Ingredients:

1 lb ground meat
0.5 cup breadcrumbs
3 slices white bread
1 cup broth
1 large onion
1 egg
4 hardboiled eggs
2 tbsp flour
2 tbsp sour cream
1 large salted or pickled cucumber
1 tbsp cut Italian parsley greens
Salt and pepper on taste

Method:

Soak white bread with broth.
Cut cucumber and onion into small cubes, or grate them.
Whip ground meat, soaked bread, egg, sour cream, spices, cucumbers, and onions together.

Ingredients:

1 lb ground meat (beef, pork, lamb, veal, or a mix of them)
1 large onion
3-4 medium potatoes or ¾ lb angel-hair-cut cabbage
0.5 lb cheese
Spices on taste

Method:

Peel potatoes and grate.
Peel onions, and cut into small cubes.
Cut cheese into small cubes.
Mix the ground meat, ground potatoes (or cabbage), onions, and spices together.

Then, add the cheese, and stir one more time.
Shape hand-sized patties, and cook them.

Ingredients:

½ lb vermicelli
3 eggs
1 cup sugar
2 cup fruit preserves (cherry, black currants, blueberries)
1 cup melted margarine or butter + 2 tbsp margarine or butter for baking dish greasing

Method:

Boil the vermicelli until it’s ready, as per instructions.
Then, drain, stir with butter or margarine, and let cool a little.

During that time, whip eggs, sugar, and fruit preserves.

Pre-heat an oven to 400 F (200 C).

Ingredients:

1 lb peeled kohlrabi
2 tbsp butter, or margarine, or vegetable oil
1.5 tbsp flour
0.5 cup sour cream
1 tbsp tomato puree
1 tbsp thinly cur parsley and dill greens
1/3 tsp cinnamon
Salt and ground black pepper on taste

Method:

Cut kohlrabi into medium slices, roll with flour, sprinkle with salt, and fry on a skillet for 3 minutes per side with medium heating.

Ingredients:

2.5 cup flour
300 g (2/3 lb) butter or margarine
3 egg yolks
1 egg
1 cup sugar
0.5 tsp baking soda
Salt on taste
Add-ons (ground nuts, dry fruits) on taste

Method:

Mix flour and baking soda.

Blend butter with sugar until the sugar dissolves, add egg yolks one by one and stir them well until an even consistency is reached.

Stir in salt.

Then, pour this mix into the flour, and make dough.

Ingredients:

5 medium potatoes
0.5 lb boiled crab meat, or 1 can crabmeat, or 1 pack crab meat imitation
½ English cucumber
Sauce Remulade

Method:

Boil the potatoes, cool, peel, and cut into medium cubes.
Grate the cucumber.
Cut the crabmeat into medium pieces.
Mix all the ingredients with Remulade sauce, decorate with marinated ginger, and serve.

Note:

Remulade sauce:

Ingredients:

1 chicken
1/3 lb ham
1/3 lb cheese
2 cloves garlic
3 eggs
1 cup Mayonnaise

Method:

Wash chicken, and carefully take off the skin (try to keep the skin whole).
Cover large flat plate with a fabric, and place the skin flat on it.

Remove all bones from the chicken, and cut the meat into thin slices.
Place them in one layer over the skin.

Cook an omelet from the whipped eggs and Mayo on a large skillet.

Ingredients:

1 l b herring filets Matties
1 large sweet onion
3 tbsp mustard
1 tsp sugar
2 tbsp olive oil
5 tbsp water

Method:

Cut herring fillets into strips, and place on an oval herring dish.
Peel onion, and cut into half-rings.
Cover the herring with onions.

Stir mustard with sugar until the sugar dissolves.
Blend this with olive oil until an even consistency.
Add warm water, and continue to blend until an even consistency.

Ingredients for 2:

1 smoked chicken breast
1 medium onion
2 hardboiled eggs
½ English cucumber
½ can yellow corn (or ¼ lb boiled corm)
4 tbsp 3% vinegar + 1 tsp sugar
1/3 cup parsley greens
Spices and dressing on taste

Method:

Peel the onion, and cut into thin stripes.
Brine it with the vinegar-sugar mix.

Cut the chicken meat, eggs, and cucumber into medium cubes.

This dish is so named for the airy layers covering the herrings.

Ingredients:

1 lb herrings fillets Matties (lightly salt, not brined, de-boned)
2 large beetroots
3 carrots
1-2 sour apples
3-4 hard-boiled eggs
Mayonnaise on taste

Method:

Boil beetroots in salt water (do not peel!) for about 45 minutes, check if they are mild with a knife. If not, boil for 15 more minutes, then place in cold water and let cool.