Monday, October 6, 2008

Beef Stroganoff

Ingredients:

2 lb of beef, cut in thin long slices
2 onions, chopped
2 tablespoons of white flour
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 cups sour cream
3 lb of potatoes, sliced in thin strips


Preparation:

Heat the oil in the large pan, add the onions and saute until onions are soft - about 5-10 minutes.

Add beef chunks and cook until beef is tender about 20 minutes.


Add 2 tablespoons of flour, mix well.
Add sour cream and tomato paste and cook for 10 more minutes.
Season with salt and pepper.



Side dish:
Heat up 1 cup of olive oil in the large pan. Add small quantity of potato strips

and cook on medium-high heat until potatoes are ready.


Repeat the remaining amounts.
Cover the potato strips with the beef mixture. Sprinkle parsley on top for decoration.

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Sausage, pepper, onion and cheese omelette

Ingredients:


1/2 bell pepper, chopped
1/4 onion, chopped
2 tablespoons chopped sausage
2 eggs
Grated cheese
Butter


Preparation:


Add sausage, half of chopped pepper and half of chopped onions to the skillet, cook until soft.

Set aside.



Heat another pan on high heat, butter the pan and reduce the heat to medium. Whisk 2 eggs thoroughly, add to the pan, let it cook for 1-2 minutes and add half of the onions and peppers.

Flip the omelette, add sausage, pepper and onion from the first skillet. Add 1/2 of cheese.



Fold in half, place it on the serving plate and sprinkle cheese on top.

Friday, October 3, 2008

Monastery Cake

Ingredients:

Dough:
250 g of melted butter
1 cup of sugar
200 g of sour cream
3 to 3.5 cups of white unbleached flour
1 teaspoon of soda

Filling:
Canned cherries or fresh cherries or cherry jam

Cream:
500 g of sour cream
1 cup of sugar

Topping:

Grated dark chocolate and cherries

Preparation:

Prepare the dough by mixing the butter with sour cream. Add soda and sugar. Once thoroughly blended, add flour.

Divide the dough into 15 equal parts.

Roll each piece lengthwise, add 5 cherries and fold it.
Lay all 15 pieces on a cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for about 15-20 minutes until slightly brown.

Prepare the cream by beating sour cream with sugar (about 5-10 minutes).
Lay 5 pieces on a plate, cover with the cream,
Lay 4 pieces, cover with cream,
Lay 3, cover with cream,
Another 2, cover with cream,
And last one on top, cover with cream.

Place cherries between the "seams", and sprinkle with grated chocolate.
You can cover it completely with chocolate like I did here:


Or just a little bit of chocolate:

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