Archive for the ‘Russian Appetizers’ Category


Russian Boiled Beef with Hot Horseradish Sauce (Otvarnaya govyadina v khrene)

Monday, June 1st, 2009

750 g beef
1L water
100 g root vegetables

Sauce:
300 g stock
200 g cream
40 g flour
5 g sugar
1 egg yolk
3 tablespoons finely grated horseradish
Salt and pepper, to taste

Cook the meat in boiling water till tender. Allow to cool and cut in slices.

Remove one third of the stock, stir in cream mixed with flour (avoid forming of lumps). Flavour sauce with salt, sugar, stir in raw egg yolk and beat the mixture in a hot water bath till it thickens. Finally, add grated horseradish.

Vareniki

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

Forshmak

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Forshmak

1 salted herring fillets, soaked 2 hours in cold milk
2 tablespoons onion, finely chopped
1/2 tart apple, finely chopped
1 hard-boiled eggs, finely chopped
1 slices white bread, trimmed
1 tablespoons cider vinegar
6 tablespoons mayonnaise

Drain your herring and chop finely. Combine with the onion, apple and eggs, beat the vinegar and mayonnaise.

Pour over the trimmed white bread, allowing it to soak in a milk for 2-5 minutes. Add soaked bread to the herring mixture and chop until it is smooth.

Serve cold as an appetizer or as spread.

Stuffed Eggs with Cheese (Yaitsa farshirovannie s sirom)

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

5 eggs
2 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons grated Maasdam cheese
1 clove garlic
Salt and pepper, to taste

Hard-boil the eggs. Chill and shell them. Cut them into halves lengthwise. Remove the yolks and rub them through a sieve. Melt the butter and mix with the cheese, yolks, garlic, salt, pepper. Fill the eggs with this paste and chill.