Spring Ragout with Baby Vegetables

This is one of those super-simple dishes where the quality of the ingredients—really fresh, perfectly seasonal vegetables—is what makes it. In Odesa, people start preparing the stew from around the beginning of May, as soon as the new young vegetables appear in the markets. The delicacy of the vegetables is enhanced by the butter and sour cream. Victoria has shared her family’s recipe, which came from her grandmother Jacqueline who was born in Odesa. Her gr