Recipes & How-To's
Nachynka

Nachynka

This delicious cornmeal stuffing casserole is a traditional Ukrainian side dish that is served at special occasions and holidays.

Storage Time: Up to 3 days in refrigerator.

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Cook time

1.5 hours

Recipe Difficulty

Medium

Yield

Serves 8

Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp canola oil
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
  • 1 cup cornmeal
  • 1 1/2 tsp granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/8 tsp white pepper
  • 3 cups milk (2%)
  • 1 cup whipping cream
  • 2 eggs, beaten

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325°F.
  2. In a large saucepan or Dutch oven, heat oil and sauté onions until tender. Add cornmeal, sugar, salt and pepper, mix well. Heat but do not brown; remove from heat.
  3. In another large saucepan, bring milk and cream to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.
  4. Gradually add milk mixture to cornmeal mixture, a small amount at a time, stirring constantly. Turn heat to low and continue stirring until mixture is very thick.
  5. Mix 4 tbsp of cornmeal mixture into beaten eggs to warm the eggs. Stirring constantly, slowly stir this mixture back into the rest of the cornmeal mixture.
  6. Pour into greased 2-quart casserole dish. Bake uncovered until golden brown, about 1 hour.

Nutritional analysis per serving

*Ingredient not included in nutritional analysis.

239 calories, 17.8 g fat, 3.6 g protein, 16.5 g carbohydrate, 0.9 g fibre, 321 mg sodium