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cyndy22 · Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 9:31 pm Post subject: Favorite Russian Dishes

Instead of focusing on the BS that Winston goes on about Russian food, I thought I'd start a thread on what are your favorites Russian or FSR dishes? I cooked a Russian and Ukrainian dinner last night for some friends at my house. My friends are originally from Ukraine, Kazakstan and Krygstan. It was alot of preparation but very delicious. I prepared mushroom soup with onions, portabella muhgrooms, garlic, celery, carrot, potato and beef broth, served with sourcram. Yummy! Also, chicken kiev, mashed potatos with parley, and a salad with red cabbage, apples, cucumber and vinigerette. Ice cream for dessert.

I am a big fan of Russian soups, Russian breads, zakuski. This was the 1st time I made chicken kiev and it is extremely tasty. Anyone care to share their favorite dishes?

wavetossed · WayToRussified Joined: 27 Jun 2004 Posts: 339

What, no salads!?

How can you call it Russian food when there are no salads? Why not Tuna and mushrooms with mayonnaise? Why not coleslaw with herring? Why not crab, potato, corn salad?

UsualSuspect · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 2:26 am Post subject: Nosebags for all...

Mmmmm....
Stuffed Capsicums in sour cream sauce, fish in sour cream, blini's (and made from buckwheat flour thank you very much!) with whatever topping your heart craves, oiled cabbage salad. I have had mixed success with golubtsi, first lot bought from a supermarket poisoned us but the homemade was very tasty. Had one (like the size of an ostrich egg) but the ukranian version and it was very tasty. Beef stroganoff...yum. My wife's mother is a baking goddess and everything is just delicious.

Zakusit....if it hasn't got herring I'll eat them in all their varieties...

I'm not a fan of caviar at all, ditto for herring but krasny riba in it's various guises I quite enjoy. Oh yeah...the infamous Shproti!!

Sirkii.....sniffle....I miss 'em so much......

Pelmeni...anytime, anywhere with mayonnaise and the bouillon diluted concentrated vinegar (cheapest suicide in Russia apparently..)

Like a lot of people, Shasliks are something a lot of pride is taken in the bbq'ing of. My Russian friends had their own secret special sauces and my wife has a recipe book with about 40 different marinades. Here (in Oz) Shasliks are generally beef but I now much prefer pork ones after my visits to Russia.

And.....do you know how hard it is to find french onion soup in Russia!!! I tried to cook Apricot Chicken for my wifes family and could I find any???? It almost became a personal mission to find French Onion soup in various cities. Luckily an onion and Galina Blanca rescued me....

I'd better stop and remove the drool bucket.....I am strangely hungry...

Enjoy
Usualsuspect

cyndy22 · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 3:27 am Post subject:

After our Russian feast last night, all I managed to make for tonight's meal was grilled cheese sandwitches and sliced apples. Well Alex is a big culinary fan of grilled cheese anyway!
He is waiting for his dessert that I promised him, ice cream and toppings.

Wavetossed, how do you prepare the tuna, mushroom any mayo salad? I am not a big mayo fan so the tuna and mushrooms better be good! Smile

Never been a fan of herring. Nothing against the little fishes.

UsualSuspect,
How nice to have you join us again! Smile

Please enlighten us as to what
Stuffed Capsicums in sour cream sauce is? Sounds fishy to me.
Sour cream seems to be a popular culinary ingredient in Russian food and I can understand why. The mushroom soup I made last night was good but after I added sour cream mixed with some liquid from the hot soup, stirred it up and blended it back into the soup pot, well, that was culinary magic!

I guess I gotta try making my blinis next time with buck wheat flour. God I do love blini.

Here's to Blini, the more you eat... the more you are filled with happiness Very Happy

Katyara · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 5:08 am Post subject:

As for me, my favorite russian food is first of all BORSCH (vegetable soup), it is awesome, my mom makes a good one and i can cook it too. Then Blini of course... My cousin is the one addicted to them though... she can eat them forever... I love Olivie - one of the salads, and maybe the Easter cake that we have every Easter, it is really tasty, I can't find it anywhere except when it's Easter...
That's it..... no, actually, I love eating in general, so I can probably take the whole page counting all the foods i like. Smile

UsualSuspect · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 10:52 am Post subject: Stuffed Capsicums in sauce

Cyndy,
Too much driving visiting the family over Easter and too much work on....So...The recipe is sort of you take any coloured capsicum (bell pepper) about the size of a tennis ball. Slice the very top off to make a flap and get rid of the seeds and stuff. Make a mince from pork 'n' veal mince with finely chopped onion. Can't remember if an egg goes in or not...

Next mix some uncooked rice in with the meat and pack it into the capsicums (capsicii??), pop the tops back on and then in a pot stack them all in and pour (memory fade occurs again, too much vodka for the chef..) in sour cream and water with a few shreds of carrot and dill.

Then steam them in the pot with the lid on. About 1/2 hour later, et voila epicures, it's done and the rice has cooked inside the meat thoroughly. Serve mit schinkenbrot or tasty Russian bread to soak up the juice.......

Katyara....ooohhhh.....easter cake.....yummmmm.......

Slobbering again
Usualsuspect

cyndy22 · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 7:10 pm Post subject:

Usual Suspect,
I know what capsium are now. I just didn't recognize the name. They are delicious! My friend's 84 year old Babushka from Kyrgstan makes these. They are to die for. Babushka won't let me in her kitchen however. She likes her kitchen all to herself!

I am going to prepare Capsium when my guest from Belarus arrives Sunday. She is definitely going to gain a couple of pounds in US at my house. Not that we are fat. I weigh 110 after all. Well Fred, my husband is a little heavy but not too fat! It is fun though to cook for people. Besides Russian food, I will make Italion, Barbacue, and a number of other equally delicious meals. What was the best meal you ever had!
Mine was in a little town in France I have to think back to what town it was but the dinner was exquisite. Very fresh raw and cooked seafood, fuits de mer, incredible cheeses, etc. Lots of fine wine too to wash it all down! Nostrovia!

Mark · Frequent Guest Joined: 25 Mar 2004 Posts: 53

cyndy22 · Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2005 11:49 pm Post subject:

If you re-read my post you wiull see that I did prepare a salad. Smile

I agree Russias cuisine has quite a good variety of nice salads. In US like UK most people prepare good but none the less quite boring salads.

Though mom does make excellent potato salad. Its one of her signature dishes at every family event.

Mark · Frequent Guest Joined: 25 Mar 2004 Posts: 53

cyndy22 · Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 5:00 am Post subject:

Excuse me Mark,
How can you say what ever salad I made and described reminded you of some boring salad back home in UK? Your comment was insulting tbough you might not realize it.

Mark · Frequent Guest Joined: 25 Mar 2004 Posts: 53

Keoki · Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 11:18 am Post subject:

If I remember correctly, Winston did make an exception for homemade Russian food. In any case, if I'm ever in MA, now I know whose house I'll be stopping by for dinner:).

tripchik · Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 5:49 pm Post subject:

How About A Nice Plate Of Plov?

Uzbek lamb dish, usually mildly spiced with cumin and served with
saffron rice

There are some recipes and variants at:
http://www.islam.ru/kitchen/plov/

cyndy22 · Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2005 5:55 pm Post subject:

Keoki,
You would be welcome anytime at our table. Smile

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