A Russian recipe book lurks on the shelf and is occasionally leafed through, only to be returned to its lofty post due to lack of enthusiasm for heavy egg and pastry-based repast. But then one day I happen upon these chaps and I remember super tasty chewy cheese bun/cake things eaten on the mean streets [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Russian'
Sirniki (Cottage Cheese Cakes)
October 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Main Course · Russian · Starter · Vegetarian · cheese
Borsch
September 13th, 2008 · No Comments
A family gathering in Suffolk this weekend meant I was able to plunder my sister’s vegetable patch and return home with a binbags worth of wonderful homegrown produce. Along with a variety of beans, carrots and onions, my swag consisted of several kilos of beetroot as big as your face. The obvious thing to do [...]
Tags: Main Course · Russian · Soup · Starter · Vegetarian
Black Bread
February 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments
Searching through my book of breads I came upon black bread. It brought back fond memories of the rush to join the throng following the bread van as it arrived with fresh warm supplies, back in the pre-Lukashenko Minsk of 1993. And then I had to get rye flour which meant another trip to Holland [...]
Tags: Baking · Bread · Russian · Vegetarian