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.
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Stuffed chicken legs with dried apricots
The best option is to cut the meat with a knife, the meat will be tastier and have a better texture, but you can use a blender, meat grinder or food processor. I also like to add some shredded cheese to the filling.
You can also try Stuffed chicken legs with cheese, nuts and herbs
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Stuffed chicken legs with cheese, nuts and herbs
Stuffed chicken legs are very tasty and not difficult to cook. You can improvise with ingredients to your taste and what is available at the moment of cooking- you can add to the stuffing chicken livers, rice, nuts, dried fruits, beets, onions, mushrooms, carrots, cheese, etc. Meat from the chicken legs is better to chop with a knife, the...
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Steelhead trout
We like to buy and cook steelhead (Steelhead trout) more than salmon. For us, this fish is tastier, flavorful, and the fillets are denser after cooking than salmon. We love to grill/smoked it with a dry rub, lemon juice, and olive oil using a soaked cedar plank.
More photos: Grill time!
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Blini (Crepes) with Cream Cheese, Whipped Cream and Orange Marmalade
For the blini I used Buttermilk Blini recipe, just remember with the amount of ingredients from that recipe you will get lots of blini, which...
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,...
Keftedes (Greek Meatballs)
Keftédes (κεφτέδες) may be one of the best Greek appetizers (mezé) around! They are little round meatballs served as an appetizer or with tzatziki, Greek salad and pita or pasta for a full meal.
Of course there are many recipes for this dish. Keftedes different from many meatballs because of their size. Greeks make...
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