RUSSIAN CUISINE

Bliny
is a Russian type of pancakes or crepes. They are
usually thin and big, they may be served with sour
cream, jam, honey, or caviar or smokes salmon.
We often eat blinis folded or rolled with all sorts
of filling such as mushrooms, cottage cheese,
ground meat, cabbage and many others
 Kasha
Kasha is the most common meal in
Russia. It is easy to cook, healthy to eat
and everybody can afford it.
 Pelmeni
Pelmeni are meat or fish dumplings
originally coming from the region of
Siberia. They are usually kept frozen and
cooked in boiled water right before eating
 Varenniki

Varenniki are dumpling similar to pelmeni but

they're usually stuffed with cheese, mashed
potatoes, cabbage, meat, hard-boiled eggs or
different fruits (cherry or plump).
 Pirog

Pirog is a big pie stuffed with

fruits, mushrooms, meat or fish.
 Borscht

Borscht is a soup originally coming from

the Ukrainian cuisine but now equally
popular in Russia. It has a distinctive
reddish-purple color because it’s cooked
with beetroot and tomatoes. In Russia
borsch is always served hot
 Okroshka

Okróshka is a cold soup popular in Russia

in summer time. The main ingredients
include diced raw vegetables, boiled meat,
eggs and potatoes. The soup is served with
kvas ( a popular Russian fermented drink
made from black rye) and sour cream.
 Shchi

Shchi is one of the staples of Russian

cuisine known since the 9th century.
 Solyanka

Solyanka is a thick, piquant soup

popular in Russian and Ukrainian
cuisine. It can be cooked with meat,
fish, or mushrooms, other ingredients
include olives, pickled cucumbers with
brine, cabbage, potatoe, sour cream and
dill
 Sorrel soup
Sorrel soup is extremely popular in Russia in
summer time. It’s healthy and easy to cook. The
main ingredients include sorrel leaves, potatoes,
carrots, parsley and eggs.
 Herring under the fur coat
Herring under the fur coat - is a
traditional Russian salad. It's loved in
Russia but might appear a rather weird
dish to a foreigners. The salad has several
layers: salted herring is covered with
chopped onions, potatoes, carrots, beet
roots and dressed with mayonnaise.
 Salad Olivier
Salad Olivier is usually known as
Russian salad in the West. It is
popular in winter season. Among
its ingredients are boiled potato,
pees, meat, pickled cucumbers,
onions, eggs and carrots.
 Vinegrette

Vinegrette is a traditional
Russian salad made of boiled
beets, potatoes, carrots, pickles,
onions and sauerkraut. It is easy
to cook and remains very
popular especially in winter
time.
 Holodets
Holodets is a traditional Russian meal
which is served during various
celebrations. The word holodets derives
from the Russian word “holod” meaning
“cold”. It is so because the final step of
its meal preparation is cooling it in the
fridge. Holodets looks like a meat jelly
with pieces of meat, at times vegetables
such as carrot and spices
 Pickles
Pickled cucumbers have been known in
Russian for centuries. Since it is quite
commonly grown culture, lot of recipes
how to pickle cucumbers appeared.
There is century old tradition in Russian
to eat pickles as a “chaser” after drinking
vodka, another tradition - to have them
with potatoes
 Beef stroganoff

Beef stroganoff - a Russian dish very

popular around the world. Small pieces of
beef filet (usually strips) are sautéed in
sour cream together with onions and
mushrooms.
 Chiken Kiev

Chicken kiev is a popular dish of

chicken breast rolled around butter.
It’s often stuffed with grated cheese,
mushrooms, herbs, egg yolk, then
breaded and baked in oil.
 Sbiten

Sbiten is a traditional Russian hot

beverage, very much loved by Russians
in winter time
 Mors
Mors is a popular Russian drink made of
sweetened berry juice mixed with water.
Most traditional mors is prepared on the
basis of cranberries, but you can also
taste mors made of blackcurrant,
raspberry, sea-buckthorn, cowberry and
other berries of the season.