Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Soup
Roast red peppers until blistered and blend with tomato, onion and vegetable stock for a smooth soup. Swirl sour cream into each hot bowl just before serving. Serve hot.
Fluffy Apple and Kefir Cake
Bake a fluffy kefir and apple cake with a tender, lightly tangy crumb. Layer sliced apples between two portions of batter and test the deep center before cooling.
Homemade Sweetened Condensed Milk from Milk Powder
Reduce milk powder, water and sugar into a thick sweetened milk syrup, stirring often to prevent scorching. Refrigerate this homemade condensed milk; it is not shelf stable.
Sour Cream Vanilla Cupcakes
Bake twelve tender sour cream cupcakes with a simple vanilla batter and optional raisins. Fill each liner two-thirds full and check the centers with a skewer. at home.
Thin Nalysnyky Pancakes with Cottage Cheese
Make thin Ukrainian nalysnyky from a rested milk batter and fill them with sweetened cottage cheese. Roll the pancakes and gently warm the parcels before serving.
Apple and Walnut Filo Strudel
Roll a cinnamon apple and walnut filling in buttered filo sheets for a crisp strudel. Drain the apples, add breadcrumbs underneath and bake until pastry is deeply golden.
Black Bean and Corn Vegan Chili
Simmer vegan black bean and kidney bean chili with corn, tomato, cumin and paprika. Use fully cooked beans and reduce the sauce until it coats a spoon. Serve it hot.
Folded Raspberry Puff Pastry Tart
Fold one puff pastry sheet around sugared raspberries and bake the fruit until bubbly. Cornstarch catches the juices and a short rest gives the rustic tart cleaner slices.
Brown Sugar Pecan Pie
Bake a brown sugar pecan pie with butter pastry and a rich egg-and-nut filling. Cool completely before slicing so the center sets without corn syrup. Serve in wedges.
Homemade Maria-Style Tea Biscuits
Bake thin, lightly sweet Maria-style biscuits from flour, butter, milk and vanilla. Prick each round before baking and cool completely for a crisp tea biscuit. Enjoy!
Zucchini and Tomato Spread for the Refrigerator
Cook a zucchini and tomato spread with onion and carrot until thick, then finish with vinegar. Keep this homemade vegetable spread refrigerated or frozen; do not pantry-can it.
No-Bake Cottage Cheese Cheesecake
Set a no-bake cottage cheese cheesecake with bloomed gelatin and a chilled biscuit crust. Blend the filling smooth and chill six hours before topping with berries.