We continue publishing the recipes of some of the favourite dishes of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. Today we present the famous Uzbeki rice and meat dish, plov. It is well documented that the Soviet dictator had a special liking for plov and ate it at least once a week.Ingredients: diced lamb (800 grams, not too lean), two cups of rice, 3 large carrots, 2 large onions, several cloves of garlic, dried herbs, salt and pepper. The dish has to be [...]

By popular demand we resume publishing some of the favourite recipes of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. You might not know this, but Stalin liked his food and his famous late night dinners were legendary for their variety of dishes. Stalin would invite members of the Politburo to his official residence and they would party till the early hours, often getting drunk and even performing folk dances all by themselves as no women were present. Today we present another dish that [...]

Today we present another dish that was a favourite of Joseph Stalin, the famous Russian mince cakes, kotlety. Simple in preparation, it is probably one of the most popular dishes in Russia still. In the Russian cookery books translated into English the mince cakes are often mistakenly referred to as ‘beef cutlets’ or just ‘cutlets’, a name that sounds very confusing for a Western ear. It is actually a sort of a hamburger, if you like, only thicker.Ingredients: half a [...]

Today we present the recipe for the famous Georgian dish, Satsivi, one of Joseph Stalin’s personal favourites. This is a dish that needs a bit of an effort to get that combination of ingredients just right. You will get the hang of it, eventually. But once you master it you will cook it again and again. A great starter that should be served cold or just slightly warm.Ingredients (for two people): chicken 400 grams, half a cup of walnuts, 2-3 [...]

We continue posting the recipes of dishes favoured by the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. Today we present the famous Russian Winter Salad that was served as one of the starters at Stalin’s famous, or infamous if you consider that some of guests were humiliated and abused there, late night dinners at his official residence outside Moscow where all the members of the ruling Politburo would gather to toast their leader. Absence from these dinners would usually signify two things: a [...]

Hi there, readers of StirringTroubleinternationally! This is your editor speaking. Today I would like to present to you the first instalment from our new section (it’s not yet a section but Paul, our designer, promised to have it in place soon) which would be called Stalin’s Favourite Dishes. Why so, you may ask. Well, because dictators generally like to spoil themselves with good food and Stalin was no exception. He loved Georgian and Russian and Ukrainian cuisine and even ordered [...]