WHITE BORSCHT SOUP

A different soup. From Eastern Europe. From Poland. People there love soups. Let’s try it.

Ingredients:

2 potatoes

1 egg

1 clove or garlic

1 Kielbasa sausage, sliced

8 oz prepared White Borscht

1 teaspoon oregano

½ teaspoon dill

Some salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Some vinegar or sour cream (optional)

Some bread

First prepare the potatoes. Peel them and cut them in pieces. Make the pieces not too big. Then, in a pan, boil the potatoes, the egg and the sausage. Remove the sausage from the water first. Remove the egg a bit later and let the potatoes cook a bit more till they are perfectly boiled. Reserve the egg, the sausage and the potatoes.

Spoon the foam and froth from the pan. Then add the prepared White Borscht. Mix well. Add the garlic, chopped. Bring to a boil. When it starts boiling, lower the fire and let it simmer, the pan partially covered. Simmer for five minutes. Then add the sausage, the potatoes and the spices. Taste it and if you feel that it needs to be a bit sourer, add a bit of vinegar or sour cream. But do not add too much at the beginning. You can always add more after having tasted it again.

Before serving, prepare the egg and the bread. Slice the boiled egg and cut the bread in pieces. Then, put pieces of bread in the bowls where you will be serving the soup. Do the same with the slices of egg. Then serve some of the soup in each bow. Add some extra dill on top.

A delicious Borscht. A delicious soup. Good. Enjoy!

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CRAB AND CREAM CHEESE WONTONS

Asian wontons. They are so good. You can get the wonton wrappers in good supermarkets or Asian stores, fresh or frozen. Let’s get started.

Ingredients:

A packet of wonton wrappers, fresh or frozen

A packet of cream cheese

1 green onion

1 can of crab meat

1 tablespoon crab paste with bean oil

Some vegetable oil

If you use frozen wonton wrappers, let them thaw in the fridge overnight. Protect them with a wet kitchen paper towel.

Chop the green onion. The cream cheese should be at room temperature. Mix the cream cheese with the crab meat and the crab paste with bean oil. Add the green onion and mix. Once you have the filling, you will have to fill the wontons.

Put a wrapper in front of you with one point towards you. Then put some filling in the middle of it. About a spoonful. Brush with water or beaten egg the rims of the wrapper. Then close the wrapper from one side to the other. Now press the wider side to the more narrow side to get two pointed parts that will have to be moved so that they get together. Repeat this with the rest of wrappers. You can also prepare the wontons in different shapes: like dumplings, like triangles... It is up to you.

You can fry them in a pan with hot oil. But you can also bake them in an oven. In this case, first brush them with oil. If you fry them, heat the oil and they fry them on every side. If you bake them, the oven must not be too hot. Bake them for over 10-15 minutes.

Once cooked, leave them on kitchen paper towel for a while.

They are wonderful. You can serve them as an appetizer with your favourite dip. Enjoy!

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