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STARTER:    Cabbage and Egg Pie

This cabbage and egg pie is a classic of Slavic home cooking — the kind of cozy, familiar dish that generations have baked for family gatherings and everyday comfort. Soft yeast dough, gently braised cabbage, and simple ingredients come together to create a warm, nostalgic pie that feels like it’s straight from a traditional home kitchen.

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SOUP:    Chicken Noodle Soup

You can customize this soup any way you like. For example, remove the peas and add celery, or even add only celery instead of peas and corn...

 Soups

SALAD:    Classic Potato Salad

Feel free to adjust the ingredients and seasonings to your taste. Some variations include adding pickles, capers, or using a different type of mustard.

 Salads

MAIN COURSE:    Cabbage, Meat and Mushrooms Patties

A diet is when you went to the kitchen for an apple and suddenly ate a cutlet.

 Breakfast     Entrees     Dinner     Grill

DESSERT:    Cake “Ladies’ Fingers”

This cake is a quiet showstopper: simple choux pastries, a cloud‑soft cream, and a shape that looks playful and elegant all at once. It’s the kind of dessert that feels nostalgic even if you’re trying it for the first time.

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   Linzer Cookies

   Note: The butter must be at room temperature! 1. Heat a skillet and toast the almond flour until golden. Transfer to a bowl and let it cool completely. 2. In a large bowl: sift the powdered sugar, add the pieces of butter, and mix with a mixer just until the ingredients come together. Do not whip — simply mix until smooth. 3. Add the egg and half of the almond flour. Mix on low speed until combined. 4. Add the remaining almond flour, the flour, and the salt. Quickly knead the dough with the mixer just until everything is incorporated. If the mixer struggles, knead by hand — but work quickly so the dough doesn’t warm up from your hands. Do not knead for too long, or the dough will lose its tenderness and crumbly texture. 5. Flatten the dough into a disk, wrap it in parchment, and refrigerate for 20–30 minutes. 6. Transfer the dough onto a sheet of parchment paper, cover with a second sheet, and roll it out with a rolling pin from the center outward, flipping the dough with the paper and smoothing out any creases (lift the top sheet, smooth it, and place it back). Roll the dough to about 0.5 cm thick. If the dough becomes sticky while rolling, chill it again before continuing. Do not let the dough warm up. 7. Place the dough on a baking sheet directly in the parchment and refrigerate for 1 hour. 8. Separate the dough from the parchment on both sides. Working very quickly so it doesn’t warm up, cut out the cookies: one solid piece, the next with a hole in the center, alternating as you go. Arrange the cookies on a parchment‑lined baking sheet and return them to the refrigerator. 9. Preheat the oven to 365°F (185°C). Bake on the middle rack for 10–12 minutes, until the edges are golden. Cool on a wire rack. 10. Dust the tops of the cookies with holes with powdered sugar. 11. Spoon the jam into a piping bag. Pipe a little jam onto the solid cookie (the bottom), cover with the top cookie, and gently press. Assemble all the cookies this way. SERVING IDEAS: - Serve with black tea, Earl Grey, or a floral herbal blend. - Gift‑Ready Cookie Box: add a small jar of the same jam used in the filling.

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   Linzer Cookies

   Note: The butter must be at room temperature! 1. Heat a skillet and toast the almond flour until golden. Transfer to a bowl and let it cool completely. 2. In a large bowl: sift the powdered sugar, add the pieces of butter, and mix with a mixer just until the ingredients come together. Do not whip — simply mix until smooth. 3. Add the egg and half of the almond flour. Mix on low speed until combined. 4. Add the remaining almond flour, the flour, and the salt. Quickly knead the dough with the mixer just until everything is incorporated. If the mixer struggles, knead by hand — but work quickly so the dough doesn’t warm up from your hands. Do not knead for too long, or the dough will lose its tenderness and crumbly texture. 5. Flatten the dough into a disk, wrap it in parchment, and refrigerate for 20–30 minutes. 6. Transfer the dough onto a sheet of parchment paper, cover with a second sheet, and roll it out with a rolling pin from the center outward, flipping the dough with the paper and smoothing out any creases (lift the top sheet, smooth it, and place it back). Roll the dough to about 0.5 cm thick. If the dough becomes sticky while rolling, chill it again before continuing. Do not let the dough warm up. 7. Place the dough on a baking sheet directly in the parchment and refrigerate for 1 hour. 8. Separate the dough from the parchment on both sides. Working very quickly so it doesn’t warm up, cut out the cookies: one solid piece, the next with a hole in the center, alternating as you go. Arrange the cookies on a parchment‑lined baking sheet and return them to the refrigerator. 9. Preheat the oven to 365°F (185°C). Bake on the middle rack for 10–12 minutes, until the edges are golden. Cool on a wire rack. 10. Dust the tops of the cookies with holes with powdered sugar. 11. Spoon the jam into a piping bag. Pipe a little jam onto the solid cookie (the bottom), cover with the top cookie, and gently press. Assemble all the cookies this way. SERVING IDEAS: - Serve with black tea, Earl Grey, or a floral herbal blend. - Gift‑Ready Cookie Box: add a small jar of the same jam used in the filling.

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