Mussels with Salty Brynza Cheese

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Cuisines of Odesa: A Ukrainian Cookbook

By Maria Kalenska

Published 2026

  • About

Nadia Chebanov’s restaurant on the beach, Kotelok, celebrates Odesan food from the sea. Kotelok means “a little cauldron,” a pot used for cooking mussels, and this is the sole focus of Nadia’s restaurant. The mussels from the Black Sea are as delicious as the ones you find in the Mediterranean. At Kotelok you can enjoy the freshest mussels prepared in a hundred different ways, including this one with brynza, a fresh salted cheese t