Anyone who has tasted a dish cooked in a real Russian oven at least once will hardly forget its special taste and aroma, which evokes pleasant thoughts about the caring hands of a loving grandmother living in the village.
Food with a special flavor
Indeed, now a real Russian stove can be found only in the outback, where people of the old school continue to honor traditions, love and respect the original Russian cuisine. And how many amazing dishes you can cook in such an oven! Loose boiled potatoes in a pot, pancakes with different fillings, ruddy pies, rich porridge with butter, sour cabbage soup, village varenets and much more.
The secret of the special taste and breathtaking aroma lies in the fact that food cooked in the oven, unlike food on an electric stove, does not boil, but languishes, gradually revealing the notes of each individual ingredient. We'll have to be patient, because the process is not fast, however, it is worth it. As a result of this sacrament, food becomes especially rich.
What to cook?
The traditional option, the simplest, but very useful and tasty, is porridge cooked in the oven. To do this, you should take cereals (you can use any, for example, millet), rinse it thoroughly in a deep cup. Then place it in a kettle and pour milk, by far the best steamed, rustic milk. The proportions should be observed in the following order: 1 glass of millet for 8-10 glasses of milk. It remains to add a tablespoon of sugar, salt to taste.
The stove must first burn out, and the firewood must turn into coals. After which she should still stand for 2-3 hours. After the oven is ready, you need to place a pot of porridge in it and cover it with a lid. In about an hour, we will need to stir the porridge. After 5-6 hours of simmering in the oven, the dish will be ready.
It turns out a delicate, airy, creamy porridge with the aroma of baked milk, it is a pleasure to eat it. And how much use it is! The products used for cooking are not boiled or boiled, but by languishing they reach the desired condition. This means that such food will not lose its useful properties, as is usually the case as a result of heating the temperature above 90 degrees.
Village Varenets
Oven-cooked, this delicious fermented milk product will taste significantly different from what people are used to buying in stores.
To prepare it, you will need: village milk of a high degree of fat content - 3 liters, and village sour cream - 250 g.
Milk must be poured into a cast iron pot, which is then placed in the oven for the whole day or night. During the period that it is there, the milk will become baked. After that, the milk must be cooled to about 35 degrees. That is, it feels like it should remain warm, but not hot or cold.
It remains to add sour cream to start the fermentation process. Cover the dishes with the future varenets with a towel and leave in a warm place for 12 hours. The cooled varenets are ready to serve.
You can describe as many as you like the advantages of the dishes cooked in the Russian oven, but until you try it yourself, you will never know. And worth a try! An unforgettable taste delight is guaranteed.
