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Slow soups, dumplings, pickles, the cooking that gets you through winter. Two-day borscht and Olivier salad, both better the next day.

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Okroshka with bread kvass, radishes and cucumbers — Russia recipe

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Soups

Okroshka

Okroshka (окрошка, オクローシカ, 俄式冷汤) is a cold Russian summer soup: finely diced raw cucumber, radish, green onion and dill, boiled potatoes, eggs and beef or boiled sausage, in a tangy base of bread kvass. The name comes from the Russian verb for crumbling, which is the whole technique. It is served with sour cream and a little mustard. Hands-on work is about 40 minutes; the beef simmers unattended for an hour and the chopped mix needs an hour in the fridge, and all of that can be done the day before.

40 min316 kcal5 serves

Oladyi (Russian Fluffy Yeast Pancakes) with wheat flour, milk and dry yeast — Russia recipe

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Flour and Confectionery Products

Oladyi (Russian Fluffy Yeast Pancakes)

Oladyi are small thick Russian pancakes raised with yeast rather than baking powder — a palm-sized relative of the blin, puffed and soft inside. The sponge of warm milk, sugar and yeast does the work: it gives the crumb its open holes and a faint sourness that a quick batter never develops. They fry in a shallow film of oil to a dark gold and go to the table hot, with sour cream, jam, honey or fresh berries.

80 min450 kcal3 serves

🌿Vegetarian

Olivier Salad with potato, egg and chicken — Russia recipe

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Salads

Olivier Salad

The Russian potato salad — boiled potato, carrot, egg, pickles, peas, and chicken in a mayonnaise dressing. Cut everything to the same small dice. Tastes better the next day.

50 min340 kcal6 serves

💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

Pancakes with Caviar with butter, caviar and eggs — Russia recipe

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Appetizers and Sandwiches

Pancakes with Caviar

Blini with caviar is a classic Russian appetizer. Thin pancakes are made from a batter with milk, water, eggs, flour, sugar, and butter.

23 min325 kcal4 serves

⚡Quick🌿Vegetarian

Pastila (Russian Apple Pastila) with apples, egg white and powdered sugar — Russia recipe

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Sweet Dishes

Pastila (Russian Apple Pastila)

Pastila is an old Russian confection of baked apple purée whipped with egg white and sugar until pale and airy, then slowly dried into tender, marshmallow-like layers. The Belyov version from Tula stacks several dried sheets glued with more purée into a soft loaf. Tart antonovka apples, rich in pectin, are traditional; the result is naturally light and fruit-forward.

480 min160 kcal8 serves

🌾Gluten-free🌿Vegetarian

Pelmeni (Russian Meat Dumplings) with wheat flour, minced meat and onions — Russia recipe

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Flour and Confectionery Products

Pelmeni (Russian Meat Dumplings)

Classic Siberian dumplings filled with seasoned minced meat, boiled until tender and served with butter, sour cream, or broth. The unleavened dough is rolled thin and sealed into a characteristic ear shape.

150 min400 kcal8 serves

Perlovka with Beef (Russian Pearl Barley) with pearl barley, beef and onion — Russia recipe

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Cereal and Pasta Dishes

Perlovka with Beef (Russian Pearl Barley)

Perlovka with beef is a hearty Russian one-pot of pearl barley simmered with browned meat, onions, and carrots — cooked much like a plov. Soaking the barley first is the secret to plump, separate grains instead of a tough, chewy mess. It's a filling, high-protein dish that long made pearl barley a Soviet kitchen staple.

90 min420 kcal4 serves

💪High protein

Pozharsky Cutlets (Russian Chicken Cutlets) with ground chicken, butter and white bread — Russia recipe

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Meat Dishes

Pozharsky Cutlets (Russian Chicken Cutlets)

Pozharsky cutlets are juicy Russian chicken patties in a crisp crust of dried bread cubes. The trick to their tenderness is cold butter worked into the mince — it melts inside as they fry, like a mini chicken Kiev. The outside turns golden and shaggy from the croutons, while the center stays soft and moist.

105 min490 kcal4 serves

💪High protein

Pshennaya Kasha with Pumpkin (Russian Millet Porridge) with millet, pumpkin and milk — Russia recipe

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Cereal and Pasta Dishes

Pshennaya Kasha with Pumpkin (Russian Millet Porridge)

Pshennaya kasha with pumpkin is a warm Russian millet porridge cooked in milk with sweet pumpkin — an autumn and winter comfort dish. Rinsing and scalding the millet first removes its natural bitterness, and simmering the pumpkin until soft lets it melt into a creamy, golden porridge. It's finished with butter and served with honey or dried fruit.

45 min230 kcal4 serves

🌿Vegetarian🌾Gluten-free

Ptichye Moloko (Bird's Milk Cake) with eggs, milk and butter — Russia recipe

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Sweet Dishes

Ptichye Moloko (Bird's Milk Cake)

An iconic Russian confection: an airy soufflé made from a custard-butter cream folded into stiff meringue and set with gelatin, covered with a glossy dark chocolate glaze. Light, almost cloud-like in texture, it is one of the most beloved Soviet-era desserts.

180 min350 kcal10 serves

🌿Vegetarian

Radish and Sour Cream Salad with radishes, sour cream and fresh dill — Russia recipe

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Salads

Radish and Sour Cream Salad

A classic Russian spring salad of thinly sliced radishes, fresh cucumber, and green onion with hard-boiled egg, dressed generously with cold sour cream and fresh dill. It comes together in minutes and is served right away while the vegetables stay crisp.

15 min110 kcal4 serves

🌿Vegetarian🌾Gluten-free⚡Quick

Rassolnik with beef, pearl barley and pickled cucumbers — Russia recipe

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Soups

Rassolnik

A hearty Russian sour soup built on meat broth, pearl barley, and brined cucumbers, with its signature tang coming from cucumber pickle brine stirred in at the end. Potatoes and a carrot-onion sauté round it out; sour cream and dill finish each bowl. The trick is sequencing — potatoes cook before anything sour goes in, and the barley cooks apart to keep the broth clear.

90 min210 kcal6 serves

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