Food of Russia

Medovik

Many-layered honey cake with sour-cream filling.

📍 Nationwide

Beef Stroganoff

Strips of beef in a creamy mustard-and-mushroom sauce.

📍 Nationwide

Pelmeni

Tiny meat dumplings served with sour cream or butter.

📍 Siberia

Rasstegai

Rasstegai counts among the traditional food of Russia, a savoury pastry locals hold dear.

Syrniki

Fried farmer-cheese pancakes for breakfast.

📍 Nationwide

Blini

Thin yeasted pancakes served with sour cream or caviar.

📍 Nationwide

Pirozhki

Soft baked or fried buns with savoury or sweet fillings.

📍 Nationwide

Solyanka

Tangy soup of cured meats, pickles and olives.

📍 Nationwide

Herring under a Fur Coat

Layered salad of herring, vegetables and beetroot.

📍 Nationwide

Okroshka

Cold summer soup of vegetables in kvass or kefir.

📍 Nationwide

Olivier Salad

Diced potato, peas and meat bound in mayonnaise.

📍 Nationwide

Shchi

Ancient cabbage soup, sour and warming.

📍 Nationwide

Kvass

Lightly fermented, faintly sour rye-bread drink.

📍 Nationwide

Tvorog

Tvorog is one of the classic dishes in the cottage cheese tradition of Russia.

Echpochmak

Echpochmak counts among the traditional food of Russia, a savoury pastry locals hold dear.

Nevsky Pirog

Hailing from Russia, Nevsky Pirog is a much-loved cake.