During red currant season, we eat the berries, make Kompot and punch, add them to the cakes with other berries and fruits and usually in the end I make red currant jam from leftovers. Here is an easy and simple recipe of sweet and sour jam, which is perfect in the...
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Profiterole/ Cream Puffs with Creamy Lemon Curd
A profiterole is a small French (less than 4 cm in diameter) pastry ball made of custard dough and can have various fillings (both sweet and savory): custard cream, cheese, mushrooms, meat, etc. Sweet profiteroles can be served as a dessert and profiteroles with meat, cheese or mushroom stuffing are perfect for soups.
This time I made them with sweet...
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Baked Vegetables and Herbs Homemade Tomato Sauce (Canning)
Delicious flavorful tomato sauce. Usually I make this sauce in September after picking lots of tomatoes and vegetables from my garden. One of my favorite sauces for the winter, perfect for pasta, Stuffed shells pasta,
Garlic Bread with Herbs and Homemade Tomato Sauce
If you are looking for some quick bread ideas, this recipe is perfect! Very easy and quick to make. You also can change or add some new ingredients to your taste every time when you make these bread sticks. Here are some ideas for you: put mozzarella cheese inside with chopped basil leaves, finely chopped fried bacon, dried tomatoes...
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Crepe Cake with Custard Cream
After trying blini (crepes) with custard cream and crispy top layer, my kids said, ‘omg it’s so good!’, and I nailed it again! My daughter named it "cremebrulini", because the taste is kinda like creme brulee but with blini (crepes).
Fried Plantain with Sour Cream
Plantain or Cooking bananas (plátano on Spanish) are large bananas which usually require cooking before eating them. They are large with a green or gray-greenish rind and contain more starch and less sugar than regular bananas, and have a hard and savory flesh. Before eating, they can be steamed, boiled, grilled, baked, or fried. In most Spanish-speaking countries, Plantains...
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Custard Cream Horns (Trubochki)
One of my favorite desserts from my childhood. Very often, after school, on the way home, me and my friends would definitely stop in a café and buy these delicate horns with custard, whipped cream, or whipped egg whites (egg whites, sugar, lemon juice) cream,...
Orange Madeleine with Chocolate
Asian Eggplant with Sweet and Sour Sauce
Chicken Marinated in Mineral Water and Baked with Garlic Sauce
This chicken came out so juicy and delicious, and the small kick from the garlic-cilantro sauce gives the chicken an elevated taste. One of my favorite recipes when cooking with a whole chicken! This serves great with vegetables, potatoes, pasta, or rice. I am definitely planning on making it again!