Aladebi

The original blins are very different from the Georgianized version of these lovely creatures . I like all the versions but I am gonna post today my daughter 's favorite blins , which we call Aladebi. These are a crossover pastries between American pancakes and Russian blins .Easy and yummy , great with a hot cup of drink .
Ingredients :
1).4 eggs.
2).1 cup of sugar.
3).1 tb of vanilla extract.
4).2 tea spoons of baking powder.
5).12 oz of plain yogurt.
6).1-2 cups of flour .
7).1/2 cup veggie oil of some kind .
Preparation :
Mix eggs couple minutes add sugar mix more , until sugar is kind of dissolved add soda into yogurt and pore into egg and sugar mix add vanilla ,stir until everything well combined and add cup of flour , add more flour if necessary, batter should be medium thickness little thicker than regular pancake batter .For better results let the batter rest 5-10 minutes before start frying.Take an ice cream scooper and pore one by one into the hot pan with oil, after one side is brown flip on another side.When done arrange them on a wide shallow plate and sprinkle with powder sugar if you like .They are delicious and great with some fruit preserves.Enjoy!

Time for Borshch

Well, probably everyone knows what is Borstch , it is a Russian product almost as famous as Matrioshka dolls and Communism.Ironically it is color red, one more "unmistakable"and very stereotypical Russian feature. Anyway, let's get cooking :), let me warn you that recipe below is not traditional Russian, but my own take on it:), and let me tell you I had lots of practice making "The Borshch".I make it at least once a week , the only soup my husband and daughter actually eat with pleasure.
Ingredients:
1).1 pound or 2 ( depends how big is your pot) beef or veal , for the best results get some bones too.
2).2 medium carrots.
3).2 medium beets.
4).About 1/2 medium cabbage
5).1 medium onion.
6).2 tbs of tomato past.
7).2 tbs red wine vinegar.
8).1 ts sugar.
9).2-3 bay leaves.
10).1-2 liters of boiled water.
11).1 oz chopped Dill
12). Salt and black pepper according to your taste buds :).
13).Little butter if the meat is lean.
14).Sour cream for garnish.
15).1-2 cloves of minced garlic if you like it, you can omit garlic also:).

Preparation:
First prep your veggies and meat. Cut meat and chop onions; grate carrots and beets and cut cabbage as thinly as possible .Take a large pot put on medium to law heat add meat and bay leaves , cover and when meat is almost cooked add onions; when you see onions are cooked , soft and almost disappeared , add carrots and beets stir, cover and wait couple of minutes, meanwhile in a medium bowl prepare mixture of tomato paste , vinegar , salt and sugar, incorporate these ingredients and than add some hot water when smooth pore it over meat and veggies , stir and cover again and wait couple of minutes; in a little while
Pore boiling water in pot fill it up 3/4 and than add cabbage, let it boil 2-3 minutes and than add garlic if you like and dill. Turn off the heat and season the soup with salt and pepper .Before eating add some sour cream into the soup and also I would recommend eating it with dark kind of breads or sourdough.I hope you will like the Borshch and again do not be afraid of improvising! That's how I created my version of the Borshch :).

Shockmanje

 TIME  FOR SWEETS

  Today I am in a mood for sweets, I have a recipe  from my childhood, sweet treat called "Shockmanje ".:)))from the sound of it you will probably guess it has to do something with chocolate,well you have guessed correctly:). It's pretty easy ,let's start,

INGREDIENTS:
1)5 eggs
2)5 table spoons of sugar (or more if you make your own chocolate)
3)pinch of salt
4)5 oz butter (unsalted is better)
5)100 grams of milk chocolate (or you can make your own chocolate, with sugar , cocoa powder and 1 spoon of milk, whisk everything together ,add butter and put i on law heat ,let is melt and bubble and turn off the heat,let it cool)
6)1 shot of Amaretto liquor  or Cognac
7)1 spoon of vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS:
Combine butter and chocolate in a sauce pan and put it on a law heat,whisk slowly with a wooden spoon, as soon as everything melts turn off the heat and put aside the sauce pan to cool.
Separate 5 egg yolks from egg whites, than mix 5 egg whites together, when they rich thick an white consistency ad sugar and pinch of salt when sugar melts start adding yolks on by one,than add vanilla and liquor, finally fold in the cooled chocolate mixture you have prepared and put aside.Last step is to transfer "Shochmanje" into small glasses and put in freezer, you can taste them after couple of hours and they are Delicious!!!!
Don't forget toppings:) you can shave some chocolate on top or walnuts and whip cream, well sky is the limit :)))
Good luck an feel free to experiment with the recipe!