fasting

Борщ с Говядиной — Traditional Beef Borscht

The meat version of borscht is deeper, richer, and more complex than its fasting counterpart. Built on a slow-simmere...

Romanian Non Fasting

Mititei in Bors — Meatball Sour Soup

A Romanian everyday soup — tender pork-and-beef meatballs floating in a tangy borș-thickened broth, with root vegetab...

Serbian Non Fasting

Gibanica — Serbian Layered Cheese Pie

The cheese pie of Serbia — crumpled sheets of phyllo dough interleaved with a rich filling of fresh white cheese, kaj...

Romanian Non Fasting

Papanași — Fried Cheese Dumplings with Sour Cream and Jam

Romanian dessert royalty: fried dumplings made from fresh sheep's cheese or urda, shaped like a ring with a small bal...

Russian Non Fasting

Голубцы — Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

Cabbage leaves wrapped around a filling of seasoned ground meat and rice, braised slowly in a tangy tomato-sour cream...

Russian Non Fasting

Оливье — Russian Olivier Salad

Invented in the 1860s by a Belgian chef in Moscow, Olivier salad (known abroad as "Russian salad") is inseparable fro...

Serbian Non Fasting

Sarma — Serbian Cabbage Rolls with Pork and Beef

The Serbian cousin of the Romanian sarmale — sour cabbage leaves wrapped around a filling of pork, beef, and rice, la...

Serbian Non Fasting

Vasin Kolač — Vasa's Cake

A classic Serbian layer cake: thin layers of nutty almond-walnut meringue alternating with a rich chocolate buttercre...

Greek Non Fasting

Avgolemono — Greek Egg-Lemon Chicken Soup

The Greek mother of comforting soups — poached chicken and rice in broth, finished with a silken thickening of egg yo...

Greek Non Fasting

Galaktoboureko — Phyllo Custard Pie

A warm, vanilla-scented semolina custard wrapped in buttery phyllo, baked until golden, then drenched in citrus syrup...

Georgian Non Fasting

Ojakhuri — Home-Style Pork and Potatoes

Ojakhuri means "family style" — a skillet of browned pork and golden potatoes seasoned with garlic, cilantro, and Geo...

Russian Non Fasting

Пельмени — Siberian Meat Dumplings

Пельмени are small meat-filled dumplings, a dish born in Siberia where cooks would make enormous batches and freeze t...

Greek Non Fasting

Kokoretsi — Lamb Offal Wrapped in Intestines

A Greek Paschal delicacy that polarizes — organ meats (liver, heart, lung, spleen) threaded onto a spit and wrapped w...

Georgian Non Fasting

Kharcho — Beef and Walnut Soup

A thick, dark, sour-spicy soup from western Georgia: beef simmered with rice, thickened with ground walnuts, soured w...

Romanian Non Fasting

Mici — Grilled Minced Meat Logs

Romania's national grill — small, skinless sausages of beef, pork, and lamb seasoned with garlic, baking soda, and br...

Georgian Non Fasting

Khinkali — Georgian Soup Dumplings

Khinkali are the national dumpling of Georgia — large, twisted, knob-topped pouches of thin dough filled with spiced ...

Georgian Non Fasting

Chakhokhbili — Chicken Stew with Tomatoes and Herbs

Named for its original version made with pheasant (khokhobi), chakhokhbili is now made with chicken in every Georgian...

Georgian Non Fasting

Khachapuri Imeruli — Round Cheese-Stuffed Bread

The everyday khachapuri — a round flat bread stuffed with cheese, baked until golden, and served hot off the pan. Ime...

Serbian Non Fasting

Proja — Serbian Cornbread with Cheese

Savoury Serbian cornbread — a quick bread made from cornmeal, yogurt, eggs, and crumbled white cheese. Served warm wi...

Serbian Non Fasting

Kajmak — Serbian Clotted Cream Cheese

Kajmak is the soul of Serbian dairy — a fresh, tangy, soft clotted cream skimmed from slowly heated milk, lightly sal...