The cheese I make closely resembles a popular industrial cheese called ‘Yantar.’ For this cheese, it’s better to use crumbly cottage cheese rather than the layered kind. I put the cottage cheese in an aluminum pot with butter or margarine. As soon as the cottage cheese starts to melt, I reduce the heat to medium and stir more often. The finished cheese should become a yellowish, smooth mass with no curds.
Add salt or sugar to taste at the very end of heating. Scoop the finished cheese into dry,…

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Ingredients:

150 g grated cheese
2 bell peppers (red and yellow)
2 tablespoons minced garlic
1 onion (red or white)
1/3 of a chili pepper
1 cup cornmeal
2 teaspoons butter
2 cups water
1 tablespoon sugar
Salt to taste

Instructions:

Combine the water, salt, sugar, and cornmeal in a pot. Stir continuously until the mixture comes to a boil.
Add the butter and part of the grated cheese, and cook for 10 minutes. Transfer the corn mixture to a baking dish.
Sauté the sliced onion, julienned bell pe…

Ingredients:
Pan size: 30 × 15 cm (approximately 12 × 6 inches)
For the Sponge Cake:
6 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 1/4 cups flour
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
For the Truffle Cream:
200 ml heavy cream
50 g chocolate
200 g butter
1 tablespoon powdered sugar
1 tablespoon candied orange peel
For the Chocolate Glaze:
50 g chocolate
50 g butter
150 g prunes
50 g walnuts
Sponge Cake (Directions):
Separate the eggs into whites and yolks.
Beat the egg whites with the sugar until stiff peaks form.
Gradually …

Veal Liver with Apples and Onions

Ingredients:

Veal liver: 700 g (about 1.5 lbs)
Onions: 2
Sour apples: 2
Salt to taste
Flour
Vegetable oil

Peel the apples, remove the cores, and slice them into rings. Sauté the apple rings in oil, sprinkling a little sugar to help them caramelize. Slice the onions into rings and fry them until golden brown.
Remove the sinews from the liver, cut it into pieces, and dredge the pieces in flour. Fry the liver on both sides and season it with salt. Transfer the l…