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Herring Butter

Ingredients:

1 brined herring fillet
2 boiled medium carrots
1 Philadelphia cream cheese (or other cream cheese)
1 stick butter (about 100 g)

Method:

Remove fish skin and bones.
Grate all ingredients, and then mix well.
Whip for 5 minutes.

Note:
This is very traditional spread for sandwiches.
You can make this spread with any salt, brined, or smoked salmon fillets.

Cholodnik - Cold Soup

This is cold soup for hot weather.

Ingredients:

1 large beet root
3 medium boiled potatoes
5 hardboiled eggs
0.75 lb boiled non-fat meat
4 medium cucumbers or 2 English cucumbers
1 bunch of radish
1 bunch of green onions, Italian parsley, and dill

Method:

Boil a peeled beetroot until it’s ready in 1 gallon water, and keep this water after boiling.
Grate the beet and radish on a medium grater.
Peel boiled potatoes and eggs, and cut into medium cubes.

Drachena

Ingredients:

For potato dough:

5 large potatoes
1 medium shallot onion
1 egg
1 tsp sour cream
Salt and pepper on taste

For stuffing:

Fried onions, or fried mushrooms, or fried ground meat or fish, or cooked vegetables on your taste

Method:

Peel onions and potatoes.
Grate onions on a medium grater, and after that grate the potatoes with the same grater.
Mix all ingredients for the potato dough.

Zapekanka with Pasta and Mushrooms

Ingredients:

1 pack any pasta
1 lb mushrooms
1 large onion
0.25 lb margarine or butter
0.25 lb breadcrumbs
0.25 lb cheese
2 eggs
0.5 cup milk
Salt and ground black pepper on taste.

Method:

Wash mushrooms, drain, then grate them, and cook in a skillet with margarine or butter stirring occasionally.

Peel and grate (or cut into very small cubes) onions, and cook them in another skillet with 2 tbsp of margarine, until the onions turn golden.

Potato Pies with Cabbage

Ingredients:

1 lb potatoes
0.5 lb cabbage
1 medium onion
1 stick margarine or butter
2 eggs
0.5 cup flour
Salt and ground black pepper on taste

Method

Peel potatoes, boil in lightly salted water until done, and grind.
Knead dough from potatoes, egg, flour, and salt on a floured surface, then roll out and cut into pieces.
Make flat rounds. Shred cabbage, sprinkle with salt, and let stand.

Ham Salad

Ingredients for 8:

1.5 lb ham
1 lb cheese
1 English cucumber
2 garlic cloves
Mayo or other sauce on taste

Method:

Cut ham and cucumbers into julienne-style stripes.
Grate cheese on a large grater.
Press garlic.
Mix all ingredients, and serve with fresh bread.

Mushroom Cutlets

Ingredients:

2 lb fresh mushrooms
2 large shallots onion
4 eggs
4 tsp breadcrumbs
4 tbsp vegetable oil
Salt, pepper, pressed garlic on taste

Method:

Wash the mushrooms, and boil in salt water for 20 minutes.
Drain the mushrooms with a sifter, and grate.
Cut onions into small cubes.
Mix grated mushrooms, eggs, onions, bread crumbs, ground pepper(optional), salt(optional), pressed garlic(optional), and stir until an even consistency is reached.

Boiled Sugar

Ingredients:

2 lb sugar
0.5 cup water, or milk, or whipping cream
1 orange

Method:

Peel the orange, wash the peels, remove the white parts, and cut the peels into small cubes.
Place a deep skillet on medium heating, pour 0.25 cup of water or milk, or whipping cream in it, pour the sugar over this, and bring to boil, mixing a few times.
The sugar will get a crumbly consistency.

Carrot - Pineapple Salad

Ingredients:

1 large carrot
1 lb pineapple – fresh peeled rings
2 tbsp wine vinegar or lemon juice
2 tbsp mustard
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp non-fat sour cream or yogurt
Pinch of ground black pepper

Method:

Grate carrots.
Cut pineapple into very small cubes, and mix with carrots.
Make a dressing:
Whip lemon juice and mustard together until even consistency.
Add olive oil teaspoon at a time, and whip until even consistency.

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