Question by Newell: What do people in Russia normally eat?
From reading the Arkady Renko Novels, (Gorky Park, Polar Star, Red Square, Havana Bay, Wolves Eat Dogs, Stalin’s Ghost) it appears that Russians Eat:
Potatoes
Beets
Bread
Tea
Pirogue (SP?)
Jam
Sausage
Mushrooms
Vodka
Samogon
Pork (when they can get it)
Cabbage
Is that right?
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Answer by HammyPuff
Russia is mainly a northern country with long-lasting cold winter. The food should give us much energy and warmth to survive during the winter time. So, the essential components of Russian cuisine are the ones, which provide more carbohydrates and fat rather than proteins. Fresh fruits and vegetables are rarely used in food. So, the top five components of a Russian meal are:
Potato (boiled, fried, baked, potato chops, potato pancakes, potato soup, smashed potato)
Bread (bread, toasts, bread-crumbs)
Eggs (boiled, fried)
Meat (pork and beef – chops, stakes)
Butter (usually added in all meals and spread on bread)
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Camerin says
Lemon Chicken Scaloppine recipe –
· Ingredients
Ingredients:
Chicken Pieces (Pounded & Cooked): 1 breast each (cut in to 3 pieces)
Olive Oil: 1/2 oz. vol.
Mushrooms, Sliced 1/8": 2 oz. wt.
Lemons (Fresh): 1/2 each
Heavy Cream: 1 oz. vol.
Artichokes (cut 1 artichoke in to 1/4): 1 each
Parsley (Finley Chopped): 2 tsp.
Lemon Sauce: 3oz. vol.
Pasta, Angel Hair (Coocked Before): 5 oz. wt.
Pancetta (Fried): 1 tbsp.
Capers (Fried): 1 tbsp.
Extras:
Cayenne Pepper: a dash (mix into lemon sauce)
Lemon Zest: Put pinch a dash of lemon zest on top of the chicken after you finish the presentaiton.
Tomatoes: 1 oz. vol. (Add on to of finished product.)
*Note: If some of the units or abbreviations look unfamiliar to you, click here.
· Method
Preperation:
1: Cook pasta
2: Mix lemon seasoning and flour to make a lemon flour
3: Make a lemon sauce by mixing 2 oz. vol. of lemon conectrate mixture with 4 oz. vol. heavy cream heating over medium in a sauce pan. Wait for mixtur to boil just a littly and add 1/2 C. salted butter. (Make butter soft in the microwave for just a few seconds in the microwave. DO NOT MELT COMPLETELY.) After sauce starts to boil slightly, add the softened butter slowly, mixing with a wisk. Make sure butter is completely mixed in and continue wisking for 30 seconds. After 30 sec. promptly remove from heat and put in a container to keep warm and keep sauce from breaking.
Procedure:
1: Make sure pasta is warm and ready to be used as soon ans the sauce and chicken are ready
2: Heat sauté pan over medium heat. Add oil and heat.
3: Put your cut chicken in the lemon flour. Add chicken pieces to sauté pan and sauté on each side for roughly 30 seconds.
4: Add sliced mushrooms to sauté pan and sauté with chicken for 1 minute.
5: When mushrooms are cooked, squeeze half a lemon into sauté pan and coat the chicken with juice (ensure that there are NO SEEDS).
6: Add cream to pan and stir to incorporate. Bring to a boil.
7: Cut artichoke piece in half lengthwise, add to pan, and cook for 15 seconds.
8: Remove pan from heat. Chicken must be an internat temperature of 165° F, maintaining 165° F temperature for 15 seconds.
9: Add parsley and stir to incorporate.
10: Add 2 oz. of your lemon sauce that was previously prepaired. (DO NOT RETURN PAN TO HEAT/FLAME)
11: Make sure pasta is warm and ready to use.
12: Twirl pasta into a nest using tongs and place at 12:00 on a large dinner plate.
13: Shingle chicken pieces against the pasta from the center to 5:00, from the center to 6:00, and from center to 7:00.
14: Pour remaining contents of pan on and around the chicken. Scrape sauce out of pan with a spatula to ensure all sauce is being used. (Place one piece of the artichoke on the side of the chicken that is at 5:00, and the other piece of artichoke on the side of the chicken that is at 7:00. (Thin part of artichoke facing pasta mound.)
15: Sprinkle ancetta and capers over the entire presntation.
16: Garnish entire presentation with chopped parsley.
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