Gastronomic tourism to Russia? Why not? It is the longest country in the world, and the abundance of climatic zones and numerous nationalities has seriously influenced the local cuisine diversity. Russian cuisine is based on vegetables and cereals, so you will find soups, porridges a variety and doughy treats with and without toppings among the classic dishes.
Therefore, we have prepared the top 20 traditional Russian dishes a list. Course, you can also find similar dishes in other countries, but this does not change the fact that they have been eaten in Russia for a long time. Moreover, they use special Russian cooking secrets.
Let’s start with first courses, because soups are very popular in Russia. And the first thing that comes to mind, even to foreigners, is this unusual red soup. And it is so red the main ingredients one because – beetroot. It also includes carrots, potatoes, cabbage (sour or fresh). It is cooked in the meat broth. In addition, Russians sometimes put beans and tomatoes in borscht.
Again, soup. It’s usually quite thick, and the main feature is several kinds of meat: sausage, bacon, beef, ham. There are bound to be vegetables: potatoes, onions, carrots and pickles. In addition, don’t forget to add lemon a slice when serving. Alternatively, fish different kinds can be meat used instead in the hodgepodge. Some people like to add sauerkraut cucumbers instead.
Another Russian-style cabbage soup. The essential ingredients are sauerkraut, potatoes, onions and carrots. It is cooked in meat broth. This soup the first mention goes back to the IX century. Some recipes call for the addition of mushrooms. When serving, you can add sour cream and offer black bread and garlic.
If you like fish, you will love this soup. Fish soup is usually made with river fish: pike, catfish, and bream. Potatoes, millet or rice, onions and carrots are added to the clear broth. The carrots and onions are added to the soup at once, without frying.
The Russian soups number and variety is staggering. And the options for serving them are definitely beyond your imagination. Okroshka is a cold soup that is most often prepared in summer. In fact, it is a salad dressed with kvass or kefir. The main ingredients are potatoes, sausage or meat, boiled eggs, fresh cucumber, carrots and onions. If the salad is dressed with kvass, sour cream or mayonnaise is also added.
The Olivier salad modern Russian version is nothing like the original salad. While in the past this salad was made up of grouse, crayfish necks, olives and veal tongue, caviar and other delicacies, today it’s simpler. Boiled potatoes, carrots, eggs and sausage, fresh or pickled cucumbers and sour cream or mayonnaise for the dressing are all you need. This salad is also often called ‘Winter Salad’ because it is prepared in winter for the New Year’s table.
This salad in its Russian form has departed quite far from its original Western European recipe. It is a vegetarian salad of boiled beetroot, potatoes, carrots, onions, pickled cucumbers (less often sauerkraut), dressed with vegetable oil. The pickles make it sour and salty at the same time, and it’s also very light and filling at the same time.
Literally, this dish name can be translated from Russian to English as herring under a fur coat. It’s potatoes, salted herring, onions, carrots and beetroot and mayonnaisea layered salad, garnished with grated boiled eggs.
Meat, meat a lot, marinated in advance and then sliced, threaded on skewers and grilled over charcoal (on the barbecue). The most common marinades are kefir, soy sauce or lemon juice mixed with herbs, spices and sometimes vegetables such as onions, garlic or tomatoes. As an accompaniment, the Russians like to eat potatoes baked in foil over charcoal or grilled vegetables.
Dumplings (Russian dumplings) are considered a national Russian dish, although there is still debate about their homeland. Dumplings are made from minced meat or fish mixed with herbs and chopped onions or garlic, wrapped in thin dough, fried or boiled. They can be served separately with butter or sour cream or in a soup broth.
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Some people think of dumplings as a vegetarian alternative to dumplings, but they are a separate Russian dish. Sweet dumplings are usually filled with cottage cheese or berries (strawberries, cherries). Dumplings are also made with potatoes, mushrooms and cabbage.
To capture the essence, you can translate the name of this dish from Russian as meat jelly. It is meat pieces in jellya dish. The meat (usually pork and chicken) is first cooked for a long time together with the animal’s body various parts (ears, hooves), then taken apart into pieces, poured in broth and put in a cold place to make a jelly-like mass for about a day.
Porridge is a Russian breakfast a classic version. Oat, rice or millet is boiled with milk, sugar, berries and butter. Porridge is also used as a garnish to meat dishes. Then they are boiled in water. It can be buckwheat, rice, millet, wheat, pearl millet and other porridges.
To make the pancakes, you will need a liquid batter made from milk, eggs and flour. Pour the batter with a ladle onto a frying pan and fry on both sides. The thin pancakes can be dipped in sour cream, jam or honey, or topped with berries, cottage cheese or even buckwheat porridge. Pancakes are traditionally made on Shrove Tuesday. And also the word “блин” is a parasite in the Russian people speech. (Parasite words in Russian).
Dough and filling are as popular as soup in Russia. Pirozhki can be made with sweet fillings (berries, apples) or with filling any other kind. Pirozhki with potatoes, onions and eggs, cabbage, mushrooms and liver are very common.
This is a sweet dish that is most often served for breakfast and eaten with jam or sour cream. To make the cheesecakes, you need to mix the cottage cheese, eggs, flour, sugar and salt and fry the resulting dough by spreading it on a pan with a spoon.
Gingerbread is one of the most popular Russian tea desserts. Russian пряник is similar to gingerbread in taste and preparation, but the Russian version does not use gingerbread. The fruit filling, on the other hand, is common. In addition, the most famous in Russia are the Tula gingerbreads, which are made in the Tula city.
It is a light, refreshing carbonated drink made by fermentation. It is known as a drink made from slightly fermented rye bread. It contains less than 1% alcohol, so even children drink it.
Canning is the surest and easiest ways one to preserve vegetables for a long Russian winter. Canned (pickled or salted) vegetables are used as a separate dish; they are added to salads and soups. Cucumbers and tomatoes are most often preserved in this way.
The counterpart of Russian варенья is jam, but the overlap is not exact. In jam, the berries or fruit remain whole and are not mashed into a homogeneous mass. Jam is made from a variety of berries (strawberries, raspberries, currants, cherries, apricots) and fruits (oranges, apples, pears) with the sugar addition.
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