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Rus: Zakuski the Appetizers of the Rus - Part 2 - Page 6


© Dr. Donald R. Houston
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Cover with a kitchen towel & weighting it with a can of something.

Allow cheese to drain undisturbed for 2-4 hrs. Then use back of a large spoon to force cheese through a fine sieve.
Beat in egg yolks & gradually beat in flour, salt & sugar.
Shape mixture into equal sized balls.
Place cheese balls on a lightly floured surface.
Use your hands to form them into 3"-4" long cylinders.
Wrap each cylinder separately in wax paper & chill for 30-60 mins.
Cut each cylinder into 1" wide rounds.
Melt 4 tb butter in a heavy 10"-12" skillet.
Add 6-8 rounds to your skillet then fry over med-heat for 3-5 mins. per side until golden brown.

Transfer to a heated platter & cover them loosely with foil to keep warm.
Fry remaining rounds & add butter to pan as needed.
Serve them hot, with a bowl of sour cream along with jam or preserves.

ORIGIN: Dr. Yulya Govinenkova, Zhitomir-Ukraine, circa 2003

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Title: Goluptsi - Stuffed Cabbage
Categories: Ukrainian, Maindish, Ethnic, Meat, Vegetable
Yield: 4 Servings



4 3/8 lb Cabbage
1 c Millet
1 3/4 oz Salt Pork
2 ea Carrots
1 ea Onion
2 tb Flour
4 tb Tomato Paste
8 tb Sour Cream
2 tb Butter
2 c Water or broth as needed
Hot Peppers
Salt to taste

Pour boiling water over a head of cabbage with stem removed.
Separate leaves from head & trim veins.

Dice onions & carrots fine then saute until onions are starting to brown.

Wash millet well, cover with water & bring to a boil.
Strain & combine with chopped salt pork, carrot/onion mixture peppers salt & raw eggs.

Mix thoroughly using your hands, then place portions of mixture onto cabbage leaves, roll tightly & tuck in the ends.
As you finish rolling cabbage rolls, put them into a Dutch oven & add sour cream dressing, boil thoroughly strain, salt & serve.

SOUR CREAM DRESSING:
Brown flour in butter. Add tomato paste, sour cream & some of broth from millet.

ALTERNATIVE:
Put cabbage rolls in a large baking pan, make sour cream dressing without thinning it, cover rolls & bake at 325 deg-F for about 1 hr.

ORIGIN:Dr. Oksana Rukhinitskiya, Brovary-Ukraine, circa 1992

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Title: Livre V Smetana - Liver in Sour Cream
Categories: Ukrainian, Ethnic, Meat, Maindish, Appetizer
Yield: 4 Servings



2 1/2 lb Liver (calf-pork-beef)
2 ea Onions chopped
1 c Sour cream

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