Beef and Cheese Casserole

Contemporary Belarusian Beef and Cheese Casserole recipe.

This is not really a traditional Belarusian dish, rather it is part of Soviet Cuisine. It is also known as "Meat. French Style". It is not an everyday dish and usually is prepared and served on occasions. So, if you ever visit a belarusian family chances are you will be treated with this gastronomical delight.

Ingredients (2 servings):

• 1Lb beef;
• 1 Onion;
• 1/2 Cup grated cheese;
• Black pepper 0.5 tea spoon;
• Crushed Garlic to taste;
• Salt to taste;
• 1 Tbl sp. Sunflower oil;
• 3 Tbl sp. Mayo
  

Cooking Instructions:

First, prepare ingredients. Peel onion and garlic.

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Cut a beef to the pieces.

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Put beef pieces in a bowl. Add crashed garlic, salt and pepper and mix together.

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Take a baking tray, add sunflower oil and lay out the beef on the baking tray.

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Mince an onion.

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Add minced onion to the beef.

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Grate cheese and put it on top of beef and minced onion.

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Add mayo.

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Put everything into the oven and cook 2 hours on medium heat. Serve with mashed potatoes, french fries, pasta or rice

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Enjoy your meal!

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Draniki

Traditional belarusian potato pancakes recipe.

Draniki is a belarusian style shallow fried potato pancakes made of grated potatoes. It is a traditional belarusian dish still very popular in present day Belarus. There are many variations of this simple recipe, on of them we present here.

Ingredients (2 servings):

• 5 Large potatoes;
  
• 1 Egg;
  
• 1 medium Onion;
  
• Black pepper 0.5 tea spoon;
  
• Salt to taste;
• Sunflower Oil 7-8 tbl. spoons;

Cooking Instructions:

First of all you will need a grater to grate potatoes and onions. Be sure that you use appropriate side of grater as shown on the picture so you don't grate potatoes into strips but rather into liquid mass. That what makes draniki unique.

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Prepare ingredients. Peel potatoes and onion.

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Grate potatoes and onions into a bowl

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Add salt, pepper, egg and mix together. The substance should not be liquid, and should not be too thick, drain excess potato juice or add some flour to achieve required level of liquidity.

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Heat the frying pan, pour 1 tbl. spoon of sunflower oil onto it.

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Dump a full table spoon of mixture form the bowl onto the frying pan and from a small about quarter inch thick pancake. Cook on high for 2-3 minutes and then flip over.

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Cook another 2-3 minutes until golden brown.

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Serve hot with sour cream.

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Enjoy your meal!

Belarusian Cuisine

Belarusianfood.com is a collection of traditional and contemporary Belarusian food recipes. These recipes are ideal for home cooking and are very easy to cook yourself. Each recipe comes with a detailed cooking instructions and ingredients description and pictures to make cooking even easier.

Belarusian cuisine has a rich and interesting history. It traces its roots back hundreds years ago to medieval times of Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The geographical location of modern Belarus was always a melting pot of different peoples and cultures. Belarusian, Ukrainian, Polish, Russian, Jewish, Lithuanian, Latvian and Tartar cuisines have boiled together and created a gastronomical mix that has become what Belarusian cuisine is now.

The foundation of modern Belarusian cuisine is built on eating habits of Belarusian peasants from western eastern parts of Belarus with addition of dishes common among urban dwellers which are mostly based on Polish and Jewish cuisine. As a result Belarusian cuisine has developed its own unique set of popular dishes and cooking techniques which cannot be found in neighboring countries.

We hope that you find these dishes tasty. Enjoy.