Layered Meat Pie
Egg dough baked in two layers around a braised ground pork filling, finished with warm sour cream and grated cheese — a satisfying Central European savory pie.
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Egg dough baked in two layers around a braised ground pork filling, finished with warm sour cream and grated cheese — a satisfying Central European savory pie.
A quartered young chicken cooked in a white sour cream roux, served with boiled cauliflower florets arranged around the meat and the cooking sauce poured over.
Pan-fried sliced mushrooms with onion in a rich sour cream and beef broth sauce – a simple, deeply savory Central European side dish.
Pan-fried cakes of fresh curd cheese, eggs, flour, and a little sugar — a classic sweet course from the early 20th century Central European home kitchen.
Soft potato dumplings filled with ground pork, finished in pan juices with sour cream — a hearty Central European one-pot classic.
Thinly sliced fresh radishes dressed with sour cream and oil, sharpened with lemon and white pepper.
Beef tongue braised with herbs, larded with bacon and roasted until golden, served in a green sauce of capers, anchovy, parsley and sour cream.
Tender braised veal marinated in white wine, slow-cooked in a covered casserole, and finished with a light sour cream and lemon pan sauce.
Beef broth thickened with a rice flour slurry, simmered until silky, and finished with a tempered egg yolk, sour cream, lemon juice, and butter.
Slow-cooked tripe cut into strips, simmered with onion and sweet paprika, finished with sour cream.
Battered and fried vine leaves layered with minced chicken, sautéed onion, and parsley, finished with an egg and sour cream custard baked until golden.
A rich steamed almond pudding lightened with egg whites and served flambéed with rum, paired with wild strawberry juice poured over fresh strawberries.
Layered Central European salad: vinegar-marinated cabbage and spring onion, alternated with boiled potato and celeriac, finished with sour cream.
A delicate seasonal mushroom soup thickened with a light roux, finished with egg yolk, sour cream, and a squeeze of lemon.
A silky Central European mushroom sauce with white wine, zapraška roux, and sour cream — works equally well with fresh or dried mushrooms.
Young pigeons marinated for two days, larded with bacon, spit-roasted over a sardine-onion pan sauce, and finished with sour cream and lemon.
Sweet-sour boiled zucchini baked with a golden butter, sour cream & breadcrumb topping. Simple, creamy, and satisfying.