STEWED LIVER IN SAUCE

Liver is a meat product that is quite often used in the diet of every person. The nutritional value of the liver is quite high: it contains a large amount of vitamins and substances necessary for the body. Quite a variety of dishes are made from the liver, for example: cutlets, salads, chops, liver cakes, or simply fried. It is best to use chicken or beef, as it will have less calories than pig liver. Cooking liver is not so easy, but if you follow our advice, you will end up with an excellent dish.Today we will tell you how to prepare delicious stewed liver in sour cream and cheese sauce. First we need to choose the right main ingredient. Fresh beef liver should be light pink in color and in one piece without any damage. We take the liver, wash it well, cut it and remove excess veins. We cut it into small pieces and beat it well with a hammer, but not too hard, as the liver is very soft and can be easily damaged. Roll the chopped pieces in flour and place tightly in a hot frying pan with vegetable oil.  Let us share a secret with you: before cooking, the liver should not be salted so that it does not turn out tough. Fry the liver for 2-3 minutes on each side over high heat. When fried, the liver will be covered with a crispy crust, but the inside will remain juicy.Now take a saucepan, put a piece of butter on the bottom and place the fried pieces of liver on it. Top each layer with chopped onion. Salt the onion a little, pepper it and add a bay leaf. We add a lot of onions as they will give the dish a sweetish taste. Having laid out all the products, pour them with the sauce that we prepared in advance. To prepare it, we take water, sour cream, salt, ground black pepper and a little red hot pepper, it will add piquancy to the dish.  Pour in so that the sauce covers the top layer of the liver. Cover the top with parchment paper and place on low heat to simmer, not for long, about 20-25 minutes. 5 minutes before the end of cooking, remove the paper and sprinkle the dish with grated hard cheese and leave for another 5 minutes. Turn off the heat, cover with a lid and let stand for a while so that the liver absorbs the aroma of onions and cheese even more. Best served hot, sprinkled with chopped herbs....

28 March, 16:04
CLASSIC CAKE "SPARTAK"

One ​​of the most popular cakes is the Spartak cake. This cake consists of thin chocolate cake layers and vanilla custard. There are many recipes for this dessert. Today we will share with you two options for making cakes, and also tell you how to make a delicious custard.The first recipe is that we brew the dough in a water bath. In a bowl, beat the following products: eggs, sugar, honey, milk, margarine. Mix everything well and place in a water bath. Reduce the heat and stir the mixture all the time until it is covered with bubbles. We put it all aside and let it cool. Meanwhile, take flour, cocoa and baking powder. Mix everything well and gradually add it to the cold brewed mass. Mix the dough. We put it on the board and divide it into several parts, the more the better. Roll out the dough, place it on a baking sheet and bake at 200 degrees for 7-10 minutes. The most important thing is not to overcook the cakes as they are very thin and will crumble.And now let's talk about the second, but no less tasty version of the cake layers for our cake.  The second way to prepare cake layers is to make the dough liquid. First, we beat the eggs with sugar in a bowl until light in color and add sour cream, melted butter and honey. In another bowl, mix flour, cocoa and baking soda with vinegar.  Now combine the liquid part with the flour. Mix thoroughly with a whisk so that there are no lumps. Let's start baking the cakes. The baking pan should be lined with parchment paper. Pour the dough into portions onto a baking sheet, level it with a spatula and bake in the oven preheated to 180 degrees for 7-10 minutes.To prepare custard we will need the following products: milk, eggs, flour, sugar and of course butter. First we beat the eggs and sugar, put it on low heat and stir all the time. When the mixture boils, pour in the milk and flour in a thin stream (you only need a little flour). As soon as the mixture begins to thicken, remove from heat and let cool. Using a mixer, beat softened butter with powdered sugar. Then gradually add the egg mass in portions. Beat with a mixer until an airy cream forms, adding vanillin at the end. Now the cream is ready for transferring the cakes. The final touch is to decorate the cake with melted chocolate....

26 March, 20:08
PIE WITH BUCKWHEAT AND POTATOES

Pie is a flour product that is prepared with different types of fillings. Housewife pies are made from shortbread, puff pastry or yeast dough. Today we will tell you how to prepare a delicious yeast pie filled with buckwheat and potatoes. You should start preparing the pie by preparing the filling. First we take the potatoes, wash and peel them. Cook it until tender in well-salted water. When the potatoes are ready, we drain the water and mash them well into a puree. Then cook the buckwheat in salted water until half cooked. At the end, add butter and cover with a lid and turn off the heat. In order to give even more aroma and taste to the filling, we fry a lot of onions in vegetable oil. This onion is very aromatic and sweet in taste. Now we combine potatoes and buckwheat, add fried onions and ground black pepper. Mix well and leave aside. While the filling is cooling, we begin to prepare the dough. To do this, we take flour, water, yeast, butter, salt and very little sugar, since our dough should be salty. Prepare the dough: pour water at room temperature, sugar and yeast into a bowl, and let the yeast ferment a little. Then add flour and knead the dough thoroughly. When it comes away from the hand and bowl, add vegetable oil and butter. Mix well and leave aside in a warm place to rise. The dough should double in size. Divide the finished dough into two parts, roll one thinly and place it in a prepared and greased form. Roll out the flatbread thinly as it will still grow. We spread our prepared filling on it in a thick layer. Now roll out the other part of the dough also thinly and cover it on top. Let the pie rise a little and put it in a preheated oven, after brushing the dough with beaten egg on top and garnishing with sesame seeds or poppy seeds. Bake the pie in the oven for 40-50 minutes. Remove the cake from the oven, cover with a towel and let it rest. ...

24 March, 20:40
STEWED PORK WITH MUSHROOMS AND BELL PEPPERS

Pork is very often used in the preparation of various dishes. Every housewife has her own secret in preparing pork dishes. Today we will share with you a recipe for cooking pork with bell peppers, onions and mushrooms. This dish is very tasty and elegant. It is so tasty that it is found at every feast and sells out with a bang.But for this you need to choose the right products. First we start with the choice of meat, because it is the main product in this dish. The pork should be quite fatty, as it is best suited for preparing similar dishes. Take a fresh piece of fat collar. It must be washed thoroughly under cold water, cleaned of excess films, and dried with a paper towel. We cut the meat into fairly large pieces. Give salt, ground black pepper and a little vegetable oil. We add vegetable oil so that the aroma of the seasonings is better revealed, and the meat becomes very soft with the addition of vegetable oil. Place it in a bowl, cover with cling film and give it time to marinate.In the meantime, we are preparing other products. We take the champignons, wash them and clean the caps from the film. It’s good to take small mushrooms and then put them whole in the dish. We also take the champignons in a bowl, add a little salt, seasoning “hops suneli”, because it is very well suited for pickling mushrooms, and ground black pepper, and to better reveal the aroma of the spices, we give vegetable oil and soy sauce. Also cover with cling film and set aside. Then we take bell pepper. It should be large in size, since such peppers have juicy and tasty pulp. You need to make sure that the pepper is not damaged and its surface is smooth, because such signs indicate that it is fresh and very juicy inside.But there is one little secret, so that the pepper does not become bitter, pour boiling water over it before use and hold for a few minutes. Then drain the water, dry the pepper and cut it in half to get rid of the seeds. Peel the onion and cut into four parts.And now we return to the meat. Place a frying pan on the stove and heat it up. Place the marinated meat tightly on a very hot surface and cook it over high heat for 3-5 minutes on each side. With such frying, an appetizing crust forms on each piece of meat, and inside it contains all the aroma and its own juice. To prepare such a dish, it is better to take a cast iron or ceramic pot. In such dishes the taste of the dish will be simply amazing. We put just a little butter on the bottom of the pot, then put the meat piece by piece, and chopped onion on it, add bell pepper and another layer of meat, and then everything in turn. After you have laid everything out, add some warm water and cover the top with parchment paper to better maintain the temperature.Place the pot in an oven preheated to 200 degrees and cook for an hour and a half. When the cooking time is up, turn off the oven and take out the pot, but do not open the lid, but leave it for a few minutes so that the dish steeps and all the flavors combine. The dish is ready, it will go with any salad side dish.Bon appetit....

22 March, 14:15