Every year, recipes used in the Soviet era, lose their popularity, because they are replaced by modern dishes. We suggest not to forget the history and from time to time to nostalgic in the kitchen.
Culinary preferences and trends change regularly and modern cuisine is already far from Soviet dishes, although there are those who continue to cook them. Do you want to plunge into nostalgia and remember what a couple of decades ago was on your table? Prepare to wipe your mouth.
1. Cake "Anthill"
The most popular unusual cake used in the 70's, but after that it was distributed. Interestingly, such a dessert was present in many cuisines of the world.
Ingredients:
- flour - 400 g;
- margarine - 250 g;
- sugar - 0,5 items;
- salt - 0,5 tsp.
- eggs - 2 pieces;
- soda - 0,5 tsp.
- butter - 200 g;
- boiled condensed milk - 1 jar.
Preparation
- Mild margarine whisk together with granulated sugar, so that the result is a magnificent creamy mass. Separately whisk egg whites with soda and salt.
- Carefully join the two prepared masses and, while stirring, add the portioning flour. In the end, you should get a cool dough, which should be sent to the refrigerator for an hour.
- Then pass the dough through a meat grinder or grate. Put it in a baking sheet covered with parchment. Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes. at a temperature of 160 ° C.
- For cream, whip the condensed milk with butter. Dough the batter into small pieces and mix it thoroughly with cream. It only remains to form a hill to make an "anthill". Put the cake for 1.5 hours in the refrigerator.
2. Potatoes with stew
This dish, probably, will only remain in the memory, as the stew, which is now sold in stores, does not compare with the quality of the product produced in Soviet times, which means that the recipe will be repeated only with meat preservation of its own production.
Ingredients:
- potatoes - 0.5 kg;
- stew - 1 pot;
- salt.
Preparation
- Peel the potatoes and slice them into pieces.
- When it reaches half cooked, place the stew in the pan.
- Cook until soft, adding salt to taste.
3. Cake "Napoleon"
The most popular cake, which continues to be sold in confectioneries, but its taste does not compare with the dessert familiar to many from the USSR. Puff pastry can be cooked according to any recipe and even bought in the store, since it's all about the cream.
Ingredients:
- Milk - 0.5 liters;
- yolks - 8 pieces;
- sugar - 400 g;
- Vanilla sugar - 1 packet;
- flour - 100 g.
Preparation
- On a slow fire, heat the milk. At this time, grate the yolks with sugar.
- Add the vanilla sugar and flour to the egg mass. After this, pour in the milk, mixing.
- Put everything on a plate, stir until the cream thickens. Lubricate the cakes and refrigerate for several hours.
4. Appetizer from processed cheese
This simple snack was a wand. She was eaten with spoons, rolled into serving balls and used to make sandwiches. It is obtained at the same time tender and piquant. Mistresses often experimented, so there are recipes for snacks with carrots, crab sticks, sausage and so on. Let us dwell on the classics.
Ingredients:
- processed cheese - 300 g;
- butter - 50 g;
- eggs - 3 pieces;
- garlic - 3 teeth;
- mayonnaise - 4 tbsp. spoons;
- salt and pepper.
Preparation
- An hour before the preparation of snacks, remove the curds and butter in the freezer, so they can be easily grated. Eggs boil, peel and mash with a fork or grind on a fine grater.
- Combine the grated cheese, butter, eggs, garlic, mayonnaise passed through the press, and add salt and pepper to taste. Mix thoroughly until smooth.
5. Salad "Olivier"
It was simply impossible to imagine a festive table without this salad. The original pre-revolutionary recipe changed and became available. Many still continue to prepare it. By the way, foreigners call salad "Russian".
Ingredients:
- potatoes - 3 pcs .;
- carrots - 2 pieces;
- sausage - 350 g;
- eggs - 4 pieces;
- pickled cucumbers - 2 pcs .;
- onion - 1 piece;
- green peas - 1 pot;
- salt and mayonnaise.
Preparation
- Root the root vegetables, peel and cut into small cubes. Hard-boiled eggs are also cut together with cucumbers.
- Onion chop and pour boiling water to remove bitterness. Peel the water from the peas.
- Mix all the ingredients, add salt to taste and season with mayonnaise.
6. Fried eggs with sausage
A favorite breakfast of both adults and children, which is still popular. To make the usual scrambled eggs, it was added to cooked sausage.
Ingredients:
- eggs - 3 pieces;
- boiled sausage - 5-7 pieces;
- oil - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- salt and pepper.
Preparation
- Want to make a delicious scrambled eggs, then buy a good sausage, which can be cut in circles or any other way.
- Fry the frying pan with oil, warm it and lay out the sausage. Fry for a couple of minutes and turn over.
- It remains to break the eggs in the pan, add salt and pepper to taste. Fry the eggs until ready.
7. Vinaigrette
This is probably one of the few dishes popular in the times of the USSR, which is still being prepared not only by many housewives, but also by the chefs in restaurants. Products for it are available at any time of the year.
Ingredients:
- beet - 1 pc .;
- potatoes - 3 pcs .;
- pickled cucumbers - 2 pcs .;
- onion - 1 piece;
- sauerkraut - 200 g;
- green peas - 100 g;
- vegetable oil - 3-4 st. spoons;
- salt and sugar to taste.
Preparation
- Root vegetables, cook, peel and cut into cubes. In the same way, grind the cucumber.
- Cut out the cabbage, and finely chop the onion. Open the peas and drain the liquid.
- Combine all the ingredients, add butter, and put salt to taste and a little sugar.
8. Salad "Shuba"
With the advent of this dish, an interesting legend is connected. So, it is believed that the salad was coined during the Civil War and the name of the sh.u.ba. - this is a reduction of such an expression - "chauvinism and decline - boycott and anathema". We still cook this dish, but foreigners do not understand how this is possible.
Ingredients:
- potatoes - 2 pieces;
- carrots - 2 pieces;
- beet - 1 pt .;
- herring - 1 piece;
- mayonnaise.
Preparation
- Boil the vegetables and clean them. With the herring, peel off, remove the insides and bones, and cut the fillet into a cube.
- In a plate of salad, lay out layers: herring, grated carrot, potatoes and beets. Lubricate each layer with mayonnaise.
9. Macaroni in the Navy
It is today in restaurants serving Italian Bolognese, and in Soviet times there were pasta in the Navy, which ate even cold.
Ingredients:
- pasta - 200 g;
- forcemeat - 0.5 kg;
- onion - 1 piece;
- garlic - 2 teeth;
- tomato paste - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- oil - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- salt.
Preparation
- First cook the pasta in salted water, and then tilt them in a colander and rinse so that they do not stick together. Attention - leave 1 tbsp. water, which was cooked pasta.
- Cut the onion and fry it until it is transparent on hot oil, and then, add crushed garlic and minced meat. Culinary experts advise to take a mix of pork and beef. Cook on high heat for 10 minutes. stirring constantly.
- Put the pasta and fry another couple of minutes. Add the water you left after cooking, and pasta. Stir and cook for 5 minutes.
There is also an easier way of cooking - minced meat is simply fried in oil without tomato paste and immediately added to the finished pasta.
10. Passenger salad
Many housewives learned about this dish thanks to the culinary books of the 70's. It is believed that the name is due to the fact that the salad was promoted in dining cars. If you are not familiar with this dish, then definitely try it.
Ingredients:
- beef liver - 0,5 kg;
- onion - 0,5 kg;
- pickled cucumbers - 250 g;
- mayonnaise, vegetable oil and salt.
Preparation
- Cut the liver into large pieces, fry, and then grind it with straw. Cut cucumbers in the same way.
- Onion cut into half rings and pass. Mix all the ingredients, add salt and mayonnaise to taste.
11. Sandwiches with sprats
Previously, many in the kitchen had a can of sprats, so there were many recipes with this canned food. The most popular and favorite were sandwiches, which were present on every festive table.
Ingredients:
- loaf - 1 piece;
- sprats - 1 bank;
- pickled cucumbers - 2-3 pcs .;
- eggs - 2 pieces;
- mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- greenery.
Preparation
- Baton cut into pieces of oval or triangular shape. If desired, you can dry them from two sides in a dry frying pan. Eggs boil hard.
- Bread grease with a small amount of mayonnaise, sprinkle with grated egg. Top with a couple of cucumber slices and a couple of sprats. Decorate with leafy greens.
12. Soup "Student"
The recipe was invented by students who did not have the opportunity to buy different products. There are many options for such first courses. We offer the most popular of them.
Ingredients:
- potatoes - 0.5 kg;
- onion - 1 piece;
- carrots - 1 piece;
- sausages - 300 g;
- vegetable oil - 2 tsp.
- processed cheese - 2 pcs.
Preparation
- Peeled potatoes, cut into slices and finely chop the onions and carrots.
- Put a pot of water on the stove, and when it boils, put the potatoes there. Carrots and onions fry in oil, and then, send the dressing to the soup.
- After a while, add the sausages cut into pieces into the pan and at the very end the grated curds. Stir and hold for a while under the lid, after switching off.
13. Mimosa salad
In Soviet times, there was a shortage of food, but the mistresses managed to cook delicious dishes from simple ingredients. Salad received a flower name due to the fact that the top of the dish was sprinkled with yolks chopped on a fine grater.
Ingredients:
- potatoes - 3 pcs .;
- carrots - 2 pieces;
- eggs - 4 pieces;
- butter - 50 g;
- onion - 1 piece;
- canned saury - 1 pot;
- hard cheese - 150 g;
- mayonnaise - 150 g;
- greenery.
Preparation
- Cook the carrots, potatoes and eggs. Root vegetables separate from each other grate. Separate the egg whites and yolks, which should be crumbled.
- On the grater chop the cheese and pre-frosted butter.
- Peel the onions, then chop finely and pour over the boiling water to remove excess bitterness. Open the tins, drain the oil, and stir the fish with a fork.
- Salad is laid out in layers: first comes the potatoes, then carrots, mayonnaise and squirrels. After that, put the cheese, fish, butter, onions and mayonnaise again. Decorate the dish with crushed yolks and greens. Put in the fridge for a few hours soak.
14. Chocolate sausage
Today, confectioneries are literally bursting with a variety of desserts, and in Soviet times this was a problem. Women from the available ingredients made treats for their children and, to be honest, they have no equal.
Ingredients:
- cookies - 0,5 kg;
- milk - 100 ml;
- granulated sugar - 200 g;
- cocoa powder - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- Butter - 200 g.
Preparation
- In any way, grind the cookies to make a crumb, but among it should come across and larger pieces.
- In the saucepan, send milk, cocoa and sugar. Preheat well, stirring, and then add oil. When it melts, pour the prepared mixture with prepared biscuits and mix well.
- On the food film lay a lot of sausage. Wrap it and send it to the refrigerator for 2-3 hours. After that you can cut and eat.
15. Soup "Curly"
For many this first dish is known as soup with egg, which is added in raw form, pre-shaken in a bowl. As a result, under the influence of temperature, the egg turns into flakes, similar to curls.
Ingredients:
- breast of chicken - 1 pc .;
- onion - 1 piece;
- carrots - 1 piece;
- potatoes - 3 pcs .;
- vermicelli - 60 g;
- eggs - 2 pieces;
- vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- laurel, salt and pepper.
Preparation
- Pour into a pan two liters of water, put the breast, salt, a couple of peppercorns and a bay leaf. Cook until ready, and then, take out the meat and cut it into a small cube.
- Peel the vegetables and grind the carrots with onion, and then fry in hot oil until golden.
- In broth, send chopped potatoes and after 10-15 minutes. frying. Even after 5 minutes. put the vermicelli and pour a beaten egg separately with a thin stream.
- Mix the soup with meat and cook for a couple of minutes.