A light berry cake, Sour and juicy berries are combined with sweet and crispy meringue
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Seto Summer Fish and Strawberry Salad. Seto kala ja maasikasalat
This is a classical Seto salad. Traditionally it is made with herring, but I got freshly smoked Peipsi Lake vendace …
Look at this! See, if it is not appetizing : ) 🙂
A combination of strawberries and fish may seem strange. But sour and sweet berries complement saltness of fish very well. The onion adds a structure and a sparkle.
And rye bread. This is just a base. The heart of this salad.
- Cleanse fish. Herring or other smoked and salty fish
- Toast rye bread and cut into slices
- Cut strawberries into slices
- Chop chives
- Chop (red) onion. If you are going to use “white” onion, I suggest to marinate it for a couple of the minutes in strawberry juice.
For salad dressing
season sour cream with pepper and (taste your fish !!) with salt.
And some horseradish makes it even better…
Top 10 Estonian Summer Dishes. Eat Summer Dishes Like Estonian.
I love Estonian Summer. everything is green and flourishes and smells. White and short nights and long warm days.
And finally, you can see the sun 🙂
Of course, there have been records, very warm and very cold summers. But in average summer temperature is +23-25 C degrees. And after few days of warm days starts whining…. too hot 🙂
The Estonian climate is very humid, which means that our warm feels very warm and our cold feels very cold.
As everywhere, Estonians eat and drink during summertime food, which does not need long preparation time and time in front of the hot stove.
There are few Estonian favourite Summer Dish
Different salads and grilled meat and fish. For example Chicken In Yoghurt Marinade
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Simple Strawberry salad with yoghurt Cheese
Beautiful and colourful delicious salad. Salty cheese and sweet strawberries complement each other.
Depending on the season you can add some tomatoes and cucumbers as well
Mix together
strawberries
greens
yoghurt cheese
seeds
For dressing
puree 100 g strawberries
season with
honey
salt and pepper
Nettle Potato Fritters. Nõgese kartuli kotletid
Nettles are very important and has been used in Estonian folk medicine centuries.
Folk wisdom teaches that nettle contains vitamins C and K, B vitamins, as well as minerals like calcium, magnesium and iron, to name a few
The nettle takes away fatigue, abdominal pain and water swelling, reduces and stops bleeding, reduces the appearance of diabetes mellitus
And did you know: nettles contain vitamin C 2.5 times more than the lemon (660 mg%).
But of course, you can use any weed to replace nettles. Goutweed taste like carrots and celery. Nettles are a little bit sweet. And wood sorrel is sour.
Nettles keep 1-2 minutes in the boiling water. Goutweed and wood sorrel are edible fresh.
NB! Use only young, fresh, new, small weed, growing in the pure environment.
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Rhubarb Crumble Cake. Rabarberipurukook
A delicious, crunchy and juicy rhubarb or apple crumble cake. Soft and mellow rhubarb cake with a crunchy top. I love a combination of tart rhubarb or apples and sweet dough.
Summer
Simple Spring Salad with Spruce Tips Mayonnaise
Homemade mayonnaise? This is very easy. Look at my recipe and video:
Mix together:
boiled potatoes
greens and weed
spruce tips
cucumber
radish
and season with spruce tips mayonnaise
4 Best Routs to Visit South Estonia #visitestonia #southestonia #võro #seto
1. I would suggest not to drive from Tallinn directly to Tartu, but take a detour and admire Shore of Peipsi Lake.
Tallinn – Rakvere (99 km / 1h 12 min)- Kuremäe ( from Rakvere 91 km/ 1h 10 min)- driving along lake Peipsi (Lohusuu, Mustvee, Alatskivi) 94,6 km/ 1 h) to Tartu (from Alatskivi 40 km/ 37 min)
- Rakvere visit 13th-century castle ruins, open 10-18, ticket 9 euro
- Kuremäe
The Pühtitsa Dormition Convent (Kuremäe Convent) is open every day: 07:00 – 19:00, free - Mustvee
Mustvee Old Believer’s Museum is one of the 21 places in Southern Estonia worth discovering that are marked by a yellow National Geographic window; is open advance bookings only - Alatskivi
Alatskivi Castle is a Neo-Gothic castle in Alatskivi, Estonia. Dating to the 17th century; amazing rose garden. Take a tour in the castle, participate in workshops - Have dinner in Alatskivi pub or
- Fish and Onion Restaurant of the Old-Believers of Kolkja open 12-18
- And/ or visit Peipsimaa külastuskeskus /Peipsimaa Visitor Centre. Workshops, dinner, info…open Wednesday- Sunday 11-18
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How to do Homemade Spruce Tips Mayonnaise. Video. Kuusevõrsemajonees
Homemade mayonnaise. This is a piece of cake. You have to follow a few simple rules and everything is easier than you can imagine.
When I was a child was very usual and popular appetizer eggs with mayonnaise. This combination is still very delicious. But I like this homemade mayonnaise as a simple spread as well. Or prepare different salads. Sour spruce tips are complements other spring vegetables cucumbers, radish and lettuce very well.
I did my recipe with spruce tips. Spruce tips are a little bit tart and full of vitamins.
Important:
- For the preparation of the mayonnaise, all materials must be at room temperature.
- If you do not succeed, use classical preparation direction: add oil slowly, stirring constantly
- Keep your home-made mayonnaise tightly in the refrigerator not more than 5 days
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Estonian Cuisine. Eesti Toit. 