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Cutlets from mushrooms, rice, and onions

Ingredients:

1 lb dried mushrooms
¼ lb rice
3 shallot onions
3 tbsp flour
½ cup vegetable oil

Method:

Boil mushrooms in 1 qt water with 1 tbsp salt until readiness.
Drain them (keep the broth for soup), and then grate them.
Boil rice until readiness, and cool.
Peel onions, cut them into small cubes, and fry them until they achieve gold color.
Mix grated mushrooms, boiled rice, fried rice, and flour, add salt and pepper on taste.

Rainbow trout under walnut sauce

Ingredients:

2 lb rainbow trout fillets cut into 4 pieces, or 4 rainbow trout.
¼ lb peeled walnuts
3 garlic cloves
Salt and parsley greens on taste

Method:

Peel and wash the fish.
Bring 2 cups water to boil with greens and spices on taste, put the fish in the boiling water, set to low heating, and boil for 7-13 minutes.
Drain the fish and put on serving plates.

Cutlets from dried mushrooms

Ingredients:

1/8 lb dried mushrooms
1/4 lb white bread
1 cup milk
2 medium shallot onions
2 eggs
2 tbsp butter
1.5 tbsp flour
½ cup breadcrumbs
2 cups any broth
4 black peppercorns
1 bay leaf
½ lb potatoes
½ lemon
Salt and pepper on taste

Method:

Boil dried mushrooms with ½ - 1 cup water. Cool and grate.
Soak white bread in the milk, drain, and grate mushrooms and bread together.
Peel onions, and cut them into small cubes.

Traditional Russian Hot Pot

Ingredients:

1.5 lb beef
2.5 lb potatoes
2 large shallot onions
1 cup broth
1 cup sour cream
2 tbsp white wine
4 tbsp butter
Dill and parsley greens
2 bay leaves
Salt and pepper on taste

Method:

Peel potatoes, cut into medium cubes, and fry with 1 tbsp butter for 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Peel onions, cut into rings, and fry with 1 tbsp butter for 3-5 minutes.

Beet – Prune Salad

Ingredients:

2 medium beets
½ cup dried prunes
1 cup walnuts
2 tbsp raisins
Mayonnaise on taste

Method:

Boil the beets until readiness, peel, and grate.
Pour 1 cup of boiling water over the prunes, let to sit for 30 minutes, then drain, remove pits, and cut the prunes into small cubes.
Pour ½ cup boiling water over the raisins, let sit for 1 minute, then drain.
Grate walnuts, mix them with all the other ingredients, and mix well.

Rollmops

Ingredients:

1 herring
1 large shallot onion

For brine:
4 cups water
1 tsp salt
2 tsp sugar
1 tbsp 30% vinegar

Method:

Take 2 herring fillets, and remove all bones and skins.
Cut every fillet into 2-4 stripes, and cut the every stripe into shorter 2 halves.
Peel and slice onions.
Put an onion slice on the edge of a fillet stripe, roll it tightly, and then clip it with a toothpick.

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.

Winter Salad

Ingredients:

½ lb boiled meat
2/3 lb boiled potatoes
3 medium pickled cucumbers
1 hard-boiled egg
Mayonnaise on taste
1 medium boiled beet
1 medium boiled carrot
2 tbsp pickled fruits or berries
2 tbsp meat jelly

Method:

Cut the meat, potatoes, and cucumbers into same-size cuts.
Grate the egg.
Mix the meat, potatoes, egg, and cucumbers with the mayo.
Put the mix in the middle of a large flat plate.

“White Birch” Salad

Ingredients:

1 cup boiled chicken breast cut into medium cubes
1 green apple, peeled and thinly grated
3 boiled egg whites thinly grated
1 shallot onion, peeled, cut into half-rings, and fried for 2 minutes with vegetable oil
¼ lb grated cheese
Mayonnaise and greens on taste

Method:

Put a layer of fried onions in a salad bowl, sprinkle with mayo.
Put a boiled chicken meat layer over it, sprinkle with mayo.
Put the next layer of grated egg whites, cover with mayo.

“Happy New Year” Salad

Ingredients for 2:

0.25lb boiled chicken breast
0.5 can yellow corn
3-4 boiled potatoes
1 English cucumber (or 2 medium brined cucumbers)
Cauliflower 1/8 lb – 0.5 lb (on taste)
Mayonnaise and greens on taste

Method:

Cut potatoes, chicken, and cucumbers into small cubes.
Separate cauliflower into small flowers.
Mix all the ingredients, add mayonnaise, and mix once more.
Place in a salad bowl, and decorate with greens.

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