Pork baked with potatoes is prosperity and comfort in your family!

In my family always liked to eat deliciously. Of course, no one did the cult of food, but still a joint dinner in the kitchen, for which family problems were discussed, was one of the most indestructible of our traditions. Well, as you know, any problem becomes less terrible if you decide it at a table, among the heady aromas of dishes and warm shades of home cooking. In each family, of course, in different ways, but my mother always prepared for her "family council" her own crown dish - they were pork baked with potatoes. I must tell you that I'm still trying to learn how to cook it like my mother, but I still do not understand her secret.

For many years now, I already have my own family, but just as our family council is headed by pork baked with potatoes. Why? Yes, because this dish is not only very tasty, nutritious and useful, it stores in itself age-old traditions, brings to the house a feeling of coziness and prosperity. After all, many, many years ago in well-to-do merchant and boyar houses it was pork baked with potatoes that was considered an indispensable attribute of the wedding table - bringing it to the table young, relatives and friends, thus wished them a long, rich and prosperous life. Of course, it was not cooked then, as now - and the pork was homemade, and the potatoes from their garden, and the seasonings were not from the bags, obviously, but it was prepared, of course, in a real Russian oven. In our time of the rabid rhythm of life and high technologies, it is unlikely that the young mistress will be able to repeat that unique taste, but try to make this dish as similar to the one, an ancient recipe, still possible. So, pork baked with potatoes ...

For a family of four, you need at least one kilogram of fresh potatoes. It is fresh, let the potatoes be imported, Dutch, for example, than last year's (if you cook in winter or early spring). Pork is better to take about a pound. Two large carrots, two large bulb-turnips and sour cream are also needed. Do not forget also the greens - parsley and dill. So, the potatoes are cleaned, cut into slices, we put half of its total quantity into the baking dish. Then we spread the cut onions in half rings, smear the layer with sour cream, spread the pork, cut into cubes. Again, smear sour cream, put a layer of onions, carrots and close potatoes. We pat the potato layer with sour cream, pour some molded milk onto the bottom of the mold and put it in a preheated oven for 50 minutes. Five minutes before the preparation, sprinkle the browned layer with chopped herbs and let the dish soak for a few more minutes. Everything, pork baked with potatoes, is ready.

Such a dish will please all members of the family without exception - the hostess will like the simplicity of cooking, the minimum of efforts spent on household chores, the head of the family will no doubt be satisfied with the healthy caloric content of the dish, and children will certainly appreciate the soft, !!

If you want to slightly diversify the traditional recipe, then your trump card is pork baked with mushrooms. The principle of cooking is about the same, the basis will not be potatoes, but mushrooms. But just do not forget that the mushrooms, before they are placed in a roasting dish, must first of all be boiled, in order to avoid food poisoning. You know what ecology is today. So, mushrooms first boil, then finely cut, and lay the layer on the bottom of the mold. Then follow the familiar analogy. Only one small difference - the cooking time should be reduced by ten minutes, so that our mushrooms, their upper layer, are not burnt. Honestly I'll tell you, it's incredibly tasty, but you do not need to cook pork with mushrooms. This is a very heavy food, not every stomach, especially a baby, can constantly cope with such an abundance of carbohydrates. But to indulge relatives and friends for a holiday no one banned ...

Eat on health, joy and prosperity to your family!