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Russian Night
Don't know what got into me?! I've borscht once and loved it. But it was from a packet sampler at the Polish mini-market near me. Always wanted to make a borscht on my own. Had to up the lemon and a tad more sweetener to my taste though.
Okay, some say it's really of Ukrainian origin but the Russians, Poles and all those slavic countries make borscht. They're all slavic countries anyway. So it's still a Russian dish.
It wasn't enough for dinner, but more an appetizer, so I figured I'd serve Russian blinis for the main course. I know beef stroganoff is a well-known Russian meal, so I decided to make mine stuffed with beef stroganoff ground beef inside with the usual sour cream mushroom sauce. The beef has minced onions and mushrooms and some of the mushroom sauce. Blinis are really thin pancakes...and eggy.
The Russians use a lot of sour cream and mayo in their foods. Then top just about everything off with dill. I love dill myself. I forgot the sour cream on first pics but added it on the close-up shot when I finally remembered it.
Oh and a shot of Stolichnaya Vodka. Yah!
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