Russian Recipes

"This is a delicious orangey tea that just smells wonderful! I portion out some of the mix in little holiday ziploc baggies to give as gifts at the holidays. I am always surprised how many people have never had this tea. I have used this recipe for 8 years and have had many positive comments. A nice way to present this tea is to fill a zip-plastic baggie..."

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Ingredients: ground allspice, iced tea mix powder...

"My favorite recipe from the old 1970s cookbook The Vegetarian Epicure. I've adapted it a bit, most notably replacing butter with butter-flavored cooking spray."

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Ingredients: cream cheese, dried basil...

"This is a "tried & true" recipe for Russian Black Bread that I've had for years. I have no idea where I got it from, perhaps the back of the rye flour bag or yeast envelope. Prep time includes rising times. January 2009: Recently while going through a box of old cookbooks (stored in my attic), I came across the original copy of..."

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Ingredients: cornstarch, dark molasses...

"This is SO good! It's a project for a day when your feeling creative. Georgians make this bread into a large loaf for special occasions, but street vendors also sell it in smaller, tart-sized diamonds, or "beggars' purses"."

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Ingredients: fresh ground pepper, goat cheese...

"A great way to use left over potatoes. Every Christmas Eve we had perogies. They do go fast so we'd fight over them. The fillings are unlimited. Cabbage, Cheese, Fruit, mushrooms, sauerkraut or check out my Recipe #146547 FYI: add a touch of herbs to one dough and paprika, curry, cinnamon to another when making a couple different fillings so you..."

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Ingredients: cream cheese, eggs, onions...

"This is a great vegetarian pancake, easy to make and is delicious. This recipe was passed to my Mother over 100 years ago and has been a favorite of the families."

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Ingredients: eggs, extra virgin olive oil...

"A standard Russian peasant dish handed down from my great-grandfather. Nothing fancy, but I haven't met anybody yet who doesn't like it. Great on chilly days. (Note: my family used to add a dab or two of butter to their plates, but that's optional.)"

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Ingredients: kielbasa, potatoes...

"Delicious deli style crabmeat salad. Easy to make and out of this world!"

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Ingredients: dried oregano, green bell peppers...

"There must be dozens recipes out there, all made by their grandmother's and mother's, who were Polish,Ukranian, Hungarian, Russian or from others who have some other Eastern European background, but I decided I would add mine which my grandfather, from Rumania, used to make with me in our home in Cuba. My father would just melt when I made this and..."

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Ingredients: fresh coarse ground black pepper, unsalted margarine...

"This recipe is from the "old" Russian Tea Room Restaurant in NYC (before the original owner's daughter took it over.) Authentic in flavor and preparation (no short cuts) and was always served over RICE (not noodles) at the restaurant."

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Ingredients: fresh ground pepper, dry white wine...

"This soup is addicting! We like it better than broccoli soup. The recipe comes from a dear friend, who was a chef."

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Ingredients: pepper, frozen spinach, milk...