by Admin | Jul 20, 2024 | Side Dishes
Serves 8 to 10 • ½ lb. pot cheese • 3 oz. cream cheese • 3 Tbs. butter • 1 to 1½ tsp. French mustard, to taste • 2 Tbs. beer • 1 Tbs. minced capers • 5 Tbs. finely minced onion • 1½ tsp. paprika • cayenne pepper to taste • ¼ to ½ tsp. ground cumin or caraway seeds, to...
by Admin | Jul 19, 2024 | Side Dishes
It makes a little more than 2 cups. • 2 cups small-curd cottage cheese • 6 Tbs. sour cream • 3 cloves garlic, minced or mashed to a pulp; 2½ Tbs. minced fresh parsley • minced chives (optional) • fresh-ground pepper to taste • salt to taste 1. Press the cottage cheese...
by Admin | Jul 18, 2024 | Pasta, Noodles, Dumplings
A kugel is a puddinglike dish, best eaten hot. Noodle kugel is slightly sweet, but not a dessert. Try it for lunch, with a salad or some fruit. Serves 6 • ¾ lb. flat egg noddles • 3 eggs • ¼ cup sugar • ⅔ lb. hoop or farmer cheese, crumbled • ½ tsp. salt • ½ tsp....
by Admin | Jul 17, 2024 | Side Dishes
For a really special meal, try this: Prepare an antipasto assortment of, for example, Marinated Mushrooms, Peperonata, Garbanzo Bean Salad, and Insalatone. Add some hot peperoncini and a few cured olives and serve everything at once with a good Italian white wine. For...
by Admin | Jul 16, 2024 | Main Courses
Russian vareniki are like Italian ravioli: little pockets of pastry are filled with cheese. Serves 6 • dough • 1½ cups flour • ½ tsp. salt • 1 egg • 4 Tbs. water • 1 Tbs. butter, melted Filling • 12 oz. hoop or farmer cheese • ½ cup sour cream • 1 egg • pinch of salt...
