Vegetables

Cholodnik - Cold Soup

This is cold soup for hot weather.

Ingredients:

1 large beet root
3 medium boiled potatoes
5 hardboiled eggs
0.75 lb boiled non-fat meat
4 medium cucumbers or 2 English cucumbers
1 bunch of radish
1 bunch of green onions, Italian parsley, and dill

Method:

Boil a peeled beetroot until it’s ready in 1 gallon water, and keep this water after boiling.
Grate the beet and radish on a medium grater.
Peel boiled potatoes and eggs, and cut into medium cubes.

Fish Appetizer

Ingredients:

0.5 lb cold-smoked salmon or other red fish
0.5 lb cooked shrimps
1 can 5 oz (100 g) red caviar
1 medium sweet onion
3-4 dill stalks
0.5 lb sour cream (or plain yogurt)

Method:

Cut the salmon fillet in 1-inch-length thin strips.
Cut the onions into very small cubes, and cut dill greens.
Mix all ingredients together and let stand in a refrigerator for about 2 hours.

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Potato fingers

Ingredients:

2 lb potatoes
0.5 cup flour
1 egg
1 onion
2 tbsp margarine or butter
Bread crumbs (2 parts), caraway(1 part), salt (1 part) mix

Method:

Peel and grate onions, or cut into small cubes.
Melt margarine on a skillet; put onions in the skillet, and cook, stirring, while the onions turn clear.
Boil potatoes, and make puree with them, cooked onions, and an egg, then add flour, and make dough. Roll the dough in 1” width, 2” length dough tubes.

Drachena

Ingredients:

For potato dough:

5 large potatoes
1 medium shallot onion
1 egg
1 tsp sour cream
Salt and pepper on taste

For stuffing:

Fried onions, or fried mushrooms, or fried ground meat or fish, or cooked vegetables on your taste

Method:

Peel onions and potatoes.
Grate onions on a medium grater, and after that grate the potatoes with the same grater.
Mix all ingredients for the potato dough.

Zapekanka with Pasta and Mushrooms

Ingredients:

1 pack any pasta
1 lb mushrooms
1 large onion
0.25 lb margarine or butter
0.25 lb breadcrumbs
0.25 lb cheese
2 eggs
0.5 cup milk
Salt and ground black pepper on taste.

Method:

Wash mushrooms, drain, then grate them, and cook in a skillet with margarine or butter stirring occasionally.

Peel and grate (or cut into very small cubes) onions, and cook them in another skillet with 2 tbsp of margarine, until the onions turn golden.

Potato Pies with Cabbage

Ingredients:

1 lb potatoes
0.5 lb cabbage
1 medium onion
1 stick margarine or butter
2 eggs
0.5 cup flour
Salt and ground black pepper on taste

Method

Peel potatoes, boil in lightly salted water until done, and grind.
Knead dough from potatoes, egg, flour, and salt on a floured surface, then roll out and cut into pieces.
Make flat rounds. Shred cabbage, sprinkle with salt, and let stand.

Ham Salad

Ingredients for 8:

1.5 lb ham
1 lb cheese
1 English cucumber
2 garlic cloves
Mayo or other sauce on taste

Method:

Cut ham and cucumbers into julienne-style stripes.
Grate cheese on a large grater.
Press garlic.
Mix all ingredients, and serve with fresh bread.

Chicken Roll

Ingredients for 1:

1 chicken breast
1 egg
2 tbsp julienne-cut ham (or ham bits)
1 tsp milk
0.5 tsp margarine
Cucumber and tomato slices
1 can chicken broth
Pepper and salt on taste

Method:

Tenderize chicken breast, sprinkle with salt and pepper (optional, with other spices).
Grease a small skillet with margarine, cook ham for 1-2 minutes on medium heating.
Whip egg with milk, and pour in the skillet.

Austrian Salad-Cocktail

Ingredients for 4:

6 hardboiled eggs
1 large sweet onion
0.5 lb cooked de-boned fish (baked, boiled or canned)
0.25 lb grated hard cheese
Butter (or margarine) and Mayonnaise on taste

Method:

Take a large flat dish, and grate egg whites on it, then add a grated cheese layer over the whites, then a small fish peace layer over the cheese layer. Sprinkle every layer with Mayo on taste.
Cut an onion very thinly, or grate it, and place the onion layer over the fish.

Mushroom Cutlets

Ingredients:

2 lb fresh mushrooms
2 large shallots onion
4 eggs
4 tsp breadcrumbs
4 tbsp vegetable oil
Salt, pepper, pressed garlic on taste

Method:

Wash the mushrooms, and boil in salt water for 20 minutes.
Drain the mushrooms with a sifter, and grate.
Cut onions into small cubes.
Mix grated mushrooms, eggs, onions, bread crumbs, ground pepper(optional), salt(optional), pressed garlic(optional), and stir until an even consistency is reached.

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