Chapter IV · 18 recipes
Pies, Buns & Pancakes
Paska, pirozhki, apple pies, buns, crescent rolls and pancakes.
“Dream” Kefir Pancakes
Thick pancakes on full-fat kefir, fried in plenty of oil. Apples or berries can go into the batter.
Apple or Plum Pour-Over Pie
Apples or plums on melted butter, covered with a simple six-spoon batter.
Apple Pie
A thick layer of apples under a batter of eggs, flour, sugar and sour cream, baked in a frying pan.
Apple Strudel
A roll of thinly stretched dough with apples.
Dough for Chebureki and Lasagna
One margarine dough, for chebureki with minced meat and for a home-made four-layer lasagna.
Grated Jam Pie
A shortcrust pie with jam: half the dough is the base, the other half is grated over the top.
Homestyle Pizza
Home-made pizza on a yeast dough with margarine: tomato sauce, sausage or meat, onion, egg, cheese and mayonnaise.
Lemon Pie (Limonnik)
A pie filled with lemons put through a mincer with sugar.
Mum's Apple Pie with Cottage Cheese
A pie on a cottage cheese and sour cream dough, with apples inside and whipped egg whites on top.
Mum's Crepes
Thin pancakes made with milk.
Onion and Cheese Pie
A savoury pie on a sour cream dough, filled with softened onion, eggs and processed cheese.
Paska (Easter Bread)
Sweet yeast Easter bread with raisins.
Pirozhki with Cottage Cheese Dough
Small pies made with a cottage cheese dough.
Poppy Seed Buns
Yeast pinwheel buns filled with poppy seeds ground with sugar.
Puff Pastry Envelopes with Herring and Cod
Envelopes of beer puff pastry filled with herring, fresh cod and fried onion.
Soft Yeast Buns
Soft buns made with water and sunflower oil, cut out with a glass.
Yeast Crescent Rolls (Rogaliki)
Yeast crescents made with margarine, filled with cherries, jam, apple or cottage cheese and dipped in egg and sugar.
Yeast Pirozhki
Small pies on a yeast dough.