Beef Stew

Ingredients:

1lb Beef roast or any piece

6-7 Potatoes

1 Onion diced in to small pcs

2 Carrots shredded

Salt and Pepper to taste

Boiling water

1tbs ketchup (optional)

Dill

Prep:

Cut the beef in to 1in pcs, put about a table spoon of olive oil a dutch oven heat it up and place the beef in to the dutch oven (you can use a regular pan) a little salt

Fry on high heat till ready when you cut in to it

Add the shredded carrots and cut onions and fry till onions are golden

Now add boiling water just to cover the potatoes and at this point you can add the ketchup also add salt and pepper to taste mix everything very well

Place in the oven at 350F for 40mins to 1 hour test the potatoes when they’re ready your done take the it out of the oven sprinkle some dill either fresh, frozen or dried mix close the lid let stand for a few minutes and your done.

 

Crepes with Farmers Cheese Filling

Ingredients :
½ cup lukewarm water

1 cup milk
4 Extra large or large eggs
½ stick  melted.
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 TBps sugar
Pinch of Salt
1 Stick of butter to spread on the crepes

Filling:

1lb of Farmers Cheese recipe Here  (you can substitute it with ricotta cheese but don’t use cottage cheese it won’t taste right)

1 8oz pack of cream cheese

¾ cup sugar (you can add a bit more of you like it sweeter)

 Preparations:

For the crepes place all ingredients in a blender or a mixer with a whisk attachment blend really well so there is no clumps but if you end up with a clump or two just run the batter through a strainer

Spread some oil on a 9in frying pan evenly heat it on medium

Fry each crepe only a few seconds on each side they should still be very light in color

Spread butter in each crepe when you take it from the frying pan

 

For the filling:

Mix everything together with either a mixer or a blender taste it to make sure you like the sweetness or you might want to add a little more sugar

Spread on each crepe

Roll up each crepe and cut them in half

Right before serving heat up some butter and fry the filled crepes on each side 

Serve with sour cream

 

 

Farmers cheese pastries (Sirkini)

Ingredients:

1 cup Farmers cheese (recipe Here )

1 egg
2-3 TBsp Sugar (you can use a little more if you like them to be really sweet)
½ cup flour

Preparation:

Blend everything together wither with a blender or a mixer

Take about a table spoon if batter make a ball with your hands and then flatten it out a little

Preheat oil in a frying pan and fry the Sirniki to golden brown on medium heat

 

Serve with sour cream

 

Farmers Cheese (Tvorog)

This cheese can be used for a lot of things like filling for crepes, filling for pastries it can be used in a lot of sweet and savory recipes and a lot of people eat it just as is or as kids like to mix it with a little sour cream and sugar.

Ingredients:

1 Gallon of milk

1 cup Kefir

Step by Step:

Pour the milk in to a large pan and cook over medium heat bring to boil

 

Now let it cool a little bit just enough that you can touch the pan without getting burned take the formed skin off and add the kefir mix really well

Now let it stand at room temp for about 4-5 hours

Prepare a strainer line it with either thick cheese cloth or a thin tea towel

When you see it’s thickened turn on the stove to medium heat again and cook till curd starts to separate and wait till just start to boil turn off the stove

Pour the cheese in to the strainer

Then carefully pick up the towel by 4 ends and tie it to something to hang so that all the liquid drips out completely

now the cheese is ready Fluff it up with a fork and your done

Buttery Press Cookies Malutka (печенье малютка)

These cookies are very buttery and soft

Ingredients:

200g Butter (room temp)
200g Powdered Sugar
1 cup Flour

3 Eggs

preparation:

Preheat the oven to 400F Beat the butter and sugar till fluffy

add the eggs beat till all sugar is melted

turn the mixer off and use a spoon to mix in the flour

put the dough in a piping bag or a cookie press with a simple round attachment and pipe circles about 1 inch wide and about 1.5in apart they spread a lot

bake for about 6-10 mins as soon as they turn golden they are ready