Explore the rich taste and history of Russian cuisine in this sumptuous cookbook filled with 60 mouthwatering recipes, whose preparation is shown here step-by-step.
The book's author, Elena Makhonko comes from Saint Petersburg, Russia. She moved to Sweden in 1980 and worked in Stockholm's biggest test kitchen. Elena took her first cooking lessons from her grandmother, and later learned from her mother, who is a skilled cook.
In this book, she introduces delicious Russian soups, tempting appetizers, wonderful fish, meat and vegetable dishes, sweet cakes and pastries.
You will also find some regional specialties from the Georgian, Ukrainian and Baltic traditions, as well as the classic, often French-inspired gastronomy of Moscow and St. Petersburg.
The recipes in this excellent book include Borscht (beetroot soup), Pirojki (little stuffed pastries), Pelmeni (savory dumplings) and classic Beef Stroganoff... You will learn with its help how to make Kulitch and Paskha, the two most popular Russian Easter cakes!
You will see the name of each meal in English language (with its Russian pronunciation shown in English underneath)! There is a word index in the back of the book.
This festive book gives some helpful information on how to decorate the table in the Russian way, how to select and eat zakuski (appetizers), etc. There is a chapter about some Russian holiday traditions, too!
In English language. Publisher: Aquamarine (UK). Large format. Hardcover.
Glossy paper. 128 pages. 300 color photographs. Gift quality!
