Holodets is essentially a meat jelly made by cooking pork parts that contain a lot of bone, skin and cartilage (such as legs, ears, and even hooves) This dish’s name “holodets” is from the Russian word “holod” means “cold”. It's is because the final preparation step is to cool in a refrigerator for a few hours. Really, chicken, beef, or pork “holodets” is a meat jelly with meat cuts, vegetable cuts, and spices inside. This dish is an ancient recipe, which is still the same as some hundreds of years ago, and this is a traditional dish for many Russian celebrations. The first stage of the recipe is to make a tasty broth.
Delicious red potatoes, cut into half and roasted with herbs. Herb-roasted potato recipe with butter, dill, garlic, and other seasonings. My mom always used to make this awesome roasted potatoes for family gatherings. I have 2 versions of it, moms version and cheese version.
I make a lot of tvorog ( homemade ricotta, farmers cheese). So my favorite breakfast is syrniki that's farmer cheese pancakes. Syrniki (named for the Russian word, "syr," for cheese), which are fortified with tvorog, a fresh curd cheese similar in flavor and consistency to farmers' cheese. Syrniki are healthy and a wonderful food as for small children as for adults.
This is a yummy, crunchy Napa cabbage salad with cucumbers.
Napa cabbage, also known as celery cabbage, is a type of Chinese cabbage originating near the Beijing region of China, and is widely used in East Asian cuisine. In much of the world, this is the vegetable referred to as "Chinese cabbage".
Happy Friday to everyone!!! Hope you guys are having a great week:) This recipe is lots of fun to make. Kids love to help cut jello into pieces. Then they can't wait for cake to enjoy it:) My kids had a lot of fun making it and the eating this cake.
You will need 4 packages of jell-o (6 oz each) in different colors.
Russian kotleti are very easy to make and are absolutely delicious! You can make as many as you like and just keep the rest in your fridge for tomorrow. The leftovers are as yummy as fresh ones.
Kotleti might remind you of burger patties or meat balls, after all it made out of ground beef. However, their shape is different than meat balls or patties, and because we love rich flavor in our food, kotleti might contain more then just ground meat and spices.
Fresh blueberries are baked into this moist cake for the perfect summer dessert.
Ingredients:
½ cup buttermilk
1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg at room temperature
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
Zest from 1 large orange
2 cups fresh blueberries
1/3 cup brown sugar for top coating
Vareniki (Ukrainian dumpling) are my favorite childhood food filled with fruits. I went to farmers market and got organic strawberries and blueberries decided to make these yummy vareniki. I couldn't decide which flavor was my favorite; they both taste scrumptious:) I dipped it in whipping cream whipped with powder sugar.
