List of Russian dishes

This is a list of notable dishes found in Russian cuisine:

Name	Image	Description
Beef Stroganov		Pieces of sautéed beef in sauce, with smetana (sour cream).
Bliny		A thin pancake, typically lacking a leavening agent, similar to crêpes.
Caviar		Processed, salted roe, often of sturgeon
Coulibiac		A fish (usually salmon or sturgeon) loaf, with rice, hard-boiled eggs, mushrooms, and dill.
Dressed herring		Diced, salted herring covered with layers of grated, boiled vegetables (potatoes, carrots, beet roots), chopped onions, and mayonnaise.
Goulash		A meat soup or stew with noodles and vegetables, in particular potatoes, seasoned with paprika and other spices.
Kasha		Porridge. Buckwheat, millet, oat, wheat and semolina kashas are widely popular in Russia, especially as children's food.
Kissel		Fruit dessert soup of sweetened juice, thickened with arrowroot, cornstarch or potato starch.
Knish		A baked or fried potato dumpling made of flaky dough.
Kalduny		Stuffed dumplings.
Kholodets		Meat jelly. Also known as "studen".
Kulich		One of the two sine qua non attributes of the Russian Easter (the other is Paskha). Kind of Easter bread.
Kvass		A fermented non-alcoholic beverage made from black or regular rye bread.
Lymonnyk		A type of lemon pie.
Medovukha	File:Медовуха.jpg	A traditional Russian honey-based drink analogous to its counterparts of other Indo-European peoples.
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 kvass, topped with sour cream.
Oladyi		Thick pancakes.
Olivier salad		Diced potatoes, vegetables, eggs, and ham with a mayonnaise dressing.
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.
Pirog		A large pie either with a sweet or savoury filling.
Pirozhki		A generic term for individual-sized baked or fried buns (small pies) stuffed with various fillings.
Rassolnik		A soup made from pickled cucumbers, pearl barley, and pork or beef kidneys.
Sbiten		A traditional Russian honey-based drink similar to Medovukha.
Shashlik		Marinated lamb on skewers, similar to Shish kebab. Meat and fat pieces are often alternated. Variants may use meat and such vegetables as bell pepper, onion, mushroom and tomato.
Shchi		A cabbage soup. Includes Kislye Shchi (sour cabbage soup), which is based on sauerkraut.
Solyanka		A thick, spicy and sour soup that contains pickled cucumbers.
Sorrel soup		Water or broth, sorrel leaves, salt, sometimes with whole eggs or egg yolks, potatoes, carrots, parsley root, and rice.
Syrniki		Fried pancakes made of quark, topped with sour cream, jam, honey, or apple sauce.
Tushonka		Tinned, stewed meat.
Ukha		A clear soup, made from various types of fish, usually containing root vegetables and parsley root. A shot of vodka per bowl makes this "Ukha" as opposed to just plain fish soup.
Vatrushka		A pastry with a ring of dough and baker's cheese in the middle.
Veal Orlov		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.
Zakuski		Refers to a variety of hors d'oeuvres, snacks, appetizers, usually served buffet style. It is often cured meats and fishes, various pickled vegetables such as beets, cucumbers, and garlic, mixed salads, caviar, and breads.

See also

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