Caviar (Ikra): All You Need To Know About This Great Food

Some Facts About Caviar (Ikra)

Often referred as the luxury food, Caviar is not strange to the world anymore. Caviar is considered t be originated in Russia. This Russian food is widely available online as well. It is a well known fact that Caviar is very expensive, but the great taste of this Russian food has made it the favourite dish of the people around the world. Thankfully Caviar is available in affordable prices with a few International Foods Online stores. Alright, now you might have even tasted Caviar, but we are sure that not every one of us know what exactly is Caviar and only a very few of them out there know at least a little history about Caviar.

What is Caviar?

Caviar is nothing but salted roe of fish. The interesting fact about Caviar is that this will be made of roe of different fish species. Due to this fact of using uniquely tasting fish, Caviar is one of the most delicious dishes available in this planet. As tasty and top quality this food is, as expensive its price tag is. In olden days, Caviar was strictly available only for royal people. In this modern world, with anything and everything available online at affordable prices, Caviar is now available to normal people as well.

A Little History

Caviar has its roots in very ancient period. The word Caviar first got in practice by the early 1591. Caviar was widely exported to Europe by the businessman Henry Schacht. This savvy businessman earned huge cash as American dollar had a great value against the pound and the European royals were ready to pay top price for Caviar. By the 1900s Russian Caviar was titled as the authentic Caviar and it came in two forms such as the red caviar and black caviar. Russian Caviar is of huge demand even today and is considered as the premium food in this planet.

Buying Authentic Russian Caviar

Authentic Russian Caviar is very hard to find. Statistics indicate the bitter fact that 90% of this high class food shipped around the planet is actually from the United States though they are labeled as authentic Russian food. Buying Caviar from the Wholesale Gourmet Food stores will be the best option as the prices will be very much affordable. All you have to do is to make sure that the food store of your choice has its roots in ancient Russian history. This will make sure that you get the authentic, luxurious Russian Caviar.

Caviar has many health benefits as well. So if you need to taste the most delicious food of this planet, you never should miss to taste Caviar.

By: John Edwardzzz

How to Make Borsh - Russian Beet Soup

Winter is a perfect time for borsh (also known as borscht) - nourishing, delicious and warming up soup. The main borsh's ingredient is beet, that is why the color of borsh is red.

Russian Borsh recipe

Ingredients:

1 lb beef (with or without bones)
1 lb red beets (3 average ones)
1/2 lb shredded cabbage
4 small potatoes
1 carrot
1 onion
3 tbsp tomato paste
1 tsp vinegar
5 g garlic (grated)
salt and pepper on your taste
parsley, dill and spring onions

Method:

Preparing meat broth:
Put beef into a large saucepan and cover with 3 l cold water. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Remove the grease and froth from the broth surface with a spoon. Add one onion. Cook at low heat for 1-2 hours.

Simmering red beets:
Melt 1 tablespoon margarine in a saucepan. Cut red beets into thin sticks and add them into the cooking pot. Add tomato paste or sliced tomatoes. Simmer at low heat for 1 hour. If there is not enough liquid, add some broth. Add vinegar.

Pan-frying vegetables:
Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a frying pan. Add chopped onions and carrots cut into thin sticks. Cover and saute for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Heat broth to boiling. Add chopped cabbage and potatoes cut into bars. Cook for 5 minutes. Add saute and cook another 10 minutes. Add simmered red beets. Cook another 5 minutes. Add salt, black pepper and garlic.

Borsh is usually served with sour cream and black bread.

Source: www.ruscuisine.com

Black Russian Cocktail Recipe

Last time when I posted the White Russian Cocktail recipe, there actually were two cocktails on the picture. The second one was of course a Black Russian cocktail. So I feel like owe you the second recipe.

Black Russian Cocktail recipe

Ingredients

1 ounce coffee flavored liqueur (Kahlua)
2 ounce vodka

Combine all the ingredients and stir. Pour over crushed ice in an old-fashioned glass.



You've already seen how Black Russian looks like, so I've brought to you an authentic image from the Soviet era, anti-alcohol campaign period. The man on the poster says "NO!" to vodka (which is completely not typical for a Russian/Soviet man). Do you find it compelling? ;)

Classic White Russian Cocktail

Vodka, coffee liqueur, cream... What else do you need to make this awesome cocktail except these simple ingredients? A mood. Get yourself in that special White Russian state of mind (for example, see a little bit of "The Big Lebowski"), then you can be sure that you 100% enjoy your special "Dude" drink.

Ingredients

1 ounce coffee flavored liqueur (Tia Maria or Kahlua)

1 ounce vodka

1/2 cup cream or milk

In a mixing glass, combine all the ingredients. Pour over ice in an old fashioned glass.

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