Fruits

Ingredients for 4:

2 lb pork neck boneless meat
3 medium oranges
Salt, pepper, other spices on taste
4 cup cooked rice

Method:

Wash the meat, and make about 1” deep crosscuts.
Sprinkle the meat with spices.
Cut oranges into medium slices.
Put a piece of foil on a baking sheet, then put 6 orange slices on it, and put meat over the oranges.
Put more orange slices over the meat, and wrap the whole thing in foil.

Ingredients:

For dough:
5 eggs
100 g sugar
150 g flour
2 tbsp butter or margarine (to grease baking shape)
Salt on taste

For crème:
150 g chocolate
250 g butter or margarine (warm to whip)
100 g sugar powder
4 egg yolks
2 tbsp rum or brandy

For decoration:
1 tbsp grated pistachios
Cherries, fresh or maraschino
Sugar powder
Salt on taste

Method:

Ingredients:

1 lb boiled calamari
2 medium onions
2 tbsp vegetable oil
1 green apple
2 medium salted (or brined) cucumbers
2 medium boiled carrots
4 hardboiled eggs
1 cup Light Mayonnaise mixed with pressed garlic
1 bunch Italian Parsley
Green and black olives and lemon for decoration

Method:

Cut calamari and onions into julienne cuts.
Peel and grate vegetables, separately.
Stir-fry grated onions for 2 minutes with vegetable oil.

Ingredients:

1 lb calamari steaks
1 hardboiled egg
2/4 lb potatoes
0.5 lb carrots
1 cup boiled (or canned) green peas
1 medium brined (or fresh) cucumber
1 green apple
0.5 cup sour cream (or Mayo)
Salt, pepper, dill on taste

Method:

Bring water to boil, add 1 tsp salt, and boil the calamari steaks for 3 minutes, then place them in cold water for 1 minute, and de-skin.
Boil potatoes and carrots to readiness, then cool, peel, and cut into small cubes.

Ingredients for 4:

5 carrots
0.5 lb green cabbage
3 garlic cloves
Grated cheese
Dressing (plain yogurt, or kefir, or sour cream, or mayonnaise, or their mix)
Pomegranate seeds on taste

Method:

Grate washed vegetables, put them in a salad bowl, add grated cheese, dressing and pomegranate seeds, mix well, and serve.

Ingredients:

For dough:
1 cup milk
2 eggs
0.25 lb margarine
3 tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
1 pack dry yeast
4 cups flour

For stuffing:
3-4 lb crispy apples
1.5 lb sugar

Method:

Remove apple seeds and around them, and cut apples into thin slices.
Put them in an enameled saucepan.

"Varenie" means a fruit or berries preserve.

Ingredients:

2 lb fresh figs
2 lb sugar
2 cups grape juice
0.5 lb peeled walnuts
2 tsp lemon juice
1 tbsp rum (optional, for better keeping)

Method:

Wash and drain figs, remove the ends, and place ¼ peeled walnut in the middle of every fig.
Mix grape juice and sugar, and bring to boil. Remove the foam.
Put the stuffed figs into this syrup, then put walnuts all over it, add lemon juice and rum.

Ingredients:

1 lb apples
1/3 lb rice
½ cup sugar
½ stick (or 4 tbsp) butter
3 eggs
2 tbsp flour
Vanilla on taste
3 tbsp vegetable oil

Method:

Boil (non-sticky) rice to readiness and cool.
Peel apples, de-seed, and cut into medium cubes (or into thin slices).
Grease a baking sheet with vegetable oil, place the apples onto the sheet, sprinkle with 2 tbsp sugar.
Pre-heat an oven to 390º F (200º C), and place the sheet in the oven.

Ingredients:

3 parts boiled, de-boned, de-skinned chicken breast
1 part cucumber
1 part canned green peas
1 part green apple
3 tbsp sour cream
1 part sweet onions

Method:

Cut the meat, cucumber, apple, and onions into julienne-cut pieces.
Mix together, add the green peas and sour cream, stir well, and serve.

Ingredients:

1.25 lb tvorog (or farmer cheese)
2 eggs
3-4 tbsp cream of wheat
3 tbsp sour cream
3 tbsp sugar
1 tsp vanilla sugar
1 tbsp baking mix (optional)
Raisins, or other dried berries on taste
1 tbsp butter or margarine

Method:

Whip cold egg whites with a pinch of salt, until a mild peaks consistency.
Blend tvorog, sugar, sour cream, egg yolks, cream of wheat, vanilla sugar, and raisins.