Russian food / русская еда

RUSSIAN FOOD

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RUSSIAN FOOD

• Russia is a multinational country, here you can taste a variety of, sometimes very exotic, dishes of many nationalities - from Tatar chak-chak (dessert made of dough with honey) to Yakut stroganina (freshly frozen fish or meat). But you will find traditional dishes of Russian cuisine in every corner of the country. Here are some dishes that you should definitely try in Russia .

• Cabbage soup is a soup with cabbage, which was invented in the XI century. The list of ingredients includes meat, seasonings and sour cabbage brine dressing. However, the ingredients may vary depending on the type of soup (lean, fish, green) and the culinary skills of the chef – many Russians prepare this soup according to their own recipes. They eat cabbage soup with rye bread, sour cream or seasonings .

• Dumplings are without exaggeration the most famous dish of Russian cuisine abroad. It appeared in the Urals at the end of the XIV century. The name "dumplings" comes from a similar word of the Finno-Ugric group of languages, which literally means "bread ear". Classic dumplings are minced meat consisting of beef, lamb, pork wrapped in unleavened dough made of flour, eggs and water. Ready-made dumplings are cooked in boiling salted water. Served with butter, mustard, mayonnaise or other seasonings. Many generations of Russians are familiar with the tradition of modeling dumplings with the whole family.

• Porridges , like soups, are something that Russian cuisine is unthinkable without. Russians, especially in childhood, always eat porridge for breakfast – they are healthy and nutritious. Semolina, pearl barley, oatmeal, buckwheat and several dozen more varieties... Porridge will most likely be offered to you for breakfast at a hotel, cafe, student canteen or at a party. It is served hot, generously flavored with butter. As they say in Russia, you can't spoil porridge with butter, which means that useful things will not be harmful even in large quantities .

• Pie in Russian cuisine has about the same meaning as pizza in Italian. Russian pies are baked mainly from unsweetened dough with

• various fillings – from meat and fish to fruit and cottage cheese. Cheesecakes, kulebyaki, rasstegai, cakes, shang, gates, kurniki – not a complete list of varieties of this dish. If you manage to try homemade pies, consider yourself lucky .

• Pancakes are the oldest dish of Russian cuisine, which appeared in the IX century. The recipe for cooking one of the most famous Russian dishes is very simple - milk, eggs, salt, but the cooking process is akin to a skill that not every housewife can master. The batter is poured onto the oil heated in a frying pan, the cook's task is to bake a ruddy smooth pancake without lumps and not let it burn out ahead of time. The thinner the pancakes, the higher the skill level. In Russia, the saying "The first pancake is a lump" is still in use, meaning failure at the beginning of any business. Usually pancakes are served hot with sour cream, butter, honey or wrapped in various fillings – meat, fish, vegetable, sweet, fruit and others. Special chic – pancakes with caviar.

• Jam is a homemade dessert. The same confiture or jam, only liquid and with whole berries or pieces of fruit. Jam is most often made from berries and fruits grown on their own private plot, or collected in the forest. The consistency, taste and recipe largely depends on the skill and preferences of the hostess. If you are invited to try grandma's or mom's jam, do not deny yourself this pleasure.

• Kvass is one of the oldest Russian drinks, which was loved by everyone - from peasants to tsars. It was first mentioned in 1056. Until the end of the XIX century, it was made as a low-alcohol drink (2-3 degrees) on rye malt with the addition of herbs, berry and fruit juices. Subsequently, kvass began to be made from ready-baked bread, crackers. Some Russians still insist on homemade kvass. The drink is very refreshing in the heat. You need to drink it chilled.

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