Vegetables

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.

Smoked fish – Potato Salad

Ingredients:

1 lb smoked fish (cold smoked preferably)
0.5 lb boiled potatoes
2 hard-boiled eggs
2 tbsp horseradish (optional)
0.5 lb mayonnaise (or sour cream sauce, or sour cream-mayo mix)
Dill and parsley greens on taste

Method:

Cut skinless and boneless smoked fish fillets into small pieces.
Grate eggs, and, optionally, horseradish.
Peel and cut potatoes into medium cubes.
Mix all ingredients, put in a salad bowl, and decorate with the greens.

Potato-topped Steelhead

Ingredients for 4:

1.5 lb steelhead fillet, de-boned and de-skinned
2 potatoes
1 large shallot onion
1 garlic clove
4 tbsp sour cream
1 – 2 cup grated cheese
4 tsp lemon juice
Salt and pepper on taste

Method:

Cut fillets into 4 pieces, tenderize every piece, and sprinkle with lemon juice.
Peel and grate potatoes and onions, drain, then pour 2 cups boiling water over the potato-onion mix, and let sit for 5 minutes.
Drain, and mix with salt and pepper.

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.

Rainbow Salad

Ingredients:

Any green salad bag
1 English cucumber
1 red sweet pepper
1 orange sweet pepper
1 yellow sweet pepper
0.5 lb cherry tomatoes
1 large blue (violet) onion
¼ lb crumbled or cubed Feta

For dressing:

Dill, Italian parsley, onions greens
Baked sesame seeds
Baked sunflower seeds
4 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp mustard
1 tsp grated garlic

Method:

Herring Salad

Ingredients:

4 medium boiled potatoes
2 medium boiled beets
2 large herring fillets (de-boned, skinless)
1 medium shallot onion
3 tbsp grated cheese
3 hard-boiled eggs
Mayonnaise and vegetable oil on taste

Method:

Peel potatoes, cut into medium cubes.
Place a layer of potato cubes on a serving dish, sprinkle with vegetable oil.
Slice 1 herring fillet into small cuts,
Put them over the potato layer.

Favorite Carrot Roll Recipe of Khruschev’s wife

Note:

Nikita Khruschev was the leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin. He was First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964.

Ingredients:

5 medium carrots
3-4 tbsp whipping cream
2 tbsp wheat
1 egg
7 tbsp tvorog (or cream cheese)
Apple slices, or dried plums, or dried apricots, or raisins – on taste
1 egg yolk
1-2 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp butter

Orange Color Salad

Ingredients:

3 large boiled carrots
3 eggs (or 9 quail eggs)
1 pack crabmeat imitation
Mayonnaise on taste
3-9 tbsp grated cheese (or tofu) - on taste

Method:

Peel and grate carrots.
Peel and cut eggs (quail ones in two halves, chicken ones into half-rings), or grate them.
Cut crabmeat imitation into small cubes.
Mix all ingredients and serve.

Cauliflower salad

Ingredients:

1 cauliflower
½ lb boiled chicken meat
½ lb boiled beef
½ lb boiled green peas (possibly, from a can)
2 medium cucumbers (fresh, or salted, or pickled)
3 hard-boiled eggs
2 boiled potatoes

Method:

Cut the cauliflower into medium flowers, put in boiling water, and boil for 5 minutes.
Cut all ingredients into medium cubes, mix them, add mayo, salt, and pepper on taste.
Mix well.

Note:

Pork "Bitki" with greens

Ingredients:

2 lb boneless pork
1 shallot onion
¼ lb white bread
1 carrot
1 medium potato
1 egg
¼ lb melted pork fat
2 tbsp all-purpose flour
Salt and pepper on taste
1 tbsp parsley and dill green cuts

Method:

Peel and wash carrot and potato.
Peel onions, and cut into small cubes, then fry it in 1 tsp melted fat until onions turn transparent. Grate pork together with onions, carrot, and potato.

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