Chiken-dumpling soup (For 4 persons)

2x chicken legs
1,5 l of water
4-5 potatoes
1-2 carrots
(If you wish you can add also cube of chicken stock)

Dumplings:
1 egg
salt
1-2 tsp of butter
1dl of bouillon
2dl of flour

Put the chicken legs to the cold water and boil them. While boiling remove the suds what rise in the pot. then add the cube of chicken stock. Stew in low heat approximately for 20 minutes and then add the chopped carrots. After 5 minutes add also the chopped potatoes. Then prepare the dumplings. When the chicken is soft take the legs out from pot and cut the chicken to small pieces. Then put the chicken back to pot. Take the tablespoon and then take the small pieces of dumpling batter and put it from the spoon to the soup. The dumplings are ready when they rise up.

Oatcake

300g of butter
3dl of sugar
3dl of flour
6dl of oatmeal
1,5 tsp of baking powder

Warm the oven to 175C. Cream the butter with sugar, then add the flour where you have mixed the baking powder and finally add the oatmeal. Shape the pasta to small loafs. Cook in the oven 15-20 minutes or until the cookies are golden brown.

Sauerkraut soup (for 6 persons)

1 kg of sauerkraut
1 big onion
1ts of oil
0.7-1 kg of meat(with bone)
2,5 l of water
salt
2-3 tsp barley groats
sugar according to your taste
2-3 carrots
2-3 potatoes( you can leave potatoes out if you wish)

Fry an onion and the meat on the pan wit oil. Measure the water into the pot, add meat, sauerkraut, onion and barley groats. Let it boil for an hour and add chopped carrots and potatoes and cook more for an half of hour. Then take the meat out and cut it to the small peaces and put it back to the pot. The soup goes even better next day and even more the day after that:)

White bread pie (for 6 persons)

1 white bread
3-4 apples and/or one jar jam
1,5 dl sugar
cinnamon
4 eggs
500 ml of milk

Chop the bred cubes and cover the baking tin with cubes then add sliced apples and a little bit of sugar and cinnamon. Then add one layer of jam. Repeat the layers again until the products are finished. The last layer should be bread. Then beat the eggs and add the milk and mix it, then pour the mix to the baking tin. Cover with foil and cook approximately for 25 minutes in 200C. Then remove the foil and cook more for 15 minutes. Serve with cold milk

Cabbage and minced meat casserole( for 4 per.)

500g of cabbage
5 potatoes
2 carrots
2 onions
1 tsp oil
marjoram
5 decilitre vegetable bouillon
black pepper
salt
250g of minced meat.


Cut the cabbage and potatoes for small pieces. Put them to the pot and add the vegetable bouillon. Flavor with marjoram and salt. Stew in low temperature approximately half of hour or until vegetables are soft.
Chop the onions and fry with minced meat. Flavor with salt and pepper. When the meat is almost ready add chopped carrots and fry a bit more. Then mix it together with vegetables.
If you wish, you can add a little bit chopped dill and parsley.

Panada

8-9 slices of fine rye bread
1,5 l of water
2dl of sugar
3-4 piece of clove
2dl of raisins
2tsp of lemon juice
Serve with milk or sour cream

Put the slices of bread to the oven and toast them from both side for 5 minute in 225C.
Then put the bread to the pot where you add also the water and boil it 3-4 minutes. When it's boiled then rub it through sieve. Put it back to the pot, add clove, sugar and raisins and heat near boiling point. Then add the lemon juice mix it and let it cool down. Serve with cold milk or sour cream.

Sõir

Sõir is known in Setu and Võru regions homemade cottage cheese. You can serve it just as a snack or cut for thin slices and put on the bred.
500g of curd
50g of butter
1l of milk
1 egg
1tsp cumin
1tsp of salt
Heat the milk to near boiling point and put in the curd and then heat more for 5 minutes until the milk curdles and separates the whey (greenish fluid). Pour mass to the sieve and drain properly. Pour mass back to the pot, add butter and mix. Add also the egg , salt and cumins and heat 3 minutes (do not boil). Put the sõir into the vessel which is covered with cling film and cover it also with cling film. Put it to the fridge and let it stay until next day.