Samovar Tea Recipes from Old Russia Afternoon Tea in Russia, c. 1905
Russian Fruit Tea
- Fire up your Samovar with 2 quarts of water.
- In a small teapot , make a concentrated tea by combining 1/2 cup apple cider, 3-5 cloves and 5-6 tablespoons of Orange Pekoe Tea.
- Add a small amount of boiling water from your Samovar and steep for 7-10 minutes. You can place the small teapot on the crown of your samovar.
- To serve, pour a small amount of the strained concentrate into a cup or glass, and fill the rest of the cup with boiling water from your Samovar.
- Sweeten to taste with honey or fruit jam.
- Enjoy!
Russian Spiced Black Tea
- Fire up your Samovar with 2 quarts of water.
- In a small teapot , make a concentrated tea by combining 3-5 tablespoons of Black Tea leaves, 6-8 whole cloves, 3 tablespoons of grated orange peel, a pinch or two of cinnimon to taste.
- Add a small amount of boiling water from your Samovar and steep for 7-10 minutes. You can place the small teapot on the crown of your samovar.
- To serve, pour a small amount of the strained concentrate into a cup or glass, and fill the rest of the cup with boiling water from your Samovar.
- Sweeten to taste with honey or fruit jam.
- Enjoy!
Russian Spiced Green Tea
- Fire up your Samovar with 2 quarts of water.
- In a small teapot , make a concentrated tea by combining 5-7 tablespoons of Green Tea leaves, 2 tablespoons of grated orange peel or lemon peel (or a combination of both).
- Add a small amount of boiling water from your Samovar and steep for 7-10 minutes. You can place the small teapot on the crown of your samovar.
- To serve, pour a small amount of the strained concentrate into a cup or glass, and fill the rest of the cup with boiling water from your Samovar.
- Sweeten to taste with honey.
- Enjoy!
Grandma Becky's Banana Cake
- 1 & 3/4 cup flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup shortening
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 2 beaten eggs
- 1 cup banana
Sift flour, powder, soda, salt. Add sugar to oil -- beat light and fluffy. Add eggs. Add flour mix. Bake at 350 til toothpick comes out clean. Enjoy!
Belle Schuster's Apple Cake
Crust:
- 1/2 cup margarine
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 3 cups flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- (orange juice as needed)
Filling:
- 18-25 large apples
- cinnamon
- 1 Cup sugar
Will bake at 350 for 50 minutes
- Combine margarine & sugar in mixmaster bowl, add eggs, mix
- In a bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt -- mix together
- Add this to first part
- Add orange juice in small amounts
- Make a ball of dough and put in fridge for a couple of hours
- Cut apples and add cinnamon and sugar
- Cut dough in half and roll 2 dough rectangles 13"x 9"
- Lower crust in greased pan
- Layer cinnamon, sugar and apples
- Put top crust on
- Put holes in top crust before baking
- Brush or dab water on top crust
- Bake at 350 for 50 minutes (until crust slightly golden)
- When done, put in freezer to firm up before slicing
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