Month: July 2019

Estonian Saarde Grated Potato Scone. Saarde Kartuli Riivkarask

riivkarask 1(8)Saarde is the region in South Estonia.

And this is a light and simple summer dish was to use meat leftovers. The most complicated part in this recipe is to grate potatoes, but other… this is easy to bake  😉

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Simple Cold Quark Sauce. Külm kohupiimakaste

Amazing and very simple summer dinner. Full of proteins, easy to do and very delicious. Serve with boiled new potatoes and use a lot of greens.kohup kaste1 (1)

Cold Quark Sauce

  • Servings: 4-6
  • Difficulty: easy
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A fresh, light, cold sauce with new potatoes for a summer dinner.

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Ingredients

  • 200 g- 300 g quark. Look how to make quark
  • 1/2 -1 glass of milk or sour cream
    • –  salt, pepper, chopped greens and/or caraway seeds

Directions

  1. In a medium bowl, toss together quark and milk. Add milk or sour cream as much you like for suitable consistent
  2. Season
  3. Serve with boiled potatoes and with salted/marinated herring

 


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Meadowsweet Syrup with Red Currants. Angervaksa – punasesõstrasiirup

angervaksasiirup (10)Meadow-sweet is just amazing. It is healthy, taste and flavour are wonderful. Smell it! The smell drives your crazy, This is a smell of summer and freedom and childhood summer holidays with grandmother.
And what is most important: it is for free. A small walk in the meadows is just for the bonus.

Meadowsweet by yourself is sweet and tastes like almond. Currants give more deepness, flavour and tartness. You can use other sour berries like rhubarb or strawberries.  And get a maybe more interesting result.

And look at this colour!! 🙂

Where to use?  Taste the drinks. During wintertime, it helps to cure fever and cold. Use for flavouring salads, marinades and sauces.

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Fish in newspaper

I got this idea from Jamie Oliver. And it sounded very intriguing to me. Is it really possible to grill fish in the newspaper? And yes, this is possible. And the result is juicy and delicious.

 

 


Clean a fish. Using a sharp knife, make a shallow cut from here along the belly of the fish, stopping at the base of the gills. Use your fingers or a dull spoon to scoop out the fish’s innards.
Fill fish with a bit of the oil, leek, lime and dill. Season with pepper and salt.
Wrap a fish in a double newspaper paper. Dip package into the water ( do not soak! Just for a minute), and start grilling.

Baking time depends on fish. But it takes for 15-20 minutes. But check by time to time!

 

 

Raspberry and Cottage Cheese Cake. Vaarika- kodujuustukook

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Estonian cottage cheese is a little bit salty accord. And this makes this cake very interesting.

Juicy sweet and sour raspberries, little bit salty squeaking curd combined with sweet fluffy cream and biscuit.

The addition of cottage cheese adds protein to your otherwise carb-filled cakes which can help you keep your weight under control and keep daily cravings at bay.

Interesting fact: In Estonia, cottage cheese began to be produced in order to meet the cheese production plan set by Moscow to the USSR. The National Planning Committee of the USSR almost doubled the cheese production of the Estonian SSR for the five-year plan, So, this is a reason why Estonia began to produce cottage cheese which was reported as cheese in the reports 🙂

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