Ukha

Uhka is a very simple, light Russian soup. Based on this recipe here, it takes few ingredients and little effort for a meal.

Ukha

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cooking Time: 25 minutes

Serves: 6

Ingredients:

4 cups water

2 potatoes, cubed

1 onion, chopped

9 ounces cod filets, cubed

juice of one lemon

salt and pepper to taste

Substitutions:

cod - pollock, haddock, orange roughy, tilapia, flounder, grouper, halibu, red snapper, or striped bass

Cooking:

Brin 4 cups water in a saucepan to a boil. Add the potatoes and onion, and boil for 15 minutes. Reduce to a simmer, add the fish and parsley, and simmer for 10 more minutes.

Add lemon juice, salt, and pepper to taste.

Chapter 14 : Chile

Stretching across the Pacific coast of South America, Chile is a narrow country of mountains and coasts. The ingredients aren't too unfamiliar if you've cooked Peruvian cuisine: quinoa, corn, and potatoes are common.

For our first attempt we made Chilean asado. Asado is apropriate across Latin America, Chilean asado is topped with pebre: a mix of cilantro, onions and parsley.

Asado with Pebre

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Serves: variable

Ingredients:

Any mix of the following meats:

Ribs, flank steak, chorizo, or offal

Pebre:

2 cups cilantro

2 cups parsley

1 chopped onion

1/4 cup water

1 tbsp lemon juice

1 tsp crushed red pepper

3/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp black pepper

2 garlic cloves, minced

1 1/2 tsp olive oil

Preparation:

Mix all pebre ingredients, excepy olive oil, in a bowl and refridgerate for one hour, then stir in olive oil right before serving.

Cooking:

Barbeque, or broil, meats until cooked. Then top with pebre and serve.