Main dishes

Main dishes

Fried Beef Liver

Ingredients:

1 lb beef liver
1 tsp baking soda
½ cup all-purpose flour
½ tsp salt
1 large onion
3 tbsp vegetable oil

Method:

Cut liver into slices, and remove membranes.
Sprinkle both sides of every slice with baking soda.
Put slices in a dish, cover, and place in a refrigerator for 2- 6 hours.
Peel and slice onions.
After that, wash the liver slices, and roll them in flour.

Beef in aspic

Ingredients:

1 lb boiled beef
1 shallot onions
2 medium carrots
3 cup beef broth
1 pack gelatin
Parsley greens, salt or pickled cucumbers, green salad on taste

Method:

Dissolve gelatin in the hot beef broth; pour a little in every shape, and place the shapes in a refrigerator until the jelly is ready.
Boil carrots, peel, and cut into decorative stars.
Peel onions, cut into medium cubes.

Smoked fish – Potato Salad

Ingredients:

1 lb smoked fish (cold smoked preferably)
0.5 lb boiled potatoes
2 hard-boiled eggs
2 tbsp horseradish (optional)
0.5 lb mayonnaise (or sour cream sauce, or sour cream-mayo mix)
Dill and parsley greens on taste

Method:

Cut skinless and boneless smoked fish fillets into small pieces.
Grate eggs, and, optionally, horseradish.
Peel and cut potatoes into medium cubes.
Mix all ingredients, put in a salad bowl, and decorate with the greens.

Potato-topped Steelhead

Ingredients for 4:

1.5 lb steelhead fillet, de-boned and de-skinned
2 potatoes
1 large shallot onion
1 garlic clove
4 tbsp sour cream
1 – 2 cup grated cheese
4 tsp lemon juice
Salt and pepper on taste

Method:

Cut fillets into 4 pieces, tenderize every piece, and sprinkle with lemon juice.
Peel and grate potatoes and onions, drain, then pour 2 cups boiling water over the potato-onion mix, and let sit for 5 minutes.
Drain, and mix with salt and pepper.

Favorite Carrot Roll Recipe of Khruschev’s wife

Note:

Nikita Khruschev was the leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin. He was First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964.

Ingredients:

5 medium carrots
3-4 tbsp whipping cream
2 tbsp wheat
1 egg
7 tbsp tvorog (or cream cheese)
Apple slices, or dried plums, or dried apricots, or raisins – on taste
1 egg yolk
1-2 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp butter

Chicken under white sauce

Ingredients:

1 chicken
½ cup vegetable oil
5 tbsp flour
Red pepper and salt on taste

Method:

Put chicken in a saucepan, pour cold water over it, bring to boil.
Add salt, and boil for 1 hour.
Take the chicken out of the saucepan, cut into serving portions.
Fry the flour in the oil, add 1 -1.5 cup broth, and continue to boil, stirring thoroughly, for about 10 minutes.
Put chicken cuts on serving dishes, put a garnish around them, and pour hot sauce over the chicken.

Pork "Bitki" with greens

Ingredients:

2 lb boneless pork
1 shallot onion
¼ lb white bread
1 carrot
1 medium potato
1 egg
¼ lb melted pork fat
2 tbsp all-purpose flour
Salt and pepper on taste
1 tbsp parsley and dill green cuts

Method:

Peel and wash carrot and potato.
Peel onions, and cut into small cubes, then fry it in 1 tsp melted fat until onions turn transparent. Grate pork together with onions, carrot, and potato.

Cabbage - Cheese Zapekanka

Ingredients:

5 lb green cabbage
0.5 lb cheese
3 shallot onions
3 tbsp butter
2 cup milk
3 tbsp breadcrumbs
2 bay leaves
Salt and ground black pepper on taste

Method:

Slice cabbage as thinly as angel hair.
Grate cheese on a large grater.
Peel onions, cut into small cubes, and fry in a large skillet with butter until they turn golden.
Put bay leaves, salt, and pepper in the skillet.

Chicken on salt

Ingredients:

1 chicken
2 lb sea salt

Method:

Preheat an oven to 380º F.
Pour all salt in a baking sheet, put a chicken over the salt layer on its back, and bake for 1-1.5 hour, until after poking, the chicken gives off clear juice.
Serve with rice, pasta, or potatoes.

Note:
This is "a lazy dish". This kind of dishes, which does not require a lot of work and attention, is very popular in Russia.

Omelet Rolls

Ingredients:

3 eggs
1 tbsp mayonnaise
1 pinch baking soda
Greens
Mild red pepper for decoration
Stuffing

Method:

Whip eggs, mayo, soda, and greens cuts.
Fry thin blinis from this mix.
Coat every blin with your favorite stuffing (any liver pate, crème cheese with greens, fish, garlic, etc.). Roll every blin tightly.
Cut into 2 parts, and serve.

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