Chefs Shaul Ben Aderet and Tal Cohen present the Presidential Meals menu on the visit of the Russian President • "The class was exciting, Putin thanked us in Hebrew"
Chef Shaul Ben Aderet // Photo: PR
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived this morning (Thursday) for an official visit to Israel, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp and the inauguration of the Leningrad Memorial Memorial held in Jerusalem. During his visit, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosted Putin and members of the Russian delegation for a meal at the Prime Minister's House. In addition to the Russian delegation, the meal was also attended by the Issachar family, whose daughter Naama is imprisoned in Russia.
Chef Shaul Ben Aderet, who was responsible for the presidential meal, prepared a menu consisting of a combination of Russian and Israeli kitchens. Among other things, guests were served Russian egg, mini Bellini, buckwheat salad, Russian bread, butter, pickled herring, pickled salmon, dill bread and capers, mini pickles filled with sour cherry and cheese, and ricotta-style Russian cheese.
Avocado and hummus alongside Russian egg // Photo: PR
Naama Issachar's family participated // Photo: PR
The Israeli side of the Israeli menu included tomato squash in a personalized pan, chopped vegetable salad, black eggplant, tahini and almonds, tuna salad, types of peppers and mustard aioles, lemon avocado and green onion, mini aja, vegetable and potato omelet, Jerusalem hummus and leaves , Feta cream on puff pastry and chopped. For dessert, Netanyahu and Putin were served with honey yogurt, cinnamon quaker, orange carrot cake and horseradish cream, nut cranberry cake, fresh strawberries, dates and figs, and rose tea.
"We've been working on the menu for three weeks now to get the delegation's approval," Ben Aderet said. "Last night we received a phone call from Putin's staff that wanted to change some dishes from the menu, but they ended up liking the meal and were especially excited about the Russian and Israeli duet. Putin thanked me in Hebrew and of course the prime minister and his wife also enjoyed it a lot. "
Weeks of work // Photo: PR
"Putin asked for extras" // Photo: PR
In addition to a dinner at the Prime Minister's House, another dinner was held at the main event of the inauguration ceremony, which was also attended by the Prime Minister and the President of Russia, together with the President of the State and other ministers. On the menu at this event, Chef Tal Cohen was in charge, and included tartlets and croissants in a variety of fillings such as cream cheese and smoked salmon, egg salad and chocolate spread, onion soup with mozzarella balls, brioche roll bar with flamedra and avocado tartar, mascarpone whipped cream and fruit jam, sour cream , A Macbi dessert bar with pistachio, chocolate truffles, apple caramel, and colorful macaroons in the filling.
"We built the menu two months ago," Cohen said, "according to the guidelines we received from Putin's glimpses of foods he loves. Yesterday we made preparations for the event and today we were there from 4 o'clock in the morning. The event and status was exciting. Putin came to us right from his landing with President and Prime Minister. Putin enjoyed the brunch and especially liked the croissant with the Russian egg salad and the croissant with the smoked salmon and asked for toppings of these dishes. "