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Russian mashed potatoes baked with eggs and sauerkraut (Kartofelnaya zapekanka s yaitcom i kvashenoi kapustoi)

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

750 g potatoes
30 g butter
200 ml milk
400 g sauerkraut
50 g bacon
70 g oil
50 g breadcrumbs
2 hard-boiled eggs
30 g butter
30 g grated cheese
Salt and pepper, to taste

Cut peeled potatoes into half, add salt, boil till tender, strain and mash with butter and milk till smooth.

Shred the sauerkraut, stir in diced bacon, add waterand simmer.

Grease a baking tin, sprinkle it with breadcrumbs and put in half of the mashed potatoes, followed by a layer of sauerkraut, chopped eggs and finish with the remaining mashed potatoes.

Sprinkle with oil and grated cheese and bake in hot oven till golden.

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Russian Potatoes Filled with Meat (Kartofel farshirovanniy myasom)

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

8 – 10 large round potatoes
1 soaked bread roll
250 g left-over roast or braised meat
80 g butter
1 small onion
1 clove of garlicl
2 eggs
50 g breadcrumbs
fresh dill
70 g oil
Salt and pepper, to taste

Peel the potatoes, cover them with boiling salted water and boil till almost tender.

Cut off tops, scoop out the middle and mince it. Add soaked roll and diced or minced meat.

Fry finely chopped onion and garlic ain half of the oil. Finally add eggs and allow them to set.

Fill the scooped potatoes with this mixture, sprinkle them with oil, garnish with dill and replace the cut off tops. Arrange potatoes in a greased dish, sprinkled with breadcrumbs, add some water and bake in hot oven till potatoes are soft and golden brown on the surface.

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Vareniki

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VUaZaWtT78

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Russian Hake and Potato Salad (Salat iz heka s kortofelem)

Friday, April 11th, 2008

500 g hake fillets
1 cup fish (chicken) stock
1 bay leaf
500 g cooked potatoes, halved
1 red (bell) pepper, seeded and diced
2 spring onions (scallions), sliced
½ cucumber, unpeeled and diced
3-5 large red lettuce leaves

Salt and pepper, to taste

Dressing

½ cup Greek (strained plain) yogurt
2 tablespoons olive oil
juice of 1/2 lemon
2 tablespoons capers

To garnish

2 hard boiled eggs, finely chopped
2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill

Put the hake fillets in a large, shallow pan with the fish stock and bay leaf. Bring to the boil then lower the heat and poach the fish gently for about 10 minutes until it flakes easily. Leave it to cool, then remove the skin and bones, and separate the flesh into large flakes.

Put the baby new potatoes in a bowl with the red pepper, spring onions and cucumber. Gently stir in the flaked hake and season with salt and pepper.

Make the dressing by stirring all the ingredients together in a bowl or jug. Season and spoon or pour over the salad. Toss gently.

Place a lettuce leaf on each plate and spoon the salad over it. Mix the finely chopped hard-boiled eggs for the garnish with the dill. Sprinkle the mixture over each salad.

Note:

You may also use halibut, sole or cod.

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