Zakushka Dinner Menu

This upcoming Epic Cooking Event is so big I having trouble even finding the time to take pictures let alone put together edited cooking posts. I think we're going to have around 25 people and there will be a combination cold and hot buffet accompanied by home made flavored vodkas (Dr. Deb and Cabinet Lady are doing those) - it is a Russian themed party after all. Here is what we're making. I'll do my best to get some pictures as we go along.

Cold Buffet:

• Gravlax - home made
  
• Pate de Campagne - home made
  
• Traditional Russian Liver Pate - home made
  
• Trout in Orange Marinade - home made
• Selection of Cured Sausages and Hams - purchased
• Selection of Imported Cheeses - purchased
• Pickled Cabbage Salad - home made
• Oil Cured Eggplant - home made
• Pickled Carrots - home made
• Pickled Mushrooms - home made
• Tuna in Roasted Pepper Rolls - home made
• Estonian Ham & Potato Salad in Herring Sour Cream Sauce - home made
  

Hot Buffet:

• Tomato Basil Tart - home made
• Wild Mushroom Ragout - home made
• Meatballs in Sausage Sauce - home made
• Chicken Wings in Saffron Sauce - home made
• Kasha (a traditional Russian buckwheat grain) - home made

Breads:

• Country White - home made
• Central Asian Onion Flat Bread - home made
• French Baguettes - purchased
• Russian Style Black Bread - purchased

Dessert:

• Charlotte Russe - a home made confection that has a base and sides of lady fingers and is filled with a custard, chilled and turned over and decorated with whipped cream. (another contribution of Cabinet Lady and Dr. Deb)

This last weekend I started the salmon curing, made the Pate de Campagne (hope to get some pictures up tomorrow), started the cabbage curing, pickled the mushrooms, and started the eggplant curing. I need to do the trout tomorrow or Thursday. Friday I will do all the hot meat dishes and the liver pate. Saturday I help Wife with the tart, Estonian salad, breads, etc.

This is going to be so good :)