Regional Cuisine Recipes
with photos that can be made ahead
12 recipes
This authentic French Canadian recipe is a classic belly warmer and perfect for a cold day. Split-pea soup with a ham bone, ham hock or salt pork. Make it a vegetarian split-pea soup by leaving out the ham bone and using vegetable stock instead of water.
An Eastern European pastry with a rich history and cultural significance. They are traditionally made from a simple dough consisting of cream cheese, butter, and flour, and filled with sweet fillings like jam, nuts, or cheese.
Experience the traditional Russian dish called, "Shashlik" Throughout the Middle East, South Russia, and Siberia this meal has been a favorite for centuries. Most of the western world knows this dish by its' Middle Eastern version called, "Shish Kabob." But on the Crimean peninsula and the steps of south Russia, Shashlik is a unique variant of the Shish Kabob dish most Americans know. It's a sweet/tart version of shish-kebab.
This desert, a cross between cake and sweet bread, is often baked for Easter.
French onion soup from Paris brasserie Au Pied de Cochon. Slowly caramelized onions, dry wine, chicken broth, and toasted baguettes under bubbling Gruyère.
Buttermilk, raisins and honey flavor this old fashioned soda bread.
Swedish spice cookies. Very close to the authentic recipe. See reviews for more information.
Pugach pie - Eastern European filled yeast bread with your choice of cabbage, potato, or sauerkraut filling, sealed and rolled flat, then brushed with browned butter.
Baked Flatbread with Garlic (Lahsooni Naan) recipe
Jamaican jerk chicken wings marinated in a fiery blend of allspice, scotch bonnet heat, thyme, scallions, and warm spices, then roasted hot until lacquered and crisp. Island flavor on a party platter.
An Italian Christmas is not complete without this high-domed cylinder of fruit-studded sweet bread.
Mexican restaurant-style fried ice cream with rock-hard ice cream balls coated in crushed cornflakes, dipped in beer batter, and flash-fried at 375°F until golden. Crisp shell, frozen center, the showstopper dessert.