Many ‘foodies’ may be wondering where can you try ukrainian dishes in barcelona, because in the city there are no restaurants of the country that Putin’s army is invading. Well, more than one will be surprised to know that he can taste three of them (‘borsch’, ‘salo’ and ‘vareniki’) at Ekaterina, a Russian restaurant run by a Russian woman.
Its chef and owner, Genya Petrova, who has hung posters in her premises against the invasion that her country has begun in which you can read ‘We are with Ukraine’, ‘Stop Putin’ and ‘Russian restaurant against the war’, and to had in the letter before the armed conflict began.
But now he has wanted to use gastronomy as a solidarity tool. A) Yes, will allocate five euros to Ukrainian NGOs for each ‘borsch’ soup it sells (it costs €7.50). If you are still wondering what you can do for the people of that country, here is a good solution.
‘Salo’ and ‘vareniki’
The ‘borsch‘ what does Petrova wear beef broth, beetroot, potato, cabbage, carrot and onionand can be mixed with a bit of ‘smetana’ (sour cream) and mustard.
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In the Ukraine and Russia they usually accompany it with another dish that is also eaten alone, the ‘salo‘: sliced bacon seasoned with pepper served on a slice of rye bread with mustard. “Sometimes they rub garlic on the bread so that it has a more powerful flavor,” says the cook, in whose kitchen a Ukrainian works.
The third Ukrainian dish on Ekaterina’s menu is ‘vareniki‘, a crescent-shaped pasta stuffed, in Ekaterina’s case, with boiled potato and boiled potato with sautéed mushrooms.