Recipes from Russia
Russian cooking is winter cooking — borscht deep with beet and meat, kotlety pan-fried golden, solyanka rich with brine. Black bread, sour cream and dill quietly do most of the seasoning.
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Borscht
Tangy beet and cabbage borscht — hearty, nourishing and budget-friendly.
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Okroshka
Okroshka is the summer cold soup of Russia — a bowl of kefir (or kvass, a fermented bread drink) into which boiled potatoes, eggs, fresh cucumbers, spring…
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Solyanka
Solyanka is Russia's festive soup — a thick and tangy broth with beef, smoked sausages, ham, pickled cucumbers, olives, capers, and tomatoes, all finished with…