All About Russian Food

It’s my family tradition. My mother and grandmothers (and grand-grandmothers) baked Kulich every year for Easter. It’s the easiest recipe of cake. You just mix ingredients, put dough in molds, wait for rise and bake. There is two varieties – plain and chocolate. You need coffee or juice cans (2 lb) for molds. For two [...]

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3 3/4 cups bread flour 12 1/2 tbsp. (1 1/2 sticks) melted butter 5 egg yolks 1 cup sugar 1,5 – 2 tsp. dry yeast 1/2 cups raisins or currants 1 tbsp. cream of wheat 1 cup milk salt, 1 tsp. vanilla extract half lemon peel 1 tsp. cardamom or to taste 1/4 tsp. nutmeg [...]

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Irina sent me this new way to prepare turkey for Thanksgiving. Here is a new way to prepare your Thanksgiving or Christmas Turkey. 1. Cut out aluminum foil in desired shapes. 2. Arrange the turkey in the roasting pan, position the foil carefully (see below ) 3. Roast according to your own recipes and serve. 4. [...]

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Ingredients: – 1 1/2 cups flour – 2 eggs – 1/2 cup warm water – 1 1/2 tsp. salt – 1/2 lb. ground beef – 1/2 lb. ground pork – 2 medium onions, finely chopped – 1/2 tsp. black pepper Sift the flour into a large pile on a clean surface. Make an indentation in [...]

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Cristian world has different traditions of Easter celebrations. Russians have several special Easter dishes. Among of them – Easter eggs. Traditionally coloured eggs in Russia have been cooked by boiling them in onion peel.

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