Kartofelniki is a Russian, Ukrainian, Belorussian dish, stuffed baked potato patty. You can make them with different toppings such as meat, mushrooms, vegetables and serve with different herbs, sauces or cream, however it is normally served with sour cream. Tasty fried ‘kartofelniki’ can be a side dish to meat, but they are good with different fillings and used as...
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Satsivi Chicken
Satsivi is a Georgian sauce which this dish is cooked in. Usually satsivi is cooked with chicken, but you can replace it with turkey, goose, duck, meat and even fish. The principal and mandatory ingredients in this sauce are walnuts, cilantro, garlic. Wine vinegar can be replaced by lemon juice or pomegranate. To thicken the sauce normally use flour or...
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Pear Filling for Blini with Caramel Syrup
Here are couple recipes for the blini:
Buttermilk Blini
Blini
Instead of pears you can use apples, peaches. The perfect dish for breakfast or even as a dessert with lunch or dinner....
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Allspice
Allspice is a single berry from a tropical evergreen tree grown primarily in Jamaica. The berries are picked unripe, then are sun-dried until they resemble large brown peppercorns. While allspice tastes like a blend of cloves, cinnamon, black pepper, and nutmeg, it's aroma is most reminiscent of cloves.
Ground allspice is an important seasoning in Caribbean cooking and main ingredient...
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Fruit Filling for Blini with Whipped Honey Cream
You can find a couple recipes for blini here:
Buttermilk Blini
Blini
For this recipe I used peaches since they are sweet with light acidity and perfectly suited to the delicate whipped cream. Instead of peaches you can use any other fruit or berries to your taste.
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Crêpes
Crêpes are thin pancakes, cooked with milk and without yeast that are especially popular in France. Dough for crêpes must rest 6 hours or more, so prepare the batter in the morning or if you are planning to make them for breakfast, prepare the batter in the evening and leave in the refrigerator overnight. Usually I make a cake...
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Narcissus
A little bit of spring!...
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Strudel
Layered Pear Tart with Chocolate
This turned even more delicious than I expected! The chocolate in this dessert balances out the fruitiness of the pears and crisp dough. Its very similar to a chocolate croissant with pears. You can use dark or milk chocolate depending on your taste. If you don't like it so sweet, you can add lemon or orange juice into the...
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Pan De Muerto
Each year on November 1st and 2nd in Mexico as well as in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, people celebrate the Day of the Dead. This is a touching and at the same time joyous holiday when people remember their dead relatives and ancestors. They believe that the souls of the dead relatives and friends come these days to visit...
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