In the culinary traditions of different countries, there are many rare and unusual recipes, the combination of products in which seems strange to Russians to say the least. Nevertheless, the boundaries of national cuisines are blurring, and today rare dishes are increasingly appearing on the menu of Russian cuisine.
Light beer soup
Ingredients: 1.5 liters of light beer, cinnamon on the tip of a knife, 2-3 cloves, 2 egg yolks, 100 g of sugar, 250 g of processed cheese.
For croutons: 4 tbsp. l. vegetable oil, 4 slices of white toast bread.
Pour lager beer into a saucepan, boil and add a little cinnamon and cloves. Strain the brewed beer. Grind egg yolks with sugar until white. Slowly pour hot beer into sweet yolks. Cut the melted cheese into small cubes and arrange on soup plates. Pour beer with sweet yolks over the cheese.
Carefully cut off the crust from four slices of bread, cut the bread into small cubes. Heat 4 tbsp in a skillet. l. vegetable oil. Fry the croutons for 3-4 minutes, until golden brown. Put the prepared croutons in the hot soup.
Chicken stuffed with fruit salad
Ingredients: 1 chicken, salt, spices to taste.
For fruit salad: 1 kiwi, 50 g walnuts, 1 orange, half an apple, 1/4 mango.
Rinse the chicken carcass, let it dry. Rub with salt and a mixture of pepper and other spices to taste. Grill or microwave.
Carefully remove the fillet from the ribs with a knife. Fruit salad: cut the orange into small slices, cut the mango into long slices, and cut the apple into strips. Add finely chopped walnuts. Place on chicken ribs. Drizzle with mayonnaise or yogurt.
Jellied shrimp
Ingredients: 10 pieces of large (king) shrimps, juice of one lemon, 1 fresh cucumber, 1 large bell pepper, 2 tomatoes, 40 g of dry gelatin, 220 ml of water, salt, herbs and vegetables for decoration.
Soak gelatin in cold water, let it swell. Then heat until the grains dissolve, but do not boil. Boil the shrimps in water acidified with lemon, and then dip in a gelatin solution. Place the shrimps on the bottom of two molds and put the molds in the refrigerator so that the gelatin hardens and the shrimps stick tightly to the bottom.
Wash the tomatoes, cucumber, pepper thoroughly. Remove the seeds from the pepper and cut the vegetables into thin strips. Take the shrimp molds out of the refrigerator, put vegetables in them, add a little salt and gently pour gelatin. Put in the refrigerator until the jelly hardens. Turn the finished aspic, put it on the plates. Before serving, arrange the dish with herbs and slices of vegetables.
