Bulgarianpotatoes Recipes

BULGARIAN POTATOES

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 375º. Butter 9-inch baking dish.
• Puree cottage cheese in food processor until as smooth as possible, about 1 minute
• Add butter, 1 teaspoons salt, and 1/2 teaspoons pepper and blend until combined well.
• Peel potatoes and thinly slice (1/4-1/8"), a slicer would be perfect for this.
• Spread 1/3 of the potatoes evenly in 1 layer in dish and top with 1/3 (1 scant cup) cottage cheese mixture. Mixture will NOT cover potatoes completely.
• Continue layering potatoes and cottage cheese mixture, ending with cottage cheese.
• Cover tightly with foil and bake until potatoes are tender, 1-1 1/4 hours.
• When potatoes are tender, whisk together eggs, yogurt, remaining salt and pepper in a bowl.
• Pour egg mixture evenly over potatoes and bake, uncovered, until custard is set, about 20 minutes.

BULGARIAN POTATO SALAD

Steps:

• In a salad bowl - add the finely chopped spring onions, salt, pepper to taste, the lemon juice and olive oil, and mix gently.
• Cut the potatos into cubes and add the the salad bowl.
• Gently mix, sprinkle with parsley or dill if you serve the salad with fish.

BULGARIAN POTATOES

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 375°F. Butter baking dish.
• Purée cottage cheese in a food processor until as smooth as possible, about 1 minute, then add butter, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper and blend until combined well. Peel potatoes and cut crosswise using slicer into 1/8-inch-thick slices. Spread one third of potatoes evenly in 1 layer in dish and top with one third (a scant cup) cottage cheese mixture (mixture will not cover potatoes completely). Continue layering potatoes and cottage cheese mixture, ending with mixture. Cover tightly with foil and bake until potatoes are tender, 1 to 1 1/4 hours.
• Whisk together eggs, yogurt, remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper in a bowl. Pour egg mixture evenly over potatoes and bake, uncovered, until custard is set, about 20 minutes.

POTATO PIE (PATATNIK)

Steps:

• Peel and grate potatoes.
• Salt and leave aside for 15 minutes.
• Strain potatoes dry (salting would have caused the potatoes loosing water).
• Grate onions and mix with the potatoes and dried thyme (you can add a bit of dried mint as well).
• Heat oil in a shallow pan.
• Add the potato mixture to the pan and spread evenly, forming a sort of 1- 2 cm thick pancake.
• Cover with a lid and fry until the bottom is golden and a crust forms.
• Hold pan with lid on and turn over the potato pie on the lid.
• Slide potato pie on the uncooked side and repeat above steps until fried to golden.
• Repeat until mixture runs out.