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Dish of the week: Holubtsi

32 Sour cream Recipes From 14 Cuisines.

Cultured cream with enough acidity to lift heavy dishes and enough fat to survive gentle heat. It is stirred into Hungarian and Polish soups, spooned over Russian pelmeni and Mexican tacos, and beaten into cakes for tenderness. Full-fat versions can be simmered briefly; light ones split immediately. To stir it into a hot pot, thin it first with a ladle of the liquid, then add it off the heat. Mexican crema is looser and pourable but works the same way.

32 recipes on this route

The recipes.

Golden cracked cornmeal and curd cheese cake cut into squares in a baking tin, one square topped with sour cream

Moldova1 hr 5 min

Alivenci

Moldovan Cornmeal and Curd Cheese Cake

Bowl of creamy Hutsul banosh cornmeal porridge topped with fried mushrooms, crumbled sheep cheese and cracklings

Ukraine40 min

Banosh

Hutsul Cornmeal Porridge with Brynza

Skillet of beef stroganoff, browned beef strips in a pale mustard sour cream sauce with onions and parsley

Russia35 min

Beef Stroganoff

Beef Strips in Mustard Sour Cream

Round flat povitica cut into wedges, showing thin dough ribbons coiled through a pale curd filling

Slovenia2 hr

Belokranjska Povitica

Flat Layered Curd Flatbread

Bowl of creamy Bergen fish soup with cod flakes, carrot and leek matchsticks and chopped dill

Norway1 hr

Bergensk Fiskesuppe

Bergen Creamy Fish Soup

Bowl of Slovak bryndzové halušky — soft potato dumplings in white sheep cheese topped with crisp smoked bacon

Slovakia1 hr

Bryndzové Halušky

Potato Dumplings with Sheep Cheese

Platter of glossy orange-red Buffalo wings with celery sticks and a bowl of chunky blue cheese dip

United States40 min

Buffalo Wings

Cayenne and Butter Chicken Wings

Deep bowl of ivory-coloured Romanian tripe soup with fine tripe strips, garlic sauce and a whole hot pepper alongside

Romania3 hr 25 min

Ciorbă de Burtă

Romanian Sour Cream Tripe Soup

Bowl of crimped half-moon dumplings glossy with melted butter, topped with thick sour cream and chopped dill

Moldova1 hr 30 min

Colțunași cu Brânză

Moldovan Curd Cheese Dumplings

A tall cone-shaped cake of rolled pancakes coated in white soured cream, one wedge cut to show dark sour cherries inside

Moldova5 hr 20 min

Cușma lui Guguță

Moldovan Sour Cherry Pancake Cake

Stack of golden Ukrainian deruny potato fritters with lacy crisp edges and a spoonful of sour cream on top

Ukraine45 min

Deruny

Ukrainian Lacy Grated Potato Fritters

Baked Ukrainian holubtsi cabbage rolls in a pink tomato and sour cream sauce, scattered with fresh dill

Ukraine2 hr 35 min

Holubtsi

Ukrainian Cabbage Rolls in Tomato and Sour Cream

Every recipe on this route.

All 32 of them, alphabetically, with the country each one comes from.

also known assmetana, pavlaka, crema

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