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Kholodets

Name: Kholodets
Total time: 480 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Russia
Ingredients: 2 Pig's Trotters; 300g Oxtail; 1 Carrot; 1 Onion; 3 cloves Garlic; 2 Bay Leaf; 1 tsp Black Peppercorns; To taste Salt; 2 Boiled Egg (garnish)

Side Dish

⏱ 480 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐⭐⭐

Bone-in meat simmered for hours and set into jelly — a traditional dish essential at Russian New Year and celebrations.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Kholodets is an aspic: collagen-rich cuts like pig's trotters and beef tendon are simmered for hours and the meat is chilled and set in the resulting gelatin. In Russia it's an essential traditional dish for New Year and celebrations, eaten with mustard or horseradish. Its look — meat suspended in clear jelly — is distinctive.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Russian New Year's Eve table, plates of translucent kholodets are set out as the family waits to toast the new year.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Pig's Trotters 2
Oxtail 300g
Carrot 1
Onion 1
Garlic 3 cloves
Bay Leaf 2
Black Peppercorns 1 tsp
Salt To taste
Boiled Egg (garnish) 2

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Put the pig's trotters and beef tendon in a large pot with plenty of water and simmer on low for 5–6 hours, skimming.
Toward the end, add the carrot, onion, bay leaf, and black pepper and simmer further.
Remove the meat, discard the bones, and shred finely.
Season the broth with salt, strain, and add grated garlic.
Put the shredded meat and sliced boiled egg in a mold, pour over the broth, and chill overnight to set.
Unmold, slice, and serve with mustard.

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