“Cooking with Alexei Zimin” is a culinary show on the NTV channel, where, along with a TV presenter, viewers learn to make delicious, but home-style food in a restaurant. Today we will present you the recipes of several delicious dishes that do not require a lot of time and outlandish ingredients.
Who is Aleksey Zimin?
Restaurant critic, well-known journalist, real gastronomic professional and food scholar Zimin Alexei was educated at a French school called “Le Cordon Bleu”. It is he who teaches the audience to prepare culinary masterpieces according to quite simple and understandable recipes. According to Zimin, in order to make restaurant food yourself, it is not necessary to have many years of culinary experience and use overseas products.
What is the show about?
Each issue of the program “Cooking with Alexei Zimin” (recipes will be discussed below) is dedicated to a specific topic (for example, Chinese lunch, fish day, holiday dinner, etc.). It is also worth noting that the TV presenter is never limited to just one dish. After all, he always offers several options and allows viewers to immerse themselves in all the intricacies of culinary craftsmanship, namely: learn how to choose the right products, cut them, heat treat, etc.
Alexey Zimin: recipes for various dishes
In this article, we will not deviate from the principle of the program on the NTV channel and in turn consider detailed methods of preparing three different and simple dishes, which are recommended to be presented to an ordinary family dinner. It should be noted that to create such culinary creations you will need a small amount of time. After all, you can do them in parallel.
Smoked pork ribs
To prepare such a hearty and fragrant dish, Alexei Zimin recommends using the following ingredients:
- pork ribs - about 1 kg;
- fresh liquid honey - 50 g;
- soy sauce - about 50 ml;
- granulated sugar - 25 g;
- odorless vegetable oil - approximately 50 ml;
- black leaf tea - 20 g;
- rosemary - 3-4 stems;
- sweet onions - 4 heads;
- balsamic vinegar - 25 ml;
- ground allspice, salt, fine, fresh parsley - add to taste.
Cooking process
Such a hearty and tasty dish is made quite easily. To do this, mix soy sauce,
honey, black pepper and refined vegetable oil, and then thoroughly beat everything with a whisk. The resulting mixture must be coated with all processed pork ribs and refrigerated for 20 minutes. After the specified time, you should take a large pan, cover it with foil and pour rosemary and black tea. Next, the dishes must be put on a strong fire, and on top of the pan set a sieve and put the pickled pork ribs in it. In this position, it is recommended to smoke meat under a closed lid for about 40 minutes. After this, the ribs should be transferred to a baking sheet and baked in the oven (for 20 minutes at a temperature of 185 degrees).
For a side dish to such aromatic meat, Alexei Zimin offers the following recipe: you need to chop the sweet onions into thin half rings, then darken it over low heat, first pouring salt and adding balsamic vinegar. Before serving, it is advisable to decorate the dish with fresh parsley.
Delicious lamb pie
Such hearty pastries can be prepared for an ordinary family dinner, and for the festive Easter table. For this we need:
- granular dry yeast - about 12 g;
- light wheat flour - about 500 g;
- odorless vegetable oil - 35 ml;
- coarse salt - 2/3 of a dessert spoon;
- fresh garlic - 4 cloves;
- frozen lamb scoop or fresh - about 600 g;
- dried basil - 25 g;
- dry white wine - 1/3 cup;
- oregano - a dessert spoon;
- fresh parsley - about 20 g;
- large egg - 1 pc.
Knead the dough
Dry granular yeast must be poured with warm water and left to stand for 10 minutes. After that, it is necessary to sift the wheat flour into a deep bowl and make a deepening in it. Next, yeast and vegetable oil should be poured into the resulting hole, as well as a little salt and mix thoroughly. The finished base must be left in a warm place for 1 hour.
Make a filling and bake a pie
To prepare the filling, finely chop the lamb meat and fry it in vegetable oil with garlic and salt. After that, dry wine is added to the lamb and pour in finely chopped parsley, dried basil and oregano.
When the filling is completely ready, the approached dough needs to be divided into two parts and rolled out to fit the shape. One layer must be laid on a baking sheet, greased with a beaten egg, put the fried meat and cover with the second part of the base. Next, fasten the edges of the dough, make holes in the semi-finished product for steam to escape, and then put in the oven for 40 minutes.
Bananas in Cream Cheese
To make such a delicious dessert, Alexei Zimin recommends using the following components:
- fat cream - about 400 ml;
- cinnamon - 1-2 sticks;
- condensed milk - a pair of standard jars;
- cream cheese - about 400 g;
- ripe bananas - about 4 pcs.;
- ground cinnamon - ¼ dessert spoon.
How to cook?
To prepare a delicious and fragrant dessert, you need to take a stewpan, pour in fat cream, add
condensed milk and 2 sticks of cinnamon. The resulting mixture must be boiled over low heat for about a quarter of an hour. Next,
cream cheese should be added to the mass and mix thoroughly using a whisk.
It is desirable to cut peeled ripe bananas lengthwise and crosswise into exactly 4 parts. After this ½ of the finished sauce is required to pour into the pan, then put the bananas and add the remaining cream with condensed milk. All ingredients must be sprinkled with ground cinnamon, put in the oven and bake for about 25 minutes.
As you can see, the cuisine of Alexei Zimin provides for the use of only simple and quite affordable ingredients. Indeed, to make gourmet dishes, you only need to show a culinary imagination, and not to purchase outlandish and expensive products.