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Zharkoye
A hearty Russian stew usually made with beef or pork, potatoes, carrots, and onions, simmered over a low heat.
Grebeshki
Fried or broiled scallops, often served with a creamy sauce and garnished with fresh herbs.
Russian Black Bread
A dense, dark rye bread with a slightly sweet and tangy flavor, often used for sandwiches or served with soups.
Borsch
A hearty beetroot soup often served with sour cream and dill.
Blini
Thin pancakes traditionally made from buckwheat flour, often served with smoked salmon, caviar, sour cream, or honey.
Vareniki
Boiled dumplings usually filled with potatoes, cheese, or fruit fillings, akin to Polish pierogi.
Veal Orlov
Breaded veal cutlets topped with a mushroom, onion, and sour cream sauce, baked to golden perfection.
Solyanka
A thick, spicy, and sour soup made with meat, fish, or mushrooms, often incorporating pickled cucumbers.
Kotlety
Russian meat patties or burgers often made from ground beef and pork, mixed with onions and breadcrumbs.
Tvorog
A type of fresh cheese similar to cottage cheese, often used in baking or as a topping for blini or syrniki.
Olivier Salad
Diced potatoes, vegetables, eggs, meat, and mayonnaise make up this traditional Russian salad.
Beef Stroganoff
Sauteed pieces of beef served in a sauce with sour cream, called smetana in Russian.
Syrniki
Fried quark (a type of fresh cheese) pancakes, often sweetened and served with sour cream, jam, or honey.
Pelmeni
Dumplings filled with minced meat, fish, or mushrooms and served with butter, sour cream, or vinegar.
Pryaniki
Russian spice cookies made with honey and flavored with spices like ginger, cinnamon, and cardamom, often decorated with icing.
Drzhena
Cornflower petals steeped in honey, a sweet and fragrant traditional Russian drink.
Pod Shuboy
Also known as 'herring under a fur coat', this dish is a layered salad of pickled herring, potatoes, carrots, beetroots, and mayonnaise.
Ukha
A clear fish soup traditionally made from fresh-caught river fish like pike or perch, flavored with herbs.
Golubtsy
Cabbage rolls stuffed with a mixture of meat and rice, cooked in tomato sauce.
Kholodets
A jellied meat dish made from broth, typically from pork or beef, and set into a gelatin made from cooking bones.
Rassolnik
A sour-salty soup made with pickled cucumbers, pearl barley, and kidney, often garnished with sour cream.
Buckwheat Porridge
A simple but nutritious dish made from boiled buckwheat groats, often served with milk, butter, or mushroom sauce.
Kvass
A traditional slavic fermented beverage made from rye bread with a slightly alcoholic content, often used in soups like Okroshka.
Kasha
A porridge commonly made from buckwheat, but also from other grains like barley, millet, or oats.
Pirozhki
Small baked or fried buns stuffed with a variety of fillings like meat, vegetables, or fruit.
Medovik
A multi-layered honey cake, with thin sponge cakes filled with sweet cream.
Chak-chak
A Tatar sweet treat, made from dough fried in honey and formed into a mound of crispy cakes.
Olivye
A variant of Olivier salad, this one often includes ingredients like potatoes, carrots, eggs, and mayonnaise complemented with green peas and dill pickles.
Shchi
A traditional cabbage soup that can be made with or without meat, often flavored with sauerkraut.
Okroshka
A cold summer soup combining raw vegetables like cucumbers, radishes, and boiled potatoes, with cooked eggs, and a kvass or kefir based broth.
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