Russia
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Shchi
Russia's everyday soup: fresh and fermented cabbage simmered with beef or mushrooms into a sour, sustaining bowl eaten year-round. Ingredients: cabbage, sauerkraut (for the sour version), beef shin or mushrooms, potatoes…
Beef Stroganoff
The Stroganov palace classic: sautéed beef strips in a mustard-and-sour-cream sauce, poured over crisp potato straws or noodles. Ingredients: beef fillet or sirloin, onions, mushrooms, butter, flour, beef stock, Dijon mu…
Pelmeni
Siberia's gift dumplings: tiny, ear-shaped parcels of mixed minced meats and onion, frozen by winter itself and boiled to order by the hundred. Ingredients: flour, water, egg, salt (dough); filling: beef, pork and someti…
Blini
Russia's golden pancakes: buckwheat or wheat blini, crisped in butter and crowned with sour cream, cured fish or caviar. Ingredients: buckwheat and wheat flour, yeast, milk, eggs, butter, sugar, salt; toppings: smetana,…
World Cuisines
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