List of Russian dishes

Zakuski in Russia

This is a list of notable dishes found in Russian cuisine.[1] Russian cuisine is a collection of the different cooking traditions of the Russian peoples. The cuisine is diverse, with Northeast European/Baltic, Caucasian, Central Asian, Siberian, East Asian and Middle Eastern influences.[2] Russian cuisine derives its varied character from the vast and multi-ethnic expanse of Russia.

Russian dishes

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Name Image Description
Beef Stroganoff Pieces of sautéed beef in sauce, with smetana (sour cream)[3]
Blini Pancakes of various thickness and ingredients[4][5]
Caviar Processed, salted roe, often of sturgeon[6]
Chicken Kiev French-inspired chicken cutlet with butter sauce as filling[7]
Coulibiac A fish (usually salmon or sturgeon) loaf, with rice, hard-boiled eggs, mushrooms, and dill[8]
Dressed herring Diced, salted herring covered with layers of grated, boiled vegetables (potatoes, carrots, beet roots), chopped onions, and mayonnaise[9][5]
Golubtsy Cooked cabbage leaves wrapped around a variety of fillings[10][5]
Guriev porridge A Russian porridge dish prepared from semolina and milk with the addition of nuts (hazelnut, walnuts, almonds), kaimak (creamy foams) and dried fruits.[11]
Kasha Porridge. Buckwheat,[12] millet, oat, wheat and semolina kashas are widely popular in Russia,[13][5] especially as children's food
Kissel Fruit dessert of sweetened juice, thickened with arrowroot, cornstarch or potato starch[14]
Knish A baked or fried potato dumpling made of flaky dough[15][16]
Kholodets A meat jelly that is also known as studen[5][17]
Kulich One of the two sine qua non attributes of the Russian Easter (the other is Paskha).[18] A type of Easter bread.[18]
Makarony po-flotski Literally navy-style pasta, a dish made of cooked pasta (typically macaroni, penne or fusilli) mixed with stewed ground meat, fried onions and seasoned with salt and black pepper.
Mimosa salad A festive salad, whose main ingredients are cheese, eggs, canned fish, onion, and mayonnaise
Okroshka Cold soup of mostly raw vegetables like cucumbers, spring onions, boiled potatoes, with eggs, and a cooked meat such as beef, veal, sausages, or ham with kvas, topped with sour cream[19]
Oladyi Small thick pancakes[20]
Olivier salad Diced potatoes, eggs, chicken or bologna, sweet peas, and pickles with a mayonnaise dressing. Other vegetables, such as carrot or fresh cucumbers, can be added.[21][5]
Paskha Tvorog (farmer's cheese) plus heavy cream, butter, sugar, vanilla, etc., usually molded in the form of a truncated pyramid. Traditional for Easter.
Pelmeni Dumplings consisting of a meat filling wrapped in thin, pasta dough[22][23][5]
Pirog A pie either with a sweet or savoury filling[24]
Pirozhki Small pies[25][5]
Pozharsky cutlet A breaded ground chicken patty[26]
Rassolnik A soup made from pickled cucumbers, pearl barley, and pork or beef kidneys[27]
Shchi A cabbage soup.[28] Also can be based on sauerkraut.[28] Kislye Shchi (sour shchi) despite its name is a fizzy beverage similar to kvass, usually with honey.
Solyanka A thick, spicy and sour soup that contains fish and pickled cucumbers[29]
Sorrel soup Water or broth, sorrel leaves, salt, sometimes with whole eggs or egg yolks, potatoes, carrots, parsley root, and rice[30][31]
Syrniki Fried pancakes made of quark, usually topped with sour cream, varenye, jam, honey, or apple sauce[32][33]
Ukha A clear soup, made from various types of fish[34]
Vatrushka A pastry with a ring of dough and sweet farmer's cheese in the middle[35]
Veal Orlov A dish invented by the French[36] consisting of braised loin of veal, thinly sliced, filled with a thin layer of pureed mushrooms and onions between each slice, topped with bechamel sauce and cheese. Various versions of this dish usually go by the name French-style meat in Russia today.
Vinegret Diced boiled vegetables (beet roots, potatoes, carrots), chopped onions, and sauerkraut and/or pickled cucumbers.[37][38][39] Other ingredients, such as green peas or beans, are sometimes also added.[38][39] Dressed with vinaigrette or simply with sunflower or other vegetable oil.
Zakuski Refers to a variety of hors d'oeuvres, snacks, appetizers, usually served buffet style.[40] It often includes cold cuts, cured fishes, mixed salads, kholodets, various pickled vegetables and mushrooms, pirozhki, caviar, deviled eggs, open sandwiches, canapés and breads.[40]

Unsorted dishes

A kurnik filled with slices of chicken, mushrooms, blini, rice and eggs

Beverages

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Name Image Description
Acidophiline A type of drinkable yogurt, with Lactobacillus acidophilus as the starter culture. Kefir yeast is also added.[41]
Kvass A fermented non-alcoholic beverage made from black or regular rye bread or dough[42]
Medovukha A traditional Russian honey-based drink analogous to its counterparts of other Indo-European peoples[43]
Mors A non-carbonated Russian fruit drink[44][45][46] prepared from berries, mainly from lingonberry and cranberry (although sometimes blueberries, strawberries or raspberries).
Sbiten A traditional Russian honey-based drink similar to Medovukha[47]
Stewler A fermented milk product that is popular in Russia.[48][49] Similar to ryazhenka, it is made by adding sour cream (smetana) to baked milk.[49]
Tarasun An alcoholic beverage drunk by the Buryat people of Siberia. Apart from being the national drink of Buryatia, it is also used by the Buryats in their religious ceremonies.[50][51]

See also

References

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