Ukrainian and international home cooking recipes
Light, elegant and wonderfully good for you, fish and seafood deserve a place on every table.
About fish & seafood
Discover fish and seafood recipes: baked, fried and stewed fish, fish cakes and loaves, shrimp, mussels and squid, plus fresh fish salads. We explain how to pick fresh fish and cook it so it stays moist and full of flavour.
There’s something deeply comforting about pulling a whole baked carp from the oven, its skin golden and crackling, the kitchen filled with the gentle aroma of sweet onions, carrots, and a hint of bay leaf. This is the kind of dish you make when you want to slow down and feed the people you love. […]
Juicy cod fillet, first seared to a golden crust in a pan and then finished in the oven, is served with a vibrant Italian salsa verde. This green sauce is loud, sharp, and tangy, with the rich herbal flavor of parsley, mint, and basil punched up by anchovies, capers, garlic, and Dijon mustard. The pairing […]
Here’s a showpiece for a holiday table: a whole fish is boned along the spine, packed with a mushroom stuffing, and baked so the flesh stays moist beneath a crisp crust. Opening a fish “along the backbone” this way comes from European restaurant kitchens, where the point is to lose the bones while keeping the […]
This dish from Stavropol is a snapshot of the festive “quick” cooking of the 2000s, when a can of corn, a can of peas, and a pack of crab sticks counted as welcome guests at any table. (Crab sticks are surimi — imitation crab made from white fish; real lump crab works too if you […]
A dinner-party dish: a thick piece of salmon is cut into a pocket and filled with a creamy mushroom sauce studded with crab and chopped egg. It’s cooked in two stages, a quick deep-fry wrapped in parchment, then roasting at 200°C (400°F). The parchment shields the delicate fillet from drying out and seals the juices […]
If you have never spread a forkful of forshmak across a warm piece of toasted bread, you are in for a real treat. This is one of those humble, old-world appetizers that turns a few simple pantry staples into something genuinely luxurious. Salted herring, sweet apple, hard-boiled eggs, and soft butter all come together into […]
Whole flounder, first browned on the grill and then gently finished in the oven, shows the Mediterranean attitude toward fish: minimal handling, maximum quality of the product. Cuts in the body, with sprigs of thyme and rosemary tucked into them, scent the fish from the inside as it cooks. The two-stage method is deliberate: a […]
Grilled sea bass is a simple, healthy Mediterranean dish in which a whole fish and seasonal vegetables cook over a hot grate without excess fat. The grill is considered one of the gentlest ways to cook fish: it preserves the most nutrients and gives a characteristic smoky crust without breading or deep-frying. Lemon or lime […]
If you’re craving something light, elegant, and ready in just minutes, these rice noodles with shrimp are about to become your new weeknight hero. Tender shrimp are sauteed with garlic and parsley, splashed with dry white wine, and simmered in tomatoes in their own juice until everything comes together in a glossy, fragrant sauce. Tossed […]
There’s something deeply comforting about pulling a bubbling dish of Greek-style baked fish from the oven, the top golden and lightly browned, the kitchen filled with the aroma of garlic and fresh herbs. This is one of those weeknight-friendly dinners that feels far more impressive than the effort it takes. Tender fillets of white fish […]