Zharenka or stewed potatoes in a new way: an old Ukrainian recipe

Zharenka is an old recipe for stewed potatoes which our grandmothers used to cook. The traditional way of cooking is in a Ukrainian pich (stove), which in modern conditions can be easily replaced by an oven. This stew is combined with lard, meat, vegetables, milk and sour cream, as well as whole cabbage leaves for a special flavor.

Food blogger Svitlana with the nickname _svetlana_verg shared a recipe for zharenka or stewed potatoes on her Instagram page.

Ingredients:

• potatoes - 2 kg
• meat - 300-500 g
• lard - 150 g
• milk - 300 ml
• sour cream - 3 tbsp
• water - 100 ml
• onion
• cabbage leaves - up to 10 pcs
• salt, pepper

Method of preparation:

1. To begin, prepare some ingredients: cut the potatoes into medium-sized pieces, lard into cubes, and onion into half rings.

2. Put half of the cabbage leaves on the bottom of the pan/mold/casserole dish.

3. Put half the potatoes, meat, lard and onions. Put the rest of the potatoes on top.

4. Top with sour cream, milk and salt dissolved in water.

5. Put cabbage leaves on top. Cover with a lid.

6.Stew at 220 degrees for 2 hours and then at 180 degrees for another 2 hours.