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Eggplants Appetizer

Ingredients:

2 small eggplants,or 1 lb
2 medium onions
2 hardboiled eggs
1 small garlic clove
3 tbsp vegetable oil
Greens and salt on taste

Method:
Peel the eggplants, cut into halves, and sprinkle with vegetable oil.
Pre-heat an oven to 380-400 F (180-200 C), and bake the eggplants until they turn soft (check it with a fork).

Peel and thinly cut the onions, and fry them with the vegetable oil until they become soft as well, and turn golden colored.

Cod liver – Tvorog Pate

Ingredients:

200 g (or 0.5 lb) tvorog
60 g (or 3 oz) cod liver, boiled or canned
4 hard-boiled eggs yolks
1 slice of white bread, soaked in water
Tomatoes and thinly cut parsley and dill greens for decoration
Salt on taste

Method:

Blend tvorog, cod liver, yolks, and bread until an even consistency.
Place in the middle of a flat plate; decorate with tomato rings and greens around the center, serve.

Note:

Chicken Liver Blintzes Pie

Ingredients:

1.25 lb chicken livers
2 large onions
2 eggs
5 tbsp flour
0.5 lb potatoes
2 large carrots
Salt, Mayo, and spices on taste
Green peas and hardboiled eggs for decoration

Method:

Peel and cut the onions, and fry for 3-5 minutes with 1 tbsp vegetable oil until a pleasant aroma arises.

Grate the liver and onions together, then add eggs, flour, and whip together.

Vegetable Cutlets - 2

Ingredients:

2 lb vegetables
1.5 cup milk
0.5 cup cream of wheat
3 eggs
0.5 cup bread crumbs
4 tbsp butter or margarine
Salt and spices on taste

Method:

Wash and peel the vegetables.
Grate them, and put in a saucepan.
Pour 1.5 cup hot milk into the saucepan, add 1 tbsp butter, sprinkle with salt, and mix.

Bring to boil with low heating, and boil for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Pikeperch Baked in Sauce

Ingredients:

2 lb pikeperch
2 lb potatoes
1 large onion
½ tsp ground black pepper
3-5 bay leaves
3 tbsp butter or margarine
Greens and salt on taste

Method:

Peel the potatoes, wash, and cut into medium cubes.
Peel the onions, and cut into strips.
Mix potatoes, onions, bay leaves, salt, and pepper together.

Grease a baking sheet with butter.
Put the mix on a baking sheet in a ring shape, and place the pikeperch fillets in the middle.

Beef a la Vienna

Ingredients:

2 lb beef fillets
1 bunch greens
1 medium onion
2-3 bay leaves
1 whole clove
1 garlic clove
2 tsp sugar
2 tbsp butter or margarine
2 tbsp flour
1 tbsp ground horseradish
Salt on taste

Method:

Put the meat in a saucepan, pour hot water over it, covering it entirely, and bring to boil with medium heating.
Boil for 10 minutes, removing the foam.
Add greens, bay leaves, a whole clove, garlic, salt, and sugar.

Home-Made Hard Cheese

Ingredients for 1 lb cheese:

2 l pasteurized milk
0.5 l sour milk
4 eggs
1 tsp salt, or less
Fillings:
Red sweet pepper
Dill

Method:

Heat 0.5 l milk to warm (about 45 C), add 1 tbsp kefir, or sour cream, or yogurt, and let sit in a room temperature for 24 hours.
(Note: You can use 0.5 l kefir instead.)

Whip eggs and sour milk together until an even consistency of sour cream.
Bring 2 l milk to boil, and turn heating to very low.

Pumpkin Kasha

Ingredients:

0.5 lb ripe pumpkin without the seeds and peel
2 cup rice or millet
3 cup milk
1-2 tbsp butter (optional)
1 tbsp sugar and 1 tbsp ground nuts per serving (optional)
Raisins and dried apricots pieces on taste

Method:

Soak raisins and apricots pieces.

Cauliflowers a la Polonaise

Ingredients:

1 head cauliflower
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 cup crumbled white bread
2 tbsp chopped parsley greens
2 hard-boiled eggs
2 tbsp melted butter (or margarine)
Salt and pepper on taste

Method:

Cut the cauliflowers into small flowers, and put in a medium-size saucepan.
Pour 2-3 cups water with lemon juice, and bring to boil with a large heating.
Then, turn heating to medium, and boil for 5 minutes.
Drain, and put in the salad bowl.

Tea Cup (Punch)

Ingredients for 6:

0.5 lb strawberries
0.5 lb raspberry
0.5 lb apricots
1 and a half orange
0.5 lb strong black tea
0.5 lb sugar
1.5 lb mineral soda water

Method:

Cut apricots into halves, and de-seed.
Cut strawberries into halves or quarters.
Peel the oranges, and divide into parts. Cut every part in half.
Place all the berries into a panch bowl, pour sugar over them, shake, and place in a refrigerator overnight.

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