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Potato-Squash Pancakes

Ingredients:

1 squash
6 potatoes
4 tbsp flour
1 onion
5 tbsp vegetable oil
Salt and pepper on taste
1 egg – optional

Method:

Wash the squash and potatoes, then peel, and wash once more.

Peel the onion, and grind it, or cut into small cubes.

Grind the potatoes and squash together, mix all of the ingredients but the vegetable oil.

Potato – Tvorog Pampushki

Ingredients:

1 lb potatoes
1 lb tvorog
1 cup vegetable oil
3 tbsp butter
0.5 lb sour cream
1 egg
2 cup bread crumbs
Salt and greens on taste

Method:

Note:

You can substitute the Tvorog with small-curd farmer cheese, or Ricotta.


Cut greens into small pieces.

Boil potatoes until readiness, then make puree with potatoes and butter.

Whip together potato puree, tvorog, egg, and greens.

Zucchini Preserve

Ingredients:

2 lb zucchini
3 large lemons
2 lb sugar

Method:

Wash and peel zucchini, remove seeds if necessary. Cut into 0.5-inch size cubes.

Wash the lemons, remove seeds, and grate.

Mix together zucchini, lemons, and sugar, and bring to boil with medium heating.

Boil for about 10 minutes, until zucchini’s pieces turn transparent, then pour in cans, and roll with lids.

Crepes (Blini) With Red Caviar and Sour Cream

Ingredients:

2 eggs
Pinch of salt
1/2 cup flour
3/4 cup milk (whole, low-fat or non-fat)
Butter or margarine to grease the pan

Method:

Beat eggs well and combine with salt and flour.
Mix to a creamy consistency.

Add milk gradually and mix until smooth.
If lumps remain, strain after mixing. Set mixture aside or refrigerate.

Note:

Home-Made Cheese with Greens

Ingredients:

0.5 gallon milk
1.5 lb buttermilk (600 ml)
3 eggs
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp greens (dill, parsley, shives, etc.)

Method:

Pour milk in a large sauce pan, and bring to boil.

Blend the eggs and buttermilk, pour the boiling milk in, stirring constantly, and bring to boil, then turn off the heating.

Let sit for about 20 minutes, and then sift.

Add salt (optional) and cut greens to this mix, stir well.

Home-Made Crème Fraiche

Ingredients:

1 cup (200 ml) whipping cream 20% – 38% fat
2 tbsp buttermilk

Supplies:

1 clean can with a lid

Method:

Mix lukewarm milk and buttermilk in the can.

Cover with a lid, and let sit 12 – 24 hours in a room temperature.

Then, stir with a dry clean spoon thoroughly, cover with the lid, and put in a refrigerator for about 12 hours.

Afterwards, the Crème Fraiche (French sour cream) is ready to eat.

Home-Made Yogurt

Ingredients:

½ gallon milk
18 tablespoons natural plain yogurt with live bacteria

Method:

Pour the milk in a glass or enameled saucepan, and bring to boil with low heating, and boil for 30 minutes.

Let to cool until lukewarm temperature.

Pour the yogurt in another saucepan, add 2 cup warm milk, and stir until an even consistency.

Then, pour this mix in the warm milk, stir, cover with a lid, and cover with fabrics to prevent fast cooling.

Home-Made Ryazhenka

Ingredients:

1 l milk
2-3 tbsp sour cream

Method:

Bring milk to boil, and pour the boiling milk in a thermos.
Let sit overnight.

Then, pour the milk from the thermos into a glass jar, and let cool to 40 C (104 F).

Pour half of the glass in a separate dish, stir thoroughly with sour cream, and then pour back into the glass jar.

Let sit at room temperature for 2 – 3 hours.
Ryazhenka is ready.

Then, keep in a refrigerator.

Quick-Brined Tomatoes

Ingredients:

12 campari tomatoes (or 1 lb cherry ones)
3 bay leaves
5 peppercorns
10 black peppers
2 tbsp salt
2 tbsp sugar
2 ml 70% vinegar (same as 46 ml 3%, 24 ml 6%, or 16 ml 9% vinegar)
Water

Method:

Prepare a standard 1/4 gallon glass can (wash and dry).

Wash the tomatoes, place in a deep bowl, and pour boiling water over them for about 30 seconds, drain, and pour cold water over the tomatoes.

Halvah from Sunflower Seeds

Ingredients:

2 cups peeled and fried sunflower seeds
1.5 cup flour
0.5 cup sugar
0.25 cup vegetable oil (sunflower oil preferably)
0.5 cup water

Method:

Grate sunflower seeds.

Fry flour on a dry skillet, stirring thoroughly until the flour gains a cream color.

Then, mix flour and grated seeds well, and grate them together once more.

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