Cheese Zakuska from the Queen of Moldovanka

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Cuisines of Odesa: A Ukrainian Cookbook

By Maria Kalenska

Published 2026

  • About

Yulya, who provided this recipe, has a classic story, from riches to rags… and back to riches. In Ukraine she is a very well-known writer with numerous accolades. Her book Odesan Saga tells a multigenerational story of a Jewish family living in a quintessential dvorik, or courtyard, in a Moldovanka neighborhood, a kind of dvorik where Yulya herself grew up. The books became so popular that Yulya<