preeminent Russian Desserts

If you like to learn about supreme international desserts and make your own, it might interest you to know a bit about supreme Russian desserts. In Russia, desserts are regularly served at breakfast or eaten after an entree at dinner.

Pancakes, or blinis, are very popular. You might have tried these with smoked salmon or caviar but in Russia these little buckwheat pancakes are often served with honey, jelly or sour cream. Oladi are like blinis but thicker and more filling. Tvorog is Russian cottage cheese and this is served with berry jam or honey.

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Pastries are very beloved in Russia, especially apple pastries. Syrniki are made with fried cottage cheese and served with jelly, sweet dressings or honey. Russian teacakes are little cookie which are rolled in powdered sugar.

preeminent Russian Desserts

How to Adapt Russian sweetmeat Recipes

You might like to make your own Russian desserts to surprise your family but perhaps you want to tweak the recipes a little. If you enjoy making jello recipes, what about combining it with Russian recipes?

For example, Russians love to eat fruit pastries and you can make your own pastries using jello to hold the fruit topping in place and to add flavor. Try making a strawberry pastry with fresh strawberries in a layer of strawberry jello.

You can also pour jello over Russian cakes to add flavor and texture. Other way to adapt classic Russian recipes is to convert what they are served with. Honey is a beloved accompaniment to Russian desserts but you can try maple syrup or your beloved ice cream syrup.

Recipe for Authentic Russian Fruit Cake

This delicious formula is perfect for fruit cake fans. There are discrete types of fruit cake. perhaps you enjoy fruit cakes with fullness of nuts and a touch of whiskey or fruit cakes with lots of cherries. This Russian fruit cake contains discrete fruits and nuts and sherry for flavor. This is an easy fruit cake formula but you do need to let the fruit stand in the sherry overnight so start this cake formula a day before you want to bake it.

What you will need:

1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup plus 3 tablespoons sherry 3/4 cup chopped dried apricots 1 beaten egg 1/2 cup all purpose flour 3/4 cup chopped raisins 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 cup chopped candied fruits 1/2 cup sourdough starter 1/3 cup butter 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons sliced almonds 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon

How to make it:

Stir the fruits into 1/2 cup of the sherry and let them stand overnight. Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F. Cream together the butter, spices and sugars until the mixture is light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, then add the sourdough starter and stir the mixture. Add the almonds and fruit mixture. Sift the salt, baking soda and flour into the sourdough mixture and join well.

Cover a cake pan with wax paper, and then grease it well with oil. Change the cake batter into the cake pan and bake for 30 minutes or until done. Let the cake cool on a wire rack, and then take off the wax paper. Sprinkle the rest of the sherry over the cake.

preeminent Russian Desserts

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