Ingredients
For 1.5 pounds lamb:
2 small onion heads
2 scallion (spring onion) heads
2 medium-sized tomatoes
1 lemon
1 tbs. vinegar
1 tbs. olive oil


Method
Dice 1st onion. Clean lamb, cut into small pieces, place into bowl, add salt, pepper, diced onion and vinegar or one tsp. of lemon juice. Make sure ingredients are well applied. Cover bowl, move to a cold place and allow marinating for 2.5 hours. Slice 2nd onion. Add pieces of lamb interspersed with onion slices. One should cook Shashlik above hot (no flame) coals on a grill or brazier. In case of no available grill one can use a frying pan. Cook 15-20 minutes, spinning skewer to evenly cook Shashlik. Once done, remove from skewer, place onto plate, garnish with sliced red or green peppers, tomatoes, scallions and slices of lemon. This method will work for pork Shashlik as well.

    

Ingredients
1 lb sugar
1/2 c water
1 1/2 c honey
1/2 lb almonds
500 g flour
1 ts baking powder .
cardamom
cloves
Icing: 1 1/2 lb sugar .
/2 lb chocolate powde


Description
Pryaniki are ones of the most interesting makes of Russian cuisine. The name of Pryaniki comes from the spicy taste and smell which are achieved by special various additions. They could have different sizes, sometimes they made to order Pryanik up to several poods ( pood is old Russian measure, 16,38 kg (36 lb) and decorations. There were two kinds of Pryaniki - painted and printed. Painted Pryaniki are decorated with nuts, berries and candied peel. Real dynasties were involved in making forms for Pryaniki. Sometimes Pryaniki were made from two layers with fruit jelly or jam between. Expensive Pryaniki were always covered with icing. Pryaniki are one of the favourite food. They were always offered to guests, relatives. But there were 'leavingaway' Pryaniki that were given to late guests and, having received such Pryanik, they had to leave the house immediately. They baked Pryaniki to any occasion and the quality and the decoration were perfect.

Method
Dissolve sugar in the water, mix with honey and boil this syrup in a big pan. Add baking powder, cardamom, cloves to taste and chopped almonds. Take off from the heat and add flour. Stir thoroughly and make the dough on the table. Roll out the dough into an even sheet 0,7 cm thick and cut out different figurines, put on the sheet and bake in the oven until ready. Icing: Boil sugar twice, until the syrup is dense, add chocolate powder, stir very well and cover both sides of Pryaniki with icing, dry a little in the oven. Served with tea, coffee.

    

Ingredients
3 cups cream
1 cup starch
sugar
vanilla


Method
Thoroughly rub the starch with some milk, stir in cream, sugar, and vanilla. Cook over low heat until the mixture thickens. Then cool the drink and serve it with jam or fruit syrup.