{"id":35700,"date":"2018-11-10T07:45:28","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T12:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/?p=35700"},"modified":"2018-11-10T09:45:22","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T14:45:22","slug":"voicings-chef-bonnie-morales-talks-russian-cheese-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/voicings-chef-bonnie-morales-talks-russian-cheese-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Voicings: Chef Bonnie Morales Talks Russian Cheese and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">C<\/span>hef Bonnie Morales grew up in Chicago with the food of the former Soviet Union, thanks to her large family of Belarusian immigrants. Though Morales initially pursued a career in design, she began cooking professionally in 2005, training at the Culinary Institute of America before working in restaurants in New York City and Chicago.<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>With the food of her roots calling to her, Morales and her husband-meets-business-partner, Israel, opened&nbsp;Kachka&nbsp;in Portland, Ore., in 2014 to a swarm of sudden popularity. At&nbsp;Kachka, Morales draws inspiration from former Soviet republics, dishing out <i>pelmeni&nbsp;<\/i>alongside pickled herring,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/travel\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-khachapuri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>khachapuri<\/i><\/a>, caviar on rye, and crisp vodka.&nbsp;Kachka\u2019s&nbsp;food has earned her a spot as a 2018 James Beard Award finalist for Best Chef: Northwest.<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;couple have&nbsp;since expanded the&nbsp;Kachka&nbsp;brand. In 2017, Morales wrote her debut cookbook,&nbsp;<i>Kachka<\/i><i>: A Return to Russian Cooking&nbsp;<\/i>(Flatiron;&nbsp;$40), to much acclaim. In 2018, they moved&nbsp;Kachka&nbsp;to a new location, while turning the old space into the more casual&nbsp;Kachinka. Amidst the flurry of her restaurant openings, we caught up with Morales to talk cheese and Russian cuisine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h4><b>On Food Foundations<\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>I identify a lot with western Russian cuisine, which is a lot of root vegetables, a heavy influence of dill and parsley, a focus on soups, and lots of fermentation in general. Freshly cultured dairy is incredibly important. Sour cream, to me, is like a mother sauce;&nbsp;I use it in a million different ways.&nbsp;<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>On Winter Food<\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Like other countries with colder climates, you need to focus on preservation for the winter [in Russia]. Though a lot of countries have that pickling history, too, the Soviet Union was so rife with food shortages.&nbsp;<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You couldn\u2019t go to a store and buy what you wanted most of the time; a lot of people had to depend on personally preserving, pickling, jarring,&nbsp;and canning. That plays such a big role in defining the cuisine today.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559731&quot;:720}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>On Farmer\u2019s Cheese<\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>So&nbsp;much farmer\u2019s&nbsp;cheese\u2014that is certainly the main thing when I think of Russian cheese. You can always buy farmer\u2019s cheese in the store, but it\u2019s so easy to make. If you have any milk that\u2019s about to spoil, or you accidentally got too much this week, you can just turn it into&nbsp;farmer\u2019s cheese. That was my mom\u2019s thing to do, so we always had it at home. For me, the minute I taste farmer\u2019s cheese&nbsp;I just think of being a kid.<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a really common filling for&nbsp;<em>vareniki<\/em>, which are Ukrainian dumplings. People make them neutral, or they\u2019ll sweeten them. I make them incredibly savory with&nbsp;parmesan&nbsp;to give more umami and saltiness. A lot of people who have a history with these dumplings are surprised to see that mine are savory. Pan-fried with some herbs, it\u2019s a really lovely and comforting way to use farmer\u2019s cheese.&nbsp;<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559731&quot;:720}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>On Russian Cheese<\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Historically, there isn\u2019t a strong tradition of rennet cheeses. There are a lot of semi-firm, mild cheeses, but they\u2019re more commodity cheeses invented during the modern era to feed many mouths\u2014not so much out of farmhouse tradition, although that is changing.<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the Baltics, they have more of a cheese culture, but even there, the cheeses that they press and age tend to come from farmer\u2019s cheese. Kefir, sour cream, and farmer\u2019s cheese are just huge.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559731&quot;:720}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>On Ma<\/b><b>king Things Herself<\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>When it comes to fermenting or smoking or pretty much anything, we [at the restaurants] do it in-house. With aged cheese, we don\u2019t have the best temperature or humidity control to make that right now\u2014but maybe one day since it is something that I love. I am kind of a cheese nerd, so if I\u2019m going to do it, I\u2019d like to do it right.<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>On Local Cheese&nbsp;<\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>For&nbsp;<i>sulguni<\/i>\u2014a Georgian cheese with some of the same qualities of mozzarella\u2014there is a producer in California that makes a smoked one, and it\u2019s awesome. But we, for the most part, stick with imported. As far as I know, there\u2019s not anyone locally who\u2019s doing Russian-style cheeses. I would use local if I could.<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>On Unexpected Success<\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>When we\u2019d talk to other people in the industry, there was the sentiment that maybe Russian food just wasn\u2019t going to take. We didn\u2019t expect to open the doors and be busy right away, but it&nbsp;caught on like wildfire and that was incredible.&nbsp;<span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When we first opened the space, I was&nbsp;super&nbsp;nervous about putting anything \u201ctoo Russian\u201d on the menu that might scare people off. As people have seemed to want more, I feel a lot more confident being able to explore.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559731&quot;:720}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>On the Future of Russian Food in the United States<\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>I hope there are more people representing the food. If my generation of cooks&nbsp;doesn\u2019t step up, then we\u2019re going to lose a beautiful cultural heritage. 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