Recipes for delicious second courses

Recipes for delicious second courses are what every hostess needs.

Pike perch in almonds

For 4 persons

Cooking: 45 min

Clean the fresh fish from the scales and entrails, get rid of the head and fins. Wash it thoroughly and dry with a paper towel. Then cut the fish into portions, fold them into a bowl. Pepper, sprinkle with lemon juice and marinate in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Shred the almonds. Whip one egg. Each slice of fish roll first in flour, then dip into the egg, into breadcrumbs and crushed nuts. Fry fish on Olein's heated sunflower oil until golden. Clean parsley and cilantro thoroughly, dry and finely chop. To prepare the sauce, mix Olein's mayonnaise "Classic" and sliced ​​greens. Ready dish spread hot on plates and decorate with leafy greens. Separately serve the sauce.

Overseas bird

For 4 persons

Cooking: 55 min

310 kcal

Wash the chicken, dry with a paper towel, cut into portions. Salt and pepper. In a frying pan, heat Olein's sunflower oil and fry the chicken from all sides in it. To cook the sauce, fry the onion diced on the remaining chicken fat, add cinnamon, nutmeg and pour in the broth. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce the heat, put the pieces of chicken in the sauce and simmer them under the lid for 25 minutes. In the meantime, cut the dates in half and remove the bones. Remove excess fat from the surface of the sauce, add dates, lemon juice and turmeric, salt and pepper to taste. Cook for another 5-10 minutes. When serving, place the chicken with dates on a dish, pour sauce. As a garnish, serve boiled rice. Advice: that the rice for the garnish is friable and tasty, before cooking it should be soaked in cold water, and then lightly fried in sunflower oil.

Lemon pie

For 12 people

Cooking: 110 min

Margarine put in the freezer for 15 minutes. Then chilled margarine chop with a large knife or grate on a large grater. Sift flour, mix with margarine and chop with a knife, until fine buttery crumbs are formed. Add kefir and baking powder. Knead the plastic dough, then divide it into 2 equal parts, give each the shape of a bowl, wrap in a food film and put in the refrigerator for 30-40 minutes. Wash lemons, dry well with a paper towel, cut large, pass through a meat grinder, mix with granulated sugar and starch, leave for 10 minutes. Heat the oven to 220 ° C. Both parts of the dough are rolled into 1.5 cm thick layers. Put one part in a round-shaped water-soaked with water. Lay out the resulting lemon filling, cover with the second part of the dough, edges carefully pinched. The top layer of the dough should be kneaded in several places with a fork so that the dough does not swell. Put in the oven and bake for 40 minutes. Ready to take the cake out of the mold, let it cool down a little on the grate and serve it on the table for tea or coffee. You can sprinkle with powdered sugar and decorate, if desired, glaze, cream or lipstick. Tip: for chocolate glaze melt 100 g of chocolate with 10 g of butter and 2-3 drops of cognac.

Potato pancakes

For 4 persons

Time: 50 mins

Peel potatoes, and grate on a fine grater. Onion peel, grind in a blender, mix with potatoes, salt and leave for 7 minutes. Finely chop the greens. Add to the potato paste, beat in eggs, pour in the flour and mix. Bake a few thin pancakes. For the filling, peel the remaining bulb and chop it finely. Pepper Wash, remove the core with seeds, pulp finely chop. Chicken fillet through a meat grinder. In a frying pan, heat the vegetable oil and fry the onion for 3 minutes. Add the pepper and fry for another 5 minutes. Put the chicken fillet, salt, pepper and keep on the fire for 4 minutes. For each pancake, put the resulting stuffing and roll it with a tube. You can serve on lettuce leaves and decorate with greens.

Pancakes with apples and raspberry sauce

For 4 persons

Time: 140 min

In warm milk, dissolve the yeast, add warm butter, eggs, sugar, salt and with constant stirring, pour the sifted flour. Cover the dough with a towel and put in a warm place for 2 hours. Wash the apples, dry, peel, remove the core with seeds. Pulp, cut into thin strips, put into the risen dough, mix and spoon into a frying pan with hot oil. Roast pancakes on both sides until golden brown. For the sauce, raspberries go through, wash, dry and mash in a blender. Then wipe through a frequent sieve and whisk with powdered sugar. Ready pancakes served on the table with the resulting sauce. You can decorate with mint leaves.

"Nodules" with mushrooms

For 8 people

Time: 90 minutes

Egg whisk with sugar, a pinch of salt, gradually pour half of the warm milk and mix thoroughly. Soda with flour, add to the egg-milk mixture and mix the batter. Gradually dilute it with the remaining milk, pour in the oil and lightly whip. Add 150 ml of hot 5 water to the mass and mix thoroughly. From the resulting test, bake a few very delicate pancakes. Mushrooms brush and cook for 30 minutes, then finely chop. Onion peel and finely chop. Wash green, dry and chop. In a frying pan, heat the vegetable oil and fry the onion for 3 minutes. Add the mushrooms, fry for 15 minutes. Put the greens, salt, pepper and fry another 5 minutes. For each pancake, put the resulting filling, roll up the "knot", tie a strip of cheese and a feather of green onions.