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Ingredients:

1 lb calamari steaks
1 hardboiled egg
2/4 lb potatoes
0.5 lb carrots
1 cup boiled (or canned) green peas
1 medium brined (or fresh) cucumber
1 green apple
0.5 cup sour cream (or Mayo)
Salt, pepper, dill on taste

Method:

Bring water to boil, add 1 tsp salt, and boil the calamari steaks for 3 minutes, then place them in cold water for 1 minute, and de-skin.
Boil potatoes and carrots to readiness, then cool, peel, and cut into small cubes.

Ingredients for 4:

1 pack puff pastry dough
4 chicken breasts
0.5 lb Feta cheese
Greens on taste

Method:

Roll dough, and cut into 4 rectangles.
Tenderize chicken breasts very well, sprinkle with salt and peppers.
Cut greens into very small pieces, and grind greens and Feta cheese together.
Cover every breast with this mix, and roll every breast tightly.
Place the roll on a corner of a dough rectangle, and flip the sides like an envelope, to avoid the cheese leaking.

Ingredients:

0.75 lb split peas
3 oz (50 g) dried porcini
3 tbsp margarine
1 shallot onion
1 large carrot
1 g water
Parsley, salt, and pepper on taste

Method:

Soak peas for 10-12 hours in warm water, and then place into a large saucepan.
Soak dried mushrooms for 3 hours in warm water, then cut them in small pieces, soak 20 minutes in same water, and pour all together into the saucepan.

Ingredients:

0.25 lb butter
0.25 lb sugar powder
1 egg
1 tbsp vanilla sugar
0.5 lb flour
1 egg white
Nuts in taste

Method:

Whip butter and sugar powder together.
Add vanilla, egg, and flour, and make dough fast. Do not over make, just make it for 2-3 minutes.

Ingredients:

6-7 blinis (or crepes, or very thin pan-size pancakes)
1.lb ground meat
0.25 lb ground onions
0.5 tsp salt
Pinch of black pepper
3 eggs
3 tbsp sour cream
1-2 garlic cloves (optional)

Method:

Fry ground meat, stirring thoroughly to create small mild ground meat chunks, for about 5 minutes, until meat is ready.
Add the eggs to the meat chunks and continue to stir fry until eggs are ready and well mixed with the meat.

This is very popular in Russia kind of cakes. You can change creams, and get different taste.

Ingredients:

For the dough:

7 eggs
2 cups flour
1.5 cups sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking mix
Vanilla (a few drops)

For Sour-cream-based Cream:

1.2-1.8 lb sour cream (depends on thickness)
0.5 cups sugar
Vanilla

Chocolate cream:

1.5 cup whipping cream
1 lb grated chocolate

Ingredients:

For dough:
1 cup milk
2 eggs
0.25 lb margarine
3 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
1 pack dry yeast
4 cups flour

For stuffing:
3-4 lb crispy apples
1.5 lb sugar

Method:

Remove apple seeds and around them, and cut apples into thin slices.
Put them in an enameled saucepan.

Ingredients:

Ingredients for 4:

2 cups boiled rice
0.5 lb grated cheese
1.5 cup boiled and grated chicken breast
350 ml milk
0.5 cup thinly cut red onions
2 eggs
0.25 cup thinly cut coriander
2 tbsp melted butter or margarine

Method:

Pre-heat an oven to 180 C. Grease a baking dish with butter or margarine.
Mix rice, cheese, chicken meat, onions, milk, and melted margarine together.
Whip the eggs, add to this mix, and stir well.

Ingredients:

1 can sprats
1 small lemon
3 medium boiled potatoes
2 hardboiled eggs
¼ lb grated cheese
Mayonnaise on taste

Method:

Cut sprats into small pieces using a fork, place in a salad bowl.
Cut lemon into small, thin parts, and place them over the sprats’ layer.
Cover with a very thin mayonnaise layer.
Peel potatoes, and grate them, then place them over the Mayo.
Cover the potatoes with a very thin layer of mayonnaise.