Meat

Potato – Meat “Porks”

Ingredients:

2 lb potatoes
2 lb non-fat de-boned pork
3 eggs
¾ lb sour cream
1.5 qt milk
¼ lb wheat
4 tbsp butter
Salt in taste

Method:
Cut the meat into 1/3 inch x 1/3 inch x 1-inch pieces.
Pre-heat a wide skillet with 1 tbsp butter; put the meat on it, and fry for 4 minutes, stirring at medium heating.
Boil potatoes.
Make puree from the potatoes, warm milk, flour, 2 eggs, and ½ lb sour cream.

Pork Rolls

Ingredients:

2 lb pork
1 lb seedless dried black prunes
½ lb bacon
3 cups dry red wine
3 tbsp vegetable oil (to grease a baking sheet)
Salt, grated black pepper, other spices on taste

Method:

Slice pork into thin long slices.
Tenderize every slice, sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Cut prunes into very small cuts, mix with grated black pepper.
Put 1 tsp of prune-pepper mix on a slice, roll, then roll in bacon stripes, and pin with small wooden toothpicks.

"Boyarin" Salad

The name was given because this layered salad, after decorating, looks like an ancient "boyarin" cup. "Boyarin" means a most powerful duke or other highest noble, who decided, together with the Russian Tsar, most important political and economical tasks.
Traditionally, they sat in the a "Duma", the place where they congregated at and discoursed with the Tsar.

Ingredients for 4:

2 lb potatoes
1 lb boiled beef or chicken fillet
2-3 large shallot onions
1 can (about 1 ½ lb) salt mushrooms
5 hard-boiled eggs

Southern Solanka – Soup

Ingredients:

1 lb boneless beef
2-3 cups meat broth
1 garlic clove
2 shallot onions
2 medium pickled cucumbers
2 tbsp tomato-paste
0.25 cup wine
2-3 tbsp vegetable oil
Salt, pepper, some Italian parsley stalks

Method:

Cut beef into medium cubes, peel and cut onions into small cubes.
Fry in a skillet with vegetable oil. Put the meat in a medium saucepan, add tomato-paste.
Peel cucumbers, cut them into small cubes, and put in the saucepan.

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.

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.

Beef in aspic

Ingredients:

1 lb boiled beef
1 shallot onions
2 medium carrots
3 cup beef broth
1 pack gelatin
Parsley greens, salt or pickled cucumbers, green salad on taste

Method:

Dissolve gelatin in the hot beef broth; pour a little in every shape, and place the shapes in a refrigerator until the jelly is ready.
Boil carrots, peel, and cut into decorative stars.
Peel onions, cut into medium cubes.

Lagman

Ingredients:

1 lb beef or lamb
3 medium or 2 large shallot onions
2 carrots
1 sweet red pepper
1 sweet yellow pepper
1 eggplant
1 garlic clove (or 1 tbsp grated garlic)
4 medium tomatoes
1 tbsp tomato paste
4 medium potatoes
1/2 pack spaghetti
1 tbsp vegetable oil
Spices: Salt, pepper, paprika, saffron, cumin ("zira") on taste

Method:

Cut meat into small cubes.

Tartlette dough

Ingredients:

4 cups flour
0.5 lb butter
2 tbsp mayonnaise
1 lb sour cream
2 eggs
2/3 tsp baking soda, mixed with 1/3 tsp vinegar

Method:

Freeze butter.
Mix sour cream, mayonnaise, eggs, salt, baking soda, flour, and make dough.
Grate butter; add it in the dough, and knead for 10-15 minutes.
Divide the dough into 5 pieces, roll every piece in a wrapper, and freeze for 1 hour.
Grease baking forms for Tartlette with butter.

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