Grains

Ingredients:

2 lb potato
3 egg yolks
2 eggs
5 tbsp flour
1 cup bread crumbs, or ground nuts
Salt and spices on your taste

Method:

Peel potatoes, put in salted boiling water, and boil until they’re ready.
Drain well.

Ground cooled boiled potatoes.
Blend together with egg yolks and salt.

Sprinkle the large cutting board with flour. Roll the potato mix on it. Cut into pieces, and shape them as strikes your fancy.

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 cup ground carrots
1 cup sugar
1 cup flour
2-3 tbsp butter or margarine (or 50 g olive oil)
2 eggs
Pinch of salt and baking soda
Raisins, ground nuts, dry fruit pieces (optional)

Method:

Melt the butter.
Mix all ingredients together, and make dough.

Grease baking shape with butter.
Pre-heat an oven to 400 F (200 C).
Pour the dough in the shape, place in the oven, and bake until it is ready (check this with a wooden stick).

Ingredients for 4:

2 Russian rye bread slices per portion (The Russian version of rye bread seems to be the best for this recipe)
8 cheese slices
1.5 lb champignons
1 onion
3 tbsp butter or margarine
8 tbsp whipping cream
8 tbsp Cherry
2 tbsp Italian parsley green cuts
Salt and pepper on taste

Method:

Cut bread crusts.
Grate mushrooms and onions together, and simmer them with butter or margarine, with medium heating, stirring occasionally.

Ingredients:

200 g (or 0.5 lb) tvorog
60 g (or 3 oz) cod liver, boiled or canned
4 hard-boiled eggs yolks
1 slice of white bread, soaked in water
Tomatoes and thinly cut parsley and dill greens for decoration
Salt on taste

Method:

Blend tvorog, cod liver, yolks, and bread until an even consistency.
Place in the middle of a flat plate; decorate with tomato rings and greens around the center, serve.

Note:

Ingredients:

2 lb vegetables
1.5 cup milk
0.5 cup cream of wheat
3 eggs
0.5 cup bread crumbs
4 tbsp butter or margarine
Salt and spices on taste

Method:

Wash and peel the vegetables.
Grate them, and put in a saucepan.
Pour 1.5 cup hot milk into the saucepan, add 1 tbsp butter, sprinkle with salt, and mix.

Bring to boil with low heating, and boil for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Ingredients:

0.5 lb ripe pumpkin without the seeds and peel
2 cup rice or millet
3 cup milk
1-2 tbsp butter (optional)
1 tbsp sugar and 1 tbsp ground nuts per serving (optional)
Raisins and dried apricots pieces on taste

Method:

Soak raisins and apricots pieces.

Ingredients for 4:

0.25 lb toasted bread
4 tbsp heavy whipping cream
0.5 lb pikeperch fillets, de-boned and de-skinned
1 egg
0.5 lb sour cream
0.5 tbsp thinly sliced dill greens
Salt and pepper on taste
1/3 lb champignons
0.25 lb celery stalks
3 medium onions
1 tbsp olive oil
0.5 tbsp thinly sliced sorrel
1 l vegetable broth
Baking paper

Method:

To make the "kletski":

Pour whipping cream evenly over the bread.

Ingredients:

1 medium onion
1 garlic clove
1/8 lb thinly cut ham
1/3 lb Arborio rice
¾ lb (300 g) meat broth
¼ lb fresh or frozen green peas
¼ lb ground Parmesan cheese
3 tbsp vegetable oil or butter
Salt and ground black pepper on taste

Method:

Pre-heat oil on a deep large skillet, cut onions and ham into small cubes, and stir-fry for 4-5 minutes with a medium heating.
Cut the garlic into thin slices, and stir-fry with onions and ham for 1 minute more.

Ingredients:

2/3 cup dried porcini
5 tbsp any grains
3 medium potatoes
1 carrot
1 onion
Bay leaves, dill, salt and pepper on taste
2 tbsp vegetable oil

Method:

Wash dried mushrooms.
Soak mushrooms with 1 gallon water for 2-3 hours in an enameled or glass saucepan.