Ingredients for 4:

2 salt herring fillets
½ lb cold boiled beef
4 cold boiled potatoes
½ lb pickled beets
2 medium pickled cucumbers
1 large shallot onion
1 hard-boiled egg
½ cup whipped cream
Apple puree on taste
Fresh-ground black pepper on taste

Method:

Soak fillets in water, tea, or milk for 12 hours, then dry and cut into small cubes.
Cut beets, peeled potatoes, onions, cucumber, beef, and peeled egg into small cubes.

Ingredients for 4:

1 pack of any pasta
2 tbsp olive oil
2 medium carrots
1 small cauliflower
1 bunch green onion
½ lb ham
2 salt herrings fillets

For dressing:
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp mustard
3 tbsp olive oil
3 tbsp vinegar
3 tbsp whipped cream
½ tsp crushed black pepper

Method:

Boil pasta until ready, dry, and mix thoroughly with olive oil.
Peel carrots. Boil them until half-ready (for about 8 minutes).

Ingredients for 2:

3 eggs
1 large shallot onion
0.5 lb beef
2 tbsp vegetable oil
½ tsp salt
Pepper, mayonnaise on taste

Method:

Whip 3 eggs with 1/3 tsp salt.
Cook thin crepes from whipped eggs on a preheated skillet.
Roll them tightly and set them aside.
Make a julienne cut of beef, fry it for 3-4 minutes on a pre-heated skillet with vegetable oil, stirring occasionally.
Peel and cut onions into half-rings, fry them on a pre-heated skillet until gold color.

Ingredients:

200 g (1 cup) strong warm tea
8 full tbsp flour
3 tbsp vegetable oil (refined)
100 g (0.25 lb) sugar
3 tbsp thick fruit preserves, preferably sour
1 tsp baking soda + 1 tbsp vinegar, or baking powder
Spices: Vanilla, cinnamon, a little cardamom and ginger
Optional: Raisins, crushed nuts, dried fruits

Method:

Ingredients:

For dough:
1 cup sour cream
¾ cup sugar
2 – 2 ½ cup flour
½ tsp baking soda

For filling:
1 cup raisins
1 cup dried apricots
1 cup dried black prunes

For crème:
1 ¼ cup thick sour cream
¾ cup sugar
½ cup crushed nuts

Soak dried fruit for 2 hours or until mild, then dry and grate them separately.
Whip cold sour cream with sugar.
Mix flour and baking soda.

Ingredients for 4:

5 large potatoes
2 tbsp all-purpose flour
2 medium shallot onions
Greens, salt, and red pepper on taste
1 tbsp vegetable oil

Method:

Peel onions, cut into small cubes, and fry with oil until gold color.
Boil and peel 2 potatoes, and make puree with them and flour, pepper, and fried onions.
Peel 3 potatoes, grate them, and add to the dough. Continue kneading the dough until even and elastic consistency.

Ingredients for 4:

8 rye bread slices
4 herring fillets
2-3 eggs
1 shallot onion
½ tsp vinegar (or more, if you like)
½ tsp mustard (or more, if you like)
1 tsp sugar (or more, if you like)
Butter or spread to grease the bread
2 tsp parsley greens

Method:

Cut salt herring fillets into cubes.
Peel shallot onions and cut into cubes.
Fry onions with vegetable oil for 1-2 minutes (it should not change color).
Add wine vinegar to eggs, and whip them.

Ingredients for 4:

2 large red onions
2 green apples
3 hard-boiled eggs
2 tbsp grated cheese (on your choice)

Method:

Peel onions, slice into very thin rings. If onions are bitter, you can put in a colander and pour with boiling water. Peel and grate apples.
Peel and grate eggs.

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Ingredients for 4:

2 medium beets
¾ lb sauerkraut
1/3 lb dried whitebaits (young fish)
1 carrot
2 shallot onion
2 tbsp tomato paste
1 tsp sugar
2 tbsp butter

Ingredients for 4:
8 medium potatoes
0.5 lb mushrooms
2 large onions
2 tbsp vegetable oil
Salt, pepper on taste

Method:
Peel potatoes. Cut out the center.
Boil the potatoes.
Peel onions, clean mushrooms.
Cut mushrooms and 1 shallot onion into small cubes.
Fry with 1 tbsp oil for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.