Fruits

Lemon Cream Сake

Ingredients:

1.5 cup flour
1.5 tsp baking powder
4 egg whites
0.75 cup milk
0.5 cup sugar
1 tbsp lemon juice

For cream:
1 lemon
4 egg yolks
0.5 cup sugar
About 1 lb 30% fat sour cream or whipping cream

Method:

Mix flour and baking powder, add milk, and make dough.
Whip egg whites with sugar and lemon juice to a mild peak consistency.
Add half of the whipped whites to the dough, and blend well.

Halibut with Sour Cream and Apples

Ingredients for 4:

2 lb halibut (or turbot, or other fatty fish) fillets
0.5 lb thick sour cream
2 medium apples
2 tbsp parsley root
2 tbsp mustard
2 tbsp ground horseradish
1 tbsp lemon juice
Parsley greens and salt on taste

Method:

Bring 3 cups water with 1/3 tbsp salt and parsley root to boil.
Place fish fillets in the boiling water, and set to low heating.
Boil until readiness (for about 10-15 minutes).

Sweet Rice Pilaf with Dried Fruits and Nuts

Ingredients:

1 cup long-grain white rice
2 tbsp currants
4 medium prunes
4 tbsp of butter
0.5 cup of dried apricots
1/4 cup of finely chopped silvered almonds
1 tbsp honey

Method:

Pit prunes, cut lengthwise into thin strips, and soak in a warm water for about 15 minutes, then drain on paper towels.
Soak currants in a bowl of warm water for 15 minutes, then drain them on paper towels.

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.

Pear-Gorgonzola Salad

Ingredients for 3:

3 large reaped, but not mild yet, pears
0.5 lb crumbled cheese
0.5 lb salad mix greens, on your taste
0.5 lemon
4 tbsp vinegar-olive oil-spices mix

Method:

Remove seeds end ends of peers, and slice the pears into thin cuts, then sprinkle with lemon juice.

Sprinkle salad greens with vinegar-olive oil-spices mix, stir well.

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.

Sunny Salad

Ingredients:

6 medium oranges
4 medium carrots
0.5 cup raisins
4 tsp sesame seeds
1 lb green or Savoy cabbage

Method:

Cut the carrots into thin slices.
Peel oranges, and grate 4 of them. Remove seeds.
Mix carrots and oranges.
Grate the cabbage (or slice it into very thin strips kind of like ”angel hairs”).
Mix cabbage and raisins, and place them in a deep salad bowl.
Add the carrots-oranges mix to the cabbage, and stir well.
Sprinkle with sesame seeds.

Cream with fruits and berries

Ingredients for 8:

1 cup heavy whipping cream
3/4 cup sugar
1-1/2 cups (12 ounces) sour cream
1 envelope (1 tablespoon) unflavored gelatin
1/2 cup cold water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 cups fresh fruit (bite-size pieces) and berries

Method:

Whip cream until fluffy consistency.
In a bowl, combine sour cream, sugar, and vanilla. Whip until fluffy consistency.

Pork Chops with Sauercraut

Ingredients for 2:

4 pork chops (3/4 inch thick)
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 large shallot onion
1/4 tsp pepper
16 oz (or 1 can) chicken broth
0.5 teaspoon caraway seed
0.5 teaspoon celery seed
14 oz (or 1 can) sauerkraut
1 red apple

Method:

Rinse sauercraut, then drain well.
Preheat a skillet with oil.
In a skillet, brown pork chops in oil; then drain.
Peel and chop onions.
Put on the skillet onion, pepper, broth, caraway seeds and celery seeds.

Apple-Cabbage Salad

Ingredients:

2 cups cabbage
1 medium carrot
1/2 chopped green pepper
1 apple
5 tablespoons lowfat yogurt
1 tablespoon lowfat mayonnaise
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon dill weed
Salt and pepper on taste

Method:

Cut the cabbage into fine shreds, until you have 2 cups of cabbage.
Peel and grate the carrot with a grater.
Cut half a green pepper into small pieces.
Peel and grate the apple with a grater.

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