Petersburg Cuisine

Menu of the Lunch Held at the Mariinsky Palace in Honor of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, October 20, 1994

 

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Dish Recipes

Coulibiac of Pancakes with Filling

Cooking rules

Bake the desired amount of thin pancakes, cook minced vesiga (550 g) and boil crumbly buckwheat porridge in milk. When ready, remove to a plate and cool. Sweat the cleaned fish fillets in butter, pour white fish sauce, put a little chopped parsley, boil, remove from heat and put in a cold place. ¾ hours before serving, make a coulibiac in the following way: brush the baking sheet with butter and put a layer of pancakes on it; in each pancake, evenly wrap minced vesiga, porridge or fish fillets and layer pancakes on a sheet in the shape of an oblong coulibiac of the appropriate size. Then bend the edges of the bottom pancakes on a sheet, brush with an egg and lay the pancakes on top so that the shape of the pie is correct; brush the top with egg, sprinkle with finely grated bread, drizzle with butter and place in a hot oven. When the coulibiac is browned in half, take it out of the oven, brush it again with butter, sprinkle with grated bread and brown it, leave it in the oven until serving; then remove to a board, cut into portions and put on a napkin as a whole.