Week 49 - Ukraine and Vietnam

I found a recipe that I thought would be good from Ukraine, unfortunately I could not find a reliable source of how to make it. All I knew was that it was a 'meat roll with vegetables'. I discovered that the preferred meat was pork, so I went down that path with my version.

Kruchenyky
I beat up some pork loin chops with a rolling pin, to make them flatter. Then I put in some fried onion, grated carrot and finely chopped mushroom mixture. (In the boys I added some cheese, as that seemed to be a common theme) then I fried the rolled meat, and then put them in a casserole dish in the oven for 30 -40 mins in some broth.

Despite the odd method, they worked a treat!


As we have 'visited' Vietnam before, I re-did one of those dishes. I should have picked the one that I didn't manage last time, but instead I did a high scorer; to prove that we do have some of these dishes again - Spiced Chicken Meatballs, with noodles, basil and broth. Very nice second round time too...