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The Volga region is a historical region in Russia that encompasses the drainage basin of the Volga River, the longest river in Europe, in central and southern European Russia.

Featured Dishes from Russia

Black tea

Black tea

Blini

Blini

Crepes, served with a variety of sweet or savory ingredients such as tvorog, smetana, butter, caviar, fruit, jam

Bread

Bread

Serve with butter

Buterbrod

Buterbrod

Open-faced sandwich

Cereal

Cereal

Breakfast cereals, typically eaten in a bowl with milk, many different types

Coffee

Coffee

Cold cuts

Cold cuts

Cold meat, serve on top of bread with butter, cheese, ham

Doctor's sausage

Doctor's sausage

Beef and pork sausage, similar to bologna

Eggs

Eggs

Fruit juice

Fruit juice

Guriev porridge

Guriev porridge

Semolina porridge with nuts, kaimak, dried fruits

Kasha

Kasha

Porridge made from buckwheat, millet, pearl barley, semolina, other grains

Khash

Khash

Stew made of cow or sheep trotters, head, tripe, vegetables, vinegar, spices

Kulich

Kulich

Easter bread or cake, eaten before breakfast during Easter, or with paskha for dessert

Kvass

Kvass

Sweet fermented beverage made from rye bread, beets, may be infused with fruit, apple, bird cherries, cranberries, lemon, raisins, strawberries

Muesli

Muesli

Breakfast cereal mix with grains, dried fruit and nuts, commonly eaten with milk, yogurt, berries, many different variations

Oladyi

Oladyi

Small fluffy pancakes, may contain apples, raisins, and topped with, for example, smetana, honey, berries, jam, caviar

Pastry

Pastry

Many different kinds, for example, buns, cinnamon rolls, danishes, croissants, breads, muffins, scones, coffee cake, tarts

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Philippov sayka

A sweet bun pastry with raisins

Syrniki

Syrniki

Fried quark pancakes, sometimes includes raisins, serve with, for example, tejföl, varenye, jam, honey, apple sauce

Tvorog

Tvorog

Farmer's cheese, an acid-set cheese, similar to yogurt or cream cheese, serve with sugar, honey or jam

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Zapekanka

Casserole, cheesecake or coffee cake, can be savory or sweet, there are many different ways to prepare this dish

Alenka chocolates

Alenka chocolates

The best selling chocolate in Russia

Apple pie

Apple pie

Biskvit

Biskvit

Blancmange

Blancmange

A sweet molded milk or cream dessert, often flavored with almonds and thickened with gelatin, cornstarch or Irish moss

Çäkçäk

Çäkçäk

Small fried dough strips covered in a honey syrup

Cake

Cake

Charlotte Russe cake

Charlotte Russe cake

No-bake layered spongecake or lady finger cake with Bavarian cream, whipping cream, berries, fruit, mousse, brandy

Chocolate

Chocolate

Roasted and ground cacao seeds, made into chocolate bars, used in sweets, desserts, moles, sauces, drinks, cakes, cookies, used in many recipes and foods

Eklerki

Eklerki

Oblong-shaped choux pastry filled with cream and topped with chocolate

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Flight cake

Meringue cake with pastry cream and nuts

Floating island

Floating island

Meringue floating on crème anglaise

Gingerbread

Gingerbread

Cakes, breads and biscuits made with ginger and spices such as cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, from dense or airy cakes to crispy cookies

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Gribochky

Mushroom-shaped cookies

Guriev porridge

Guriev porridge

Semolina porridge with nuts, kaimak, dried fruits

Halva

Halva

Sweets, candy confections, many different types, for example, flour or nut confections, many types

Khvorost

Khvorost

Crispy fried dough ribbons, topped with powdered sugar

Kiev cake

Kiev cake

Cake with meringue, cashews, buttercream filling and chocolate glaze

Kissel

Kissel

A thickened fruit soup or fruit jelly, for example, cherry, cranberry, red currant, blackberries, raspberries

Kissel

Kissel

A thickened fruit soup or fruit jelly, for example, cherry, cranberry, red currant, blackberries, raspberries

Kogel mogel

Kogel mogel

Sweet egg yolk dessert, said to be good for colds

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Korolevsky torte

Royal cake or king's cake, a layered cake with chocolate, walnut and poppy seeds cake layers with caramel and chocolate ganache

Kulich

Kulich

Easter bread or cake, eaten before breakfast during Easter, or with paskha for dessert

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Leningradsky cake

Layered shortcrust pastry cake with chocolate and cognac buttercream filling and topped with a chocolate glaze

Makovyi torte

Makovyi torte

Poppy seed cake

Medovik

Medovik

Multi-layered sponge cake with custard cream filling

Morozhenoye

Morozhenoye

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Moscow cake

Hazelnut cake with a condensed milk cream and covered with a red glaze, named the official cake of Moscow in 2015

Mousse

Mousse

Whipped custard, many flavors, for example, mousse au chocolat, fruit, mousse can also be savory, for example, salmon mousse

Muraveynik cake

Muraveynik cake

An anthill-shaped cake made with small dough balls mixed with sour cream, caramel, nuts, poppy seeds, chocolate many variations

Napoleon cake

Napoleon cake

Layered puff pastry and pastry cream

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Nesselrode pudding

A frozen chestnut pudding with dried cherries, currants, raisins, candied fruit, maraschino liqueur, also made into a pie

Oreshki

Oreshki

Walnut-shaped cookies filled with caramel, chocolate, nuts

Pancho cake

Pancho cake

A cone-shape cake with chocolate and vanilla sponge cake, vanilla cream, fruit, for example, cherries, pineapple, bananas, and nuts, topped with whipped cream and/or chocolate ganache

Panna cotta

Panna cotta

Thickened, sweetened cream, may be flavored with vanilla, chocolate, berries, mango, coconut, sea buckthorn

Pastila

Pastila

Whipped apple paste confection

Pechenye

Pechenye

Pirog

Pirog

Pastry filled with savory ingredients such as cabbage, meat, fish, mushrooms, potatoes, or sweet ingredients such as smetana, fruit, honey, nuts, poppy seeds

Ponchiki

Ponchiki

Poppy seed rolls

Poppy seed rolls

Sweet rolls with a poppy seed filling, serve with tea

Praga cake

Praga cake

Chocolate layer cake with buttercream and fruit jam

Pryanik

Pryanik

Spiced honey cookies

Ptichye moloko

Ptichye moloko

Sponge cake with milk souffle or mousse and topped with chocolate

Ptichye moloko

Ptichye moloko

Sponge cake with milk souffle or mousse and topped with chocolate

Sharlotka

Sharlotka

Trifle dessert made with sponge cake or ladyfingers with fruit or custard, topped with chocolate or gelatin

Sliva v shokolade

Sliva v shokolade

Chocolate-covered dried plums

Strudel

Strudel

Filo pastry with a sweet filling such as apple, fruit, nuts, cheese, poppy seeds, there are also savory strudels

Tavuk göğsü

Tavuk göğsü

Sweet chicken meat pudding

Teterka

Teterka

Decorative twisted rye dough cookies, made into animal, geometric or solar figures, meant to celebrate the arrival of spring

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Tort skazka

A log-shaped cake made with, for example, fruit liqueur, cognac, rum

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Tsarskaya paskha

A molded cheesecake with raisins, citrus zest, nuts, common during Easter

Varenye

Varenye

Whole-fruit preserves

Vatrushka

Vatrushka

Sweet farmer's cheese buns/pastries, may also contain jam, berries- Russia

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Vatslavsky cake

Cake with buttercream, nuts and dried fruit

Whortleberry pie

Whortleberry pie

Zefir

Zefir

Light and airy sugar confections with fruit flavors such as apple, peach, strawberry

Zhele

Zhele

Jellied fruit or jam

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Acidophiline

Yogurt beverage

Arabica coffee

Arabica coffee

A species of coffee, Coffea arabica, there are many different Arabica varieties

Ayran

Ayran

Salted yogurt beverage

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52 - Mixed drink made with coffee liqueur, Irish cream liqueur and Grand Marnier or other cognac orange liqueur, serve in a shot glass, IBA official cocktail

Bacardi Cocktail

Bacardi Cocktail

Mixed drink made with rum, lime juice and grenadine, IBA official cocktail

Baltika

Baltika

Between the Sheets

Between the Sheets

Mixed drink made with cognac, rum, triple sec and lemon juice, IBA official cocktail

Black coffee

Black coffee

Drip coffee with no added ingredients

Black tea

Black tea

Butter tea

Butter tea

Tea made from tea leaves, yak or cow butter, water and salt

Caffè corretto

Caffè corretto

Espresso with alcohol such as grappa, whiskey, sambuca, brandy, may be topped with frothed milk, contains alcohol

Caffè macchiato

Caffè macchiato

Espresso topped with a small amount of foamed milk

Caffè mocha

Caffè mocha

Espresso or coffee with chocolate, hot chocolate or chocolate syrup and steamed milk, can be topped with milk foam or whipped cream, also served chilled, several variations

Cappuccino

Cappuccino

One part espresso with one part steamed milk and one part thick foam, named after the brown, hooded robes of Italian Capuchin monks

Champagne

Champagne

Sparkling wine produced in Champagne, France, a protected French Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée recognized in 121 countries around the world as of 2019

Clover Club

Clover Club

Mixed drink made with gin, lemon juice, raspberry syrup and egg white, IBA official cocktail

Coffee

Coffee

Cognac

Cognac

Cold brew coffee

Cold brew coffee

Coarsely ground coffee is typically steeped in room-temperature water for an extended period of time, then strained, this method results in less-bitter coffee

Cortado

Cortado

One part espresso plus one part steamed milk topped with very thin milk foam

Cosmopolitan

Cosmopolitan

Mixed drink made with vodka, Cointreau, lime juice and cranberry juice, IBA official cocktail

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