365 Foreign Recipes

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Ponchiki

A scrumptious Russian donut recipe for teatime.

1 1/2 cups flour
2 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp butter
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
1/2 tsp baking powder
100g vegetable or Canola oil
cinnamon powder

Sift flour, baking powder and cinnamon into a bowl. Beat eggs along with sugar and then add the butter and milk. Stir. Slowly add the flour mix while you continue to stir. Knead the resulting dough. Roll the dough out to about 1/2-inch thick. Cut round shapes out and make a hole in the middle so that you end up with rings. Fry in hot oil until golden-brown. Sprinkle powdered sugar on top.

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Adobo-rubbed Pork Tenderloin with Mango Mojo

Diced mangoes add a sweet surprise to traditional Cuban mojo drizzled on roasted pork.


1/2 cup achiote oil
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon cumin seeds
1 teaspoon salt
Juice of 2 limes
1 teaspoon dried thyme
6 sprigs cilantro, washed
2 pork tenderloins, 12-14 ounces, trimmed

Preparation: To make marinade, place all ingredients (except pork) in a blender and pulse 3 times for 3 to 4 seconds. Place the tenderloins in a shallow pan, pour the marinade over it, and place in refrigerator for 3 hours or, better yet, 24 hours.

Mango Mojo
1 firm and ripe mango, skinned and diced
3 tablespoons diced red onions
1 teaspoon garlic, minced
1/4 cup cilantro leaves, washed, picked, and roughly chopped
1 jalapeño, seeded and diced very finely
3 ounces mango juice
Juice of 4 limes
1/4 cup olive oil

Preparation: In a bowl, mix all the mojo ingredients and let the flavors blend for about 1 hour.

Preheat the oven to 350°F. In a large skillet over high heat, heat 1 tablespoon of achiote oil. Add the tenderloins. Brown well on all sides, place the pan in the oven, and cook for 5 minutes more. Take the pan out of the oven and let the meat cool slightly before slicing. Serve with the mango mojo. Makes 6 servings.

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Vegetable Paella

1 large leek, white and light-green parts only, sliced
1 lb. butternut squash, cut into 1-inch pieces
4 tbsp. olive oil, divided
1 medium onion, diced
1?3 tsp. cayenne pepper
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 cups basmati rice
2 1/2 cups chicken stock
1 cup white wine
1 cup frozen peas, thawed
1 large red bell pepper, diced
4 large plum tomatoes, chopped
1 jar (6 oz.) artichoke hearts
1/2 lb. Swiss chard, chopped

Preheat oven to 425°F. On baking sheet, place leek and squash, brush with 1 tbsp. olive oil and put in oven. Roast for 15 to 20 minutes, then remove and reduce oven to 350°F. In large paella pan, heat 3 tbsp. oil, then add onion and sauté over medium heat until softened. Stir in cayenne pepper and garlic. Add rice and cook while stirring for 2 to 3 minutes. Add stock, wine, leek-squash mixture, peas, bell pepper, tomatoes, artichoke hearts and Swiss chard, then stir and simmer 5 minutes. Place paella pan in oven and bake at 350°F for 30 minutes, until rice is tender and stock is absorbed.

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Shrimp with yellow rice

1 package (8-10 oz.) yellow rice mix
1-2 tbsp. olive oil
1 lb. large shrimp, peeled and deveined
5 tbsp. unsalted butter, divided
4 garlic cloves, finely minced
2 tbsp. capers
1 small jar artichokes
1 tbsp. white wine or chicken broth
1/4 cup fresh parsley leaves, finely chopped
Kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper
Red pepper flakes (optional)

Prepare yellow rice according to package directions. While rice cooks, in large, nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, add olive oil (enough to coat bottom of skillet). Add shrimp to hot skillet and cook on both sides until opaque, about 2 minutes. Place shrimp on platter and keep warm. Return skillet to heat and melt 2 tbsp. butter. Add garlic and cook 30 seconds or until fragrant, stirring constantly and being careful not to burn. Add capers, artichokes, white wine, remaining butter and parsley. Season with salt, black pepper and red pepper flakes, if desired, to taste. Return shrimp and any juices to skillet and stir to combine. Serve immediately with yellow rice. Makes 4 servings.

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Fish sticks with chipotle mayo dipping sauce

1 1/2 lbs. cod fillets or other firm whitefish
Vegetable or canola oil
1 cup flour
1/2 tbsp. seasoned salt
1 tbsp. kosher salt
1/2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
1 tsp. garlic powder
2 eggs, beaten
2 cups panko bread crumbs
1 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
1 chipotle pepper, chopped

Rinse and dry fish fillets, cut into 1-inch-wide strips and set aside. In deep skillet, preheat 2 to 3 inches oil to 350°F. In separate shallow dish, combine flour, seasoned and kosher salts, pepper and garlic powder. In two separate shallow dishes, place eggs and bread crumbs. Coat fish strips with seasoned flour, then dip into eggs and dredge in bread crumbs. Place strips in hot oil; do not crowd pan. Cook 5 to 6 minutes until golden brown, turning once. Drain on paper towel-lined platter. In small bowl, mix mayonnaise with chipotle pepper and serve alongside fish. Makes 4 servings.

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Chocolate Chile Glazed Pork

4 garlic cloves
1/4 tsp. oil
4 ancho chiles
1 1/2 tsp. achiote seeds
1 tbsp. cilantro leaves
1 1/2 tsp. fresh oregano
1 small bay leaf
1/2 cup white-wine vinegar
1/2 small onion, chopped
Pinch each of ground cumin, cloves, and cinnamon
1 tsp. sugar
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 1/2 lb. pork belly

For the glaze:
1 tbsp. honey, warmed
1 red chile, seeded and finely chopped
2 oz. unsweetened baking chocolate, melted

Preheat oven to 375°F. Place whole garlic cloves in small baking pan, pour oil over them, and roast 10 to 15 minutes, until soft and slightly charred. Let cool slightly; then squeeze out flesh.

Remove stems and seeds from ancho chiles. Soak chiles in boiling water 30 minutes; then drain. Place chiles, achiote seeds, and roasted garlic flesh in blender, along with herbs, vinegar, onion, and spices. Add enough water to blend to smooth purée; then add sugar and pinch of salt and pepper. Trim pork belly and smear chile purée over it. Cover and refrigerate at least 6 to 8 hours, preferably overnight.

Preheat oven to 350°F. Remove pork from refrigerator and wipe off excess chile purée. Place pork in baking pan, pour 1/2 cup water around it, and cover with foil. Bake 40 to 50 minutes, basting occasionally with liquid. Remove pork from oven and cool slightly; discard juices from pan. Mix all ingredients for glaze. Raise oven temperature to 500°F, cut pork into 1/4-inch-thick slices, brush with glaze, and return to oven 10 to 12 minutes. Makes 4 servings.

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Cucumbers Pickled With Red Currant Juice - RUSSIAN

What can be better than pickles with a cold, but warming heart bottle of vodka? Pickles are really good as appetizer and as garnish to any dish.

Wash cucumbers. Put spices on the bottom of a jar and stand cucumbers vertically. Pour over hot marinade and cover at once. Sterilize for 8 minutes.

* 3 ea pepper peas.
* 2 ea garlic cloves.
* 1 ea dill stalk.
* cucumbers.
* Marinade:.
* 1 l water.
* 250 g red currant.
* 50 g salt.
* 20 g sugar.

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Peppers in Tomato Juice - RUSSIAN
Pickled paprika will be the most delicious appetizer at winter time and make your table blaze with bright colours.

Cut cored pepper longwise into 4 pieces and sink in boiling water and then in boiling tomato juice with salt and sugar. Put pepper slices into jars tightly and pour over boiling juice, add vinegar and cover hermetically.


* 3 l water.
* 2 kg sweet bell peppers.
* 1 l tomato juice.
* 1 tb salt.
* 1 tb sugar.
* pepper peas.
* 1 tb vinegar 9 %.

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Pickled Mushrooms - RUSSIAN

Serve pickles with boiled potatoes and vodka -true Russian dinner. Sliced pickles are very good to garnish meat dishes.


Cook mushrooms well washed over medium heat in boiling water with salt until they are on the bottom for 15-20 mins. Place in sterilized jars. Make pickle. Boil water with spices for 30 minutes. Add salt and sugar. Stir until dissolved. Add vinegar and bring to boiling.
Pour hot pickle over mushrooms. Close the jars. Keep in the fridge for 3 days before serving.

* 1,5 kg small mushrooms.
* 4 c boiling water.
* 1 1/2 tb salt.
* Pickle:.
* 3/4 c sugar.
* 3/4 c vinegar.
* 1 3/4 c water.
* 10 peppercorns.
* 3 bay leaves.

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Pirozhki With Herring - RUSSIAN

Russian cuisine knows a great number of recipes for pirohi and pirozhki with various fillings and of different forms. Nevertheless, every housewife tries to create her own masterpiece. Pirohi differ from each other by the dough, form, filling and the way of preparing.

Chop margarine with flour, add yolks, salt, sugar and sour cream and knead dough, then put it in the fridge for 1-2 hours. After that roll the dough finely and cut out squares. Grind herring fillet, onion and boiled potato in a mincer, stir in an egg, sour cream and melted butter, ground black pepper and knead thoroughly. Put the filling on a square and pinch the edges. Brush pies with yolk and put on a greased sheet. Bake in a preheated oven for 20-25 minutes 200-230 C.


* Dough.
* 250 g flour.
* 125 g margarine.
* 1 ea yolk.
* 35 g sour cream.
* 5 g sugar.
* salt.
* Filling:.
* 150 g herring soaked in milk.
* 30 g onion.
* 150 g boiled potatoes.
* 1/2 ea yolk.
* 15 g sour cream.
* 20 g butter.
* ground black pepper.

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Pickled Mushrooms - RUSSIAN
Serve pickles with boiled potatoes and vodka -t rue Russian dinner. Sliced pickles are very good to garnish meat dishes.

Cook mushrooms well washed over medium heat in boiling water with salt until they are on the bottom for 15-20 mins. Place in sterilized jars. Make pickle. Boil water with spices for 30 minutes. Add salt and sugar. Stir until dissolved. Add vinegar and bring to boiling.
Pour hot pickle over mushrooms. Close the jars. Keep in the fridge for 3 days before serving.


* 1,5 kg small mushrooms.
* 4 c boiling water.
* 1 1/2 tb salt.
* Pickle:.
* 3/4 c sugar.
* 3/4 c vinegar.
* 1 3/4 c water.
* 10 peppercorns.
* 3 bay leaves.

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Pickled Onion - RUSSIAN

Pickled onion serves as a wonderful appetizer, piquant ingredient for vegetable salads, or garnish to meat dishes.

Blanch onion for 2-3 minutes, then peel the top skin and crop the bottom. Wash under running water and put in a jar. Pour over hot marinade, add vinegar and sterilize the jars for 10-12 minutes.


* Marinade (1 l water):.
* 2 tb salt.
* 2 tb sugar.
* 2-3 ea cloves.
* 1 tb vinegar.
* small onions (2 cm).

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Galushki From Veal - UKRANIAN

Galushki are a Ukrainian traditional dish. Galushki can be made from small pieces of dough or mincemeat. They are served with sour cream or different sauces.

Whip butter, add an egg, grated white bread, finely chopped and knead thoroughly. Shape small balls and cook in boiling salted water.




* 500 g veal.
* 100 g butter.
* 1 ea egg.
* 100 g white bread.
* green parsley.
* salt.

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Beef Tongue in Polish Way

Beef tongue has always been considered a dainty. This recipe is taken from ancient Jewish cookbook and was written in Old Slavonic language. Trust your sense of proportion and you will succeed! You will enjoy it!

Cook tongue in water with pepper, salt and spices; peel off the skin and set aside. Fry chopped onion in fat until light brown and add a pinch of sugar. Stir in flour in broth and add vinegar to taste. Add onion, raisins and chopped almonds to broth and stew on low heat, then add tongue, cover tightly and stew for a half an hour.

* 1 ea beef tongue.
* 1 ea whole pepper.
* spices.
* salt.
* 1 ea onion.
* fat to fry.
* 1 tb flour.
* 1 ts vinegar.
* sugar.
* 1 tb raisins.
* 1 tb chopped almond.

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Fried Chicken - from an old Jewsih cookbook

Chicken is loved by everyone. This dish is so quick and simple to make, it will take a half an hour to make a pleasure to all your family.


Bring to boil chicken in water with salt and cook for a while; take out, cool down and brush with beaten eggs. Roll in breadcrumbs and fry in a large heavy skillet in fat. Serve with vegetables: green beans, young carrot, and asparagus.


* 1 ea chicken.
* salt.
* 3 ea eggs beaten.
* breadcrumbs.
* fat to fry.

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Meat Kugel - from an ancient Jewish cookbook

This rich dish will be a real treat for everyone. Serve Kugel with fresh vegetables.


Combine all ingredients and knead meat mass until soft and smooth. In a large pan, shape meat into a hill and smooth out sides with a wet hand. Pour over boiling water very carefully to coat and bake in a preheated oven. Bake on low heat for 3-4 hours. Add water or fat if needed regularly.

* 1 oz finely chopped beef.
* 1/8 oz chopped fat.
* 1 ea small roll grated.
* 1 ea garlic clove finely grated.
* 2 ea eggs.
* pepper.
* salt.
* spices.
* thyme.

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Guekhakhte Leber (Liver Pate) - from an ancient Jewish cookbook

Guekhakhte Leber is liver pate. This is a traditional Jewish dish.

Wash liver and peel off the skin, chop it into small pieces and fry in oil until cooked. Grind liver pieces with a soaked in water white bread slice. Fry finely chopped onion until light brown and add it with salt, pepper and melted fat to beef mince. Stir thoroughly. Serve in a deep plate and decorate with slices of hard-boiled eggs and chopped green.


* 250 g beef liver.
* 1 ea white bread slice.
* 2 tb chicken fat.
* 2 ea eggs.
* 1 ea onion.
* 30 g spring onions.
* salt.
* pepper.

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Mandelakh - from an ancient Jewish cookbook

Mandelakh is a Jewish dish, made from unleavened dough and fried in oil. Excellent chance to taste a new cuisine.

Combine water flour, eggs and salt and knead dough. The dough must be soft and smooth. Pinch a piece of dough and roll into a thin sausage and slice it. Fry small rounds in heated oil until golden. Take out and let oil flow down. Serve with broth.


* 1 c flour.
* 2 ea eggs.
* 1/2 c oil.
* 1/3 c water.
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Amich - ARMENIAN

Amich is a traditional Armenian dish. This is a baked chicken stuffed with rice, dried fruits, nuts and spices. Amich is considered an excellent dish for the holiday table.


Cook rice until half done, then fry in oil. Salt to taste.Fry dried fruits and nuts in oil for 5 minutes. Combine rice with fried fruits and stuff the chicken with this mass. Sear the chicken until light golden. Then grease with butter and put in a deep pan. Pour over 1/2 c water and bake in a preheated oven for 40 minutes, pouring jus regularly, until done.


* 1 ea chicken.
* 1/2 c rice.
* 1/2 c peeled almonds.
* 1/4 c dried apricots.
* 1/4 c raisins.
* 6 ea dates.
* 1 tb chopped basil.
* cloves.
* 1 ts cinnamon.
* 100 g melted butter.
* salt.

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Fish Kchuch - ARMENIAN

Fish Kchuch is a dish from national Armenian cuisine. This is fish fillet in wine, baked with vegetables in a crockery pot. Hot spices give unique piquancy to the dish.

Grease the pot with butter. Put the following layers on the bottom:sliced onion, diced tomatoes and pepper. Then season with all peppers, put fish slices and cover with the layers of vegetables. Season with other spices and pour over wine. Make stiff dough from flour and water and shape a cover for the pot. Cover tightly and bake in a preheated oven for 30-40 minutes.

* 1 kg fish fillet.
* 5 ea onion.
* 100 g butter.
* 4 ea tomato.
* 4 ea sweet red pepper.
* 1/2 c white grape wine.
* 10 ea black pepper pea.
* 1/2 ts ground red pepper.
* 3 tb tarragon.
* 2 ts salt.
* dough for the cover.