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