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Russian barbecue – shashlik

June 10th, 2009 · No Comments

food_meat_and_barbecue_wine Eastern world likes to have barbecue. Russian people have there own dish for outdoors parties. Its name is shashlik. Shashlik is meat marinated in special way and fried on bonfire. Mix of onion, spices, lemon juice or vine makes meat soft and very tasty.

To cook shaslik you will need:

Fresh pork

Onions

Pepper

Lemon or glass of dry white wine

Salt and sugar

How to cook:

Take fresh pork with lard (600 grams for a person), cut it into pieces and put it into the deep dish. Cut and add onions (250 grams for 1 kilogram of meat). Then add juice of one lemon, salt, sugar, pepper. Leave this mix in place with room temperature for 4-5 hours.

Fry shashlik on open flame, using metal sticks.

Serve shashlik with lemons and fresh greenery. Spicy ketchup can be used as sauce.

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