Last week I made Golubtsi, also known as stuffed cabbage rolls. Golubtsi - is a delicious comfort food popular in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe, Ukraine. Russia, Belarus, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, the Balkans, Central Asia, Egypt, North Africa, China, and Korea. Polish – Golabki, Ukrainian – Holubtsi, Romanian – Sarmale, Georgia – Tolma, Balkans – Sarma, Hungary...
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Beef Meatballs with Cranberries and Fig Sauce
Almond Tart with Figs
Tres Leches
The first time when I heard, made, and tried the Tres Leches cake was many years ago, when we had our cooking trip to Tepoztlan, Mexico. Chef Ana taught us how to cook so many delicious and unique Mexican dishes. You can read my
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Peking Duck, my new recipe
I made Peking Duck already so many times, but I keep changing or adding something to it to make it tastier and easier. This time the duck was perfect (ok maybe almost perfect). Not the same obviously like you‘ll get in a Chinese restaurant, but for homemade it was really good!
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Beef bulgogi bowls with carrots, pickled cucumber and sriracha crema
Beef bulgogi bowls with carrots, pickled cucumber and sriracha crema over jasmine rice ? chef Nikita is in the kitchen tonight! Another "Hello Fresh" dinner.
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Sweet Rogaliki
Rogaliki usually are a sweet combination between a pastry and a cookie with or without filling. This dish occurs in many European countries, such as 'Rogalik' in Russian and Ukrainian cuisine, 'Kipferl' in Austro-Germany, 'kifla' in Serbo-Croatian, 'rogal' in Polish, 'giffel' in Danish, 'rožok' in Slovak also, as well in Bulgarian, Hungarian, Swedish, Macedonian, Albanian,...
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Crispy Parmesan chicken with Israeli couscous and green beans
Crispy Parmesan chicken with Israeli couscous and green beans
We got the recipe from "Hello Fresh".
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Vareniki / Pierogi with potatoes and mushrooms or cherries and blueberries
Vareniki ( varenyky, pierogi, perogies ) are stuffed dumplings from Ukraine made from unleavened dough and different fillings. Some of the more popular fillings are vegetables, boiled potatoes, salted cabbage, baked pumpkin, fruits and berries, meat, mushroom, cheese, poppy seed, or buckwheat. My favorite fillings are meat, potatoes with onions and mushrooms, cottage cheese or curd cheese with cherries....
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Cupcakes Pan De Muerto
I made Pan de Muerto (Bread of the Dead) already a couple times. This time I found a slightly simpler version of this delicious bread which makes it so much easier to work with the dough, and they are in shape of cupcakes, which are so soft and fluffy, with the classic finishing touch of...
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