Cut fresh cabbage into long strips or into squares. Place into a deep bowl. Add shredded carrots, bay leaves, whole allspice and mix well. Mix water and salt together to create salt solution. Transfer your cabbage mix into a glass or ceramix jar or bowl and add your salt solution. Read more…
Bring water to a boil. Mix water with one part of rye flour, mixing well. Make a thick dough (aim for sour cream thickness) and leave this dough for 24 hours in dark warm place. In a separate bowl mix yeast, warm water and rye flour that’s left. Mix well Read more…
Roughly chop lean beef. Grind the meat in food processor. Do it another time, this time along with bacon. Cut the onion into small cubes and cook on a skillet with a bit of butter until onion turns translucent. Soak a piece of white bread in milk. Then wring it Read more…
Look over your cranberries and toss any bad ones. Wash them thoroughly. Splash with boiling hot water and then wash under running cold water again. Mash the berries with a spoon, add a cup of water and mix. Sift through cheesecloth. Place the pupl and leftovers in a bowl, add Read more…
Heat the water a little, add in the yeast and a quarter of the flour, mix well, cover with a kitchen towel and leave to rise for about 40 minutes. After the pre-dough has increased in size 2-3 times, add the remaining flour and oil and mix well with your Read more…
Peel whole potatoes and place into salted boiling water. Add peeled yellow onion, 1 bay leaf and boil for 10-15 minutes. When potatoes are done, pour the water and take onion and bay leaves out. Dry potatoes a little. To do so, simply leave them in the pot with no Read more…
Peel the cucumber and shred it. Leave for 20 minutes and then wring out all the liquid. Peel and chop garlic and dill. Mix grated cucumber, garlic, dill, juice of ¼ lemon and salt in a bowl. Cover and leave in the fridge for at least 1 hour. You will Read more…
Finely chop fresh green cabbage and shred a carrot. Transfer into a big bowl, add bayleaf and peppercorns, mix well. Mix water, sugar and salt until dissolved. Take a glass jar or deep clay pot and pack the cabbage mix in hard, add water with salt and sugar. Cover with Read more…
To make rye bread brew, cut a day old rye bread into pieces and dry in the oven until it develops a little darker color. Place the bread into a deep pot, cover with boiling water and leave to sit for 5 hours. Add sugar and yeast to the mixture Read more…
Cut white bread or baguette into slices ½ inch thick. Toast them on one side in the pan with butter. Chop onion nicely and fry on the skillet with butter until onion turns translucent. Add chopped mushrooms and cook on medium low heat for 5-7 minutes. Then add salt and Read more…