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STARTER:    Tuna snack pie

The filling can be very different. Options: boiled eggs, fried mushrooms and greens; fried mince with parsley and green onions; and so on… Mold size 29 x 23 x 4 cm (11.4 x 9 x 1.6 in).

 Appetizers

SOUP:    Italian Wedding Soup

Italian Wedding Soup traces its origins to Italy, where it was called "Minestra Maritata," meaning "married soup." The name refers to the blending of ingredients like meat and leafy greens, a tradition dating back to ancient Roman times when similar soups were made with whatever was on hand.

 Soups

SALAD:    Scallop salad with orange-poppy seed dressing

Easy and delicious.

 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.

 Baking     Tortes

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   Meat‑Filled Crêpes (Blinchiki with Meat)

   1. In a bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar, and salt until smooth. 2. Add the milk and flour, mixing until the batter is lump‑free. 3. Gradually pour in the water while whisking. 4. Add 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, mix well, cover, and let the batter rest for 40 minutes. 5. Peel and finely chop the onion. 6. Heat about 1 tablespoon of oil in a skillet over medium heat and sauté the onion for 3 minutes until soft. 7. Add the ground meat, salt, dried garlic, coriander, and black pepper. 8. Cook for 6–7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the meat is fully cooked. 9. Heat a lightly oiled skillet over medium heat. 10. Pour a thin layer of batter and cook each crêpe for about 1 minute per side, until lightly golden. 11. Place about 1 tablespoon of the meat filling onto each crêpe. 12. Fold into an envelope shape. 13. Before serving, lightly fry the filled crêpes in a bit of oil for about 30 seconds per side, until golden and crisp. SERVING IDEA With sour cream: The classic Belarusian way — a generous spoon of cool, tangy sour cream balances the savory filling.

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   Scallop salad with orange-poppy seed dressing

   1. In a large bowl: add quinoa and stir in 1/3 cup boiling water. Cover and let stand about 20 minutes until water is absorbed and quinoa is tender.

2. DRESSING. Remove zest from 1 orange. Peel, seed and section orange.

3. Finely chop 1/2 onion.

4. Combine orange zest and sections, chopped onion, 1/3 cup of cider vinegar, Dijon mustard and black pepper in a food processor or blender. Process until smooth. Add extra virgin olive oil and process again until thickness. Add poppy seeds; mix and set aside.

5. SALAD.

Thinly slice onion. In a small bowl combine onion, 1 tbsp of cider vinegar and the water. Mix and set aside.

6. Rinse scallops.

7. Cut radicchio into "like your prefer" slices.

8. Lightly toast the pine nuts.

9. Preheat pan with canola oil over medium. Add scallops and cook 2 minutes one side, turn and cook second side 2 more minutes.

10. Drain the water from the bowl with onion.

11. In a large bowl combine greens, radicchio, pine nuts, onion, quinoa and scallops. Drizzle with dressing.

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