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2021-06-06 12:18
2021-06-03 12:06
In Estonia is summer. And May and June are months of Rhubarb. Let me remind to you best cakes. In all recpies you can replace rhubarb and use for example apples or other berries or fruits… Read More
2021-01-15 10:31
A fresh, light, vegetable fritters for dinner.
Carrot and Bean Fritters. Porgandi- oakotletidServings: 9-10 pcs
Time: 30minsDifficulty: easyPrintA fresh, light, vegetable fritt… Read More
2021-01-09 09:56
Homemade Sauerkraut, Fermented Cabbage, Hapukapsas is a very important and popular dish in Estonia during autumn and winter time and mandatory food during Christmas time.
In ancient time, Ha… Read More
2020-12-23 13:58
Are you fed up about gingerbreads? This is a little bit more advanced and interesting solution.
Crispy waffles with Christmas touch.
Ginger Bread Waffles by Kätrin. Kätrini p… Read More
2020-12-17 13:00
Simple everyday salad.One more delicious option to use boiled barley groats.
For me, barley, thyme and cheese is the best combination.
Flavours complement each other. Ham is just in addition… Read More
2020-12-10 12:06
To be true, I do not know how to translate ” Lehmakomm”. I translated soft caramel candy. But in real life, I mean candies, produced in Estonia, Poland or Latvia ( and Latvian ca… Read More
2020-12-02 09:54
Very simple egg-free honey cakes. You can try different flavours by using almonds, nuts, dried fruits.
This is an ethnic recipe. Today we are used more with stronger flavours. These cookies… Read More
2020-11-26 12:55
The biggest and the hardest part of this case is to grate zucchini. When this is done, it is the simplest recipe and dish to cook
Juicy Chicken and Zucchini Fritters. Kana- suvikõr… Read More
2020-11-18 17:29
2020-11-14 11:35
Estonians have a saying: breakfast eat yourself, lunch share with friend and dinner give to the enemy.
So, from childhood has been repeated to us: breakfast is very important.
I am a “… Read More
2020-11-10 10:20
Estonians like semolina-based mousse. Look at my blog! Semolina Mousse, Rye Mousse, Barley Mousse. Served with cold milk this is a wonderful and delicious dessert.
This dessert is special be… Read More
2020-11-04 11:23
Homemade Sauerkraut, Fermented Cabbage, Hapukapsas is a very important and popular dish in Estonia during autumn winter time and mandatory food during Christmas time.
In ancient time, Hapuka… Read More
2020-10-28 12:08
Very delicious cake. Crispy bottom and juicy sweet filling. Cottage cheese gives texture and berries adds sweetness.
I used blueberries, but during winter time it would be very ok to use dri… Read More
2020-10-25 16:48
2020-10-22 12:45
Should dessert be healthy?
Probably not. Dessert must be sweet and tasty and easy to cook.
But little bit healthiness does not make bad.
This is an interesting and very delicious combination… Read More
2020-10-11 09:29
Simple and delicious everyday dish. Gin and juniper berries enhance and boosting chicken and mushroom sweet flavour. Juniper berries impart a sharp, clear flavour.
NB! For cooking use only t… Read More
2020-10-05 07:44
Kooreklops means
“koore” is cream and ” klops/ klopitud” means clopped.
So, very creamy and chopped meat. This is so everyday dish and probably known everywhere that… Read More
2020-09-24 09:56
Sweet and sour braised turnips can be served as a side dish with some meat or main dish.
I do not know. Does it is international that children just do not like some food? Like blue cheese an… Read More
2020-09-15 10:28
Amazing berry cake with crispy bottom and top and juicy filling. Marzipan is very sweet and tartness of berries balancing and complements the light sweet almond taste of the marzipan.
Marzip… Read More
2020-09-11 08:31
One thing I love in autumn is chestnut eggs. In Estonia grows only chestnut – Aesculus, which eggs are not eatable.
When I was a child we had a competition at school. Who can collect m… Read More
2020-09-07 12:25
before potato arrived from America, ancient Estonians ate beans and peas. From old cookbooks, You can find a lot of dishes from peas and barley. Nowadays, vegetarian dishes are once again in… Read More
2020-09-03 07:57
2020-08-29 11:13
I used in headline word “mushroom”. But in Estonia, when we are talking about mushrooms, we mean forest and/or wild mushrooms: milk mushrooms, russulas, chanterelle….
As… Read More
2020-08-25 08:01
I have been writing that Estonia has an abundance of forest, we like to pick berries and mushrooms.
But Estonia is a maritime country. The Baltic Sea surrounds Estonia from the north, west a… Read More
2020-08-20 11:44
Waffles have a very important role in Estonian history.
At the end of the 80s when the Soviet Union started to collapse, people began to private business. Private business was until then pr… Read More
2020-08-12 11:16
Simple and delicious cake for people, who do not want or like very sweet cakes.
The bitterness of the chocolate, sweet and sour berries creating a wonderful combination.
Quark makes this cak… Read More
2020-08-07 12:39
Kvass is a fermented beverage, which is made is made from fermented black or rye bread, spring water, and herbs. During the Soviet Union, kvass was nicknamed “The Communist Coca-Cola… Read More
2020-07-30 03:01
The Kama is the Estonian “muesli”.
Historically kama was a non-perishable, easy-to-carry food that could be quickly fashioned into a stomach-filling snack by rolling it into butt… Read More
2020-07-25 12:15
Sorry, there is no recipe. Just amazing combination. I love this salad. And this salad has been a very very long time my usual salad during summertime.
You need
salad, lettuce
cucumbers
sour… Read More
2020-07-17 12:04
A light berry cake, Sour and juicy berries are combined with sweet and crispy meringue
Black Currant and Meringue Cake. SõstrabeseekookServings: 4-6, 20 cm
Time: 1hr Difficulty:… Read More
2020-07-08 11:54
This is a classical Seto salad. Traditionally it is made with herring, but I got freshly smoked Peipsi Lake vendace …
Look at this! See, if it is not appetizing : )
A combinati… Read More
2020-06-30 12:20
I love Estonian Summer. everything is green and flourishes and smells. White and short nights and long warm days.
And finally, you can see the sun Of course, there have been records, very wa… Read More
2020-06-23 12:41
Beautiful and colourful delicious salad. Salty cheese and sweet strawberries complement each other.
Depending on the season you can add some tomatoes and cucumbers as wellMix together
strawb… Read More
2020-06-14 12:12
Nettles are very important and has been used in Estonian folk medicine centuries.
Folk wisdom teaches that nettle contains vitamins C and K, B vitamins, as well as minerals like calcium, ma… Read More
2020-06-09 12:26
A delicious, crunchy and juicy rhubarb or apple crumble cake. Soft and mellow rhubarb cake with a crunchy top. I love a combination of tart rhubarb or apples and sweet dough.
Rhubarb Crumble… Read More
2020-05-29 11:45
Homemade mayonnaise? This is very easy. Look at my recipe and video:
Mix together:
boiled potatoes
greens and weed
spruce tips
cucumber
radish
and season with spruce tips mayonnaise Read More
2020-05-24 07:17
1. I would suggest not to drive from Tallinn directly to Tartu, but take a detour and admire Shore of Peipsi Lake.Tallinn – Rakvere (99 km / 1h 12 min)- Kurem&a&hell…Read More
2020-05-14 11:41
Homemade mayonnaise. This is a piece of cake. You have to follow a few simple rules and everything is easier than you can imagine.
When I was a child was very usual and popular appetiz… Read More
2020-05-07 12:49
Yoghurt Cheese became popular at the beginning of the 20th century. This cheese is best in salads and a good alternative to Sõir.
Technology is very similar to Sõir ( Quark Che… Read More
2020-04-30 10:58
This soup from Võru Cuisine. And perfect dish to use first green weed. Smoked ham adds flavours. Author of this recipe is Leelo Laurits. I just little bit adapted this recipe.
Goutwee… Read More
2020-04-13 12:19
A fresh, light, spring vegetable salad. The perfect combination of sour and sweet. crunchy and soft.
Rhubarb Salad. RabarberisalatServings: 2-3
Time: 20minsDifficulty: easyPrintA fresh… Read More
2020-04-06 09:19
Baltic Herrings are Estonian national fish.
And especially I love smoked Baltic herrings. Of Course, you are free to use any other fish. But to achieve Estonian flavours you should pick Balt… Read More
2020-03-30 10:43
Sillamäe, known also in Germanized version as Sillamäggi or Sillamägi (Estonian for”Bridge Hill”), is a town in Ida-Viru County in the northern part of Estonia.
Du… Read More
2020-03-20 12:02
when I was a child, my mother used to make us simple everyday dessert. She smeared bread slices with quark cream and baked on the oven.
It was a delicious dessert or breakfast.
This dessert… Read More
2020-03-14 09:47
Very simple and delicious dish. Sour Milk Scones are very easy to make and bake and it is a very good idea to ask children to help you.
This is an ancient recipe from South Estonia, Võ&hell…Read More
2020-03-08 01:56
In Estonia is very popular a simple and very sweet Anniversary Quark cake. Anniversary because of for preparing this cake you need special ready-to-make cake powder “Juubeli”/ann… Read More
2020-02-24 07:20
Waiting for a white ship is something Estonian. This is a concept and myth about freedom.
The concept dates from 1861 when several hundred followers of the religious prophet Juhan Leinberg (… Read More
2020-02-20 14:06
These popular, no-fail Estonian quark buns are light, fluffy and delicious!
They are so easy to make; perfect for bread-making beginners and experts alike!
If you want one of the easiest, fo… Read More
2020-02-10 14:55
This is very simple and delicious everyday vegetable soup. And most important! This soup takes only 15 minutes.
Of course, I assume, that you use prepared mushroom ( as I do).
Fresh chantere… Read More
2020-02-03 12:09
Simple and Delicious Sour Milk and Semolina Cake. This one of the cakes that makes your fantasy work.
You can bake it as simple version or add lot of different ingredients and additive… Read More
2020-01-28 14:30
Cottage Cheese Pie is a great dish for breakfast or a quick dinner.
A wonderful recipe you can serve as a sweet or savoury dish.
Did you know? Interesting fact: In Estonia, cottage che… Read More
2020-01-20 14:12
Estonians love potatoes. But when you fed up with boiled potatoes, fried potatoes, oven potatoes, mashed potatoes…
Bake some potato waffles. Garlic makes this recipe perfect and gets… Read More
2020-01-12 11:23
This is classical baked macaroni and cheese recipe with a twist.
I like barley groats and I love combination groats with cheese and thyme.
Barley groats are a superfood, btw. Healthy and del… Read More
2020-01-08 09:16
A fresh, light, Estonian-inspired salad perfect for a dinner. Perfect to use boiled barley groats leftovers.
This is the explosion of flavours and textures. Crispy cucumbers, sour cran… Read More
2020-01-03 11:01
Have you noticed that dishes made from leftovers are always very tasteful?! Like pizza or seljanka.
Or in Estonia ” Komeet” candies and cakes ” Rum Balls”.
Rum Balls… Read More
2019-12-29 11:48
Juicy and delicious everyday dinner. Gin and juniper berries give the meat a pleasant woody taste.Braising produces extremely moist, tender, and flavorful meat and pork will be so soft and… Read More
2019-12-23 13:40
This is real and very Estonian cake. And what is important: this is not baked cake. And what is more important; this is weight watchers cake Quark and yoghurt have low-fat but full of prote… Read More
2019-12-17 10:01
Pööripäev or Winter Solstice is the shortest day of the year in Estonia, taking place on 21 December. On the solstice, there are only 6 hours of daylight, whereas, in summer… Read More
2019-12-16 23:32
Look at the colours! This is so colourful and beautiful dessert. Pumpkin is sweet and buckthorn is sour and altogether you receive delicious and amazing dessert. I added some black currants… Read More
2019-12-09 10:55
2019-12-05 10:38
This is a unique Estonian inspired pork chop dipped in Kama coating.
What is KAMA?
Kama is Estonian traditional finely milled flour mixture. Estonians buying Kama mixture from shop.. and the… Read More
2019-11-30 10:11
This is a wonderful combination. Apple gives acid, celery bitterness and parsnip is sweet. All ingredients complement each other. And look at this light colour!
Change products combination a… Read More
2019-11-25 15:47
If you are a sports fan, you will definitely know Haapsalu swordsmen’s Kaido Kaaberma, Oksana Jermakova, Nikolai Novosjolov, Julia Beljajeva, Irina Embrich, Kristina Kuusk, Erika Kirpu… Read More
2019-11-20 12:12
What is the typical Estonian breakfast?
I know that many children like to eat for breakfast Kohuke. Teenagers like more some yoghurt, quark creams or cereals with milk. The adult eats some p… Read More
2019-11-14 11:32
This cake has a very sweet story.
Estonian famous and popular presenter Priit Kuusk lost his mother a long time ago when he was the child. A few years ago he was a guest in one broadcast and… Read More
2019-11-08 14:27
A delicious vegetable salad from boiled barley groats.
Best option to use leftovers ” I boiled too many groats”.
Barley Groat Salad. Kruubisalat Servings: 1
Tim… Read More
2019-11-03 13:44
Interesting fact: In Estonia, cottage cheese began to be produced in order to meet the cheese production plan set by Moscow to the USSR. The National Planning Committee of the USSR almost do… Read More
2019-10-27 13:14
Rowan Berries are very healthy. The astringent taste fades with freezing, so the best time to pick them is winter.
But.
If in your home forest are living greedy birds, you should pick them a… Read More
2019-10-21 10:30
Juicy, grainy and healthy autumn cake. ( of course, you can bake it in winter or summer, too).
But sweet carrots, tart apples make wonderful and moisture and juicy combination.
You can repla… Read More
2019-10-15 09:51
This is a very old recipe.
From the time when people made preserves for the winter.
The tomato is a very picky and sensitive berry. So, for longer preservation, you must pasteurize.
Bu… Read More
2019-10-10 07:06
More than 400 spices of mushroom grow in Estonia and almost 100 of them are edible. And proximate 25 of them are a very good edible mushroom.
I know and foraging for food more than 10 spices… Read More
2019-10-05 09:45
Today is the Teachers Day.
This is a funny and beautiful day. Children bring lot of flowers and day is almost free, because of..
In Estonia last class students grant leave to teach… Read More
2019-09-29 10:17
On 29th of September is St. Michal day, Michaelmas Day. This day was end of the summer working season.
Englishmen used to say ” Every dog has its day”. But Estonians are saying … Read More
2019-09-23 12:39
Rowan Berries are very healthy. The astringent taste fades with freezing, so the best time to pick them is winter.
But.
If in your home forest are living greedy birds, you should pick them a… Read More
2019-09-17 11:46
This is a very soft, tender pie. Use for toppings apples, berries or just cinnamon and sugar mixture.
Milk keeps this pie fresh and soft for days… in case you really have leftovers.
T… Read More
2019-09-11 10:56
A great vegetable dinner with Estonian twist. Sweet pumpkin flavour is combined with pleasantly grainy barley groats. It is very easy and quick dinner from only 3 ingredients.
Cooking… Read More
2019-09-05 11:46
Peipsi area is home to Old Believers, a traditional religious minority recognised as hard-working and skilful fishermen, builders and keen onion cultivatorsThis region has become famous for… Read More
2019-09-01 10:17
The perfect recipe to use the first chanterelle.
Sweet chicken, nice mushrooms and tart red currants in the creamy sauce. Very easy to prepare and delicious dinner.
There is so much flavour… Read More
2019-08-23 12:07
Today 30 years ago took place The Baltic Way.
The Baltic Way was a peaceful political demonstration which took place on 23 August 1989 when approximately two million people (which is 25% of… Read More
2019-08-20 09:00
Do you know anyone who does not like gooseberries? Yellow, green, red, small, big, hairy or smooth. Sweet or tart.
complicated to pick but good to eat.
Very simple dough, sweet and soft and… Read More
2019-08-13 12:10
A light, vegetable dish recipe perfect for a late summer dinner.
I have to say that I just love cheese. And specially baked cheese. So I love for example Georgian cuisine where a lot o… Read More
2019-08-06 11:29
Recently I saw TV cooking show, where participants were very amazed about beetroot soup.
Beet root is delicious, healthy and very suitable for soups. You can cook hot soup Borš- look… Read More
2019-07-31 22:34
A delicious and very sweet old school real food cake.
Wonderful combination and good old flavours. Light quark cream complements rich and sweet cacao layers. Sour and sweet berries give juic… Read More
2019-07-26 09:51
Saarde is the region in South Estonia.
And this is a light and simple summer dish was to use meat leftovers. The most complicated part in this recipe is to grate potatoes, but other…… Read More
2019-07-22 11:49
Amazing and very simple summer dinner. Full of proteins, easy to do and very delicious. Serve with boiled new potatoes and use a lot of greens.
Cold Quark SauceServings: 4-6
Time: 10min… Read More
2019-07-15 22:54
Meadow-sweet is just amazing. It is healthy, taste and flavour are wonderful. Smell it! The smell drives your crazy, This is a smell of summer and freedom and childhood summer holidays with… Read More
2019-07-10 11:46
I got this idea from Jamie Oliver. And it sounded very intrigued to me. Is it really possible to grill fish in the newspaper? And yes, this is possible. And the result is juicy and delicious… Read More
2019-07-05 11:48
Estonian cottage cheese is a little bit salty accord. And this makes this cake very interesting.
Juicy sweet and sour raspberries, little bit salty squeaking curd combined with sweet fluffy… Read More
2019-06-29 22:55
Estonian fermented dairy dishes are sour milk, buttermilk and sour cream. From the east came Kefir. But yoghurt is quite new for Estonians.
During the soviet time, we saw yoghurt from Finnis… Read More
2019-06-24 09:08
Seto Suulliim means in direct translation suul= salt and liim= broth. Savoury soup, salty broth, soup. So I used for translation this meaning.
I was born in Põlva. Põlva… Read More
2019-06-19 09:19
An ancient dessert served at weddings in many areas of Estonia; made from milk, eggs, beer and sugar.
Maybe it sounds strange, but believe me. It tastes wonderful. Very light and sweet and u… Read More
2019-06-10 13:03
I like to watch cooking TV shows, and I am always amazed at people who afraid and avoid raw garlic. For me, garlic is medicine, natural inflammatory. And the reason I like garlic is strong i… Read More
2019-06-05 01:02
Visiting a bog is fun in every season.
I did my photos in June. It was a rainy day, so the quality of photos, not that excellence.
A peat bog is a mix of water and land. Bog water is lo… Read More
2019-06-01 12:34
Yes, This is the food And very easy to make.
Pick some reindeer Moss and dip into the chocolate
If it seems to you too complicate, you can order this dessert from Chocolala.
The 1st of Jun… Read More
2019-05-29 11:26
As I wrote last year, Pletskid is food from difficult and complicated times. Because of a lack of eggs and everything, children invented ” bread”, to get something to eat… Read More
2019-05-23 11:11
The perfect summer dessert. Cooling and bracing. Great rhubarb sour and sweet flavour combined with tender and light cream.
And.
Very easy to do.
Beginning of the 90s I worked a few months i… Read More
2019-05-15 12:49
Great spring or summer recipe.
The Tart rhubarb marinate softens poultry.
Beautiful green cover from weed gives a final outstanding look and great taste and flavour.Marinated chicken fillet… Read More
2019-05-10 02:09
Kringel is something very important in Estonia.
Does not matter. Birthday or christening. Sweet, warm, soft bread is in the place. The smell in the house while baking is divine. Hardly… Read More
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