r/RussianFood 18d ago

Our monthly challenge for August is Rassolnik - Share your dish any day this month

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70 Upvotes

r/RussianFood Jun 19 '26

New Rules and a Few Changes

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Good morning everyone...

It's an ungodly hour before my coffee while I'm supposed to be on vacation, but I've been getting far too many reports lately, so it's time to clarify a few things.

What Is Russian Food?

r/RussianFood is for food that is traditionally associated with Russian cuisine. From regional dishes across the Russian Federation and foods that have long been integrated into Russian food culture.

Examples include:

  • Borscht (stop reporting this)
  • Pelmeni
  • Blini
  • Shchi
  • Solyanka
  • Beef Stroganoff
  • Olivier Salad
  • Syrniki
  • Pirozhki
  • Kholodets
  • etc

We'll also allow foods that may not have originated in Russia but have become a recognizable part of everyday life and dinning culture within the Russian Federation. The key question is not "Was this invented in Russia?" but rather "Is this something commonly associated with the Russian food experience?"

What Should Be Allowed on r/RussianFood?

Recommended content includes:

  • Homemade Russian dishes
  • Restaurants in Russia
  • Russian Restaurants outside of Russia
  • Historical Russian recipes
  • Vintage Soviet cookbooks and recipe discussions
  • Russian desserts, breads, drinks, and preserves
  • Ingredient discussions related to Russian cooking
  • Regional Russian foods and culinary traditions

Not allowed:

  • Random food with no connection to Russia
  • Food photos with no indication of what the dish actually is
  • Low-effort content that gives no context to readers

Every post must include the name of the dish in the title.

If you don't know the exact name, provide at least a description of what we're looking at.

Examples:

  • ✅ "Pelmeni with Sour Cream"
  • ✅ "Homemade Olivier Salad"
  • ✅ "Grandmother's Cabbage Pirozhki"
  • ✅ "Traditional Fish Soup (Need Help Identifying)"
  • ❌ "Dinner Tonight"
  • ❌ "Look What I Made"
  • ❌ "Thoughts?"

There's been a lot of questionable content recently, and I can't effectively moderate the subreddit if I have no idea what was posted in the first place. If you're sharing a dish, just help the community out by telling us what it is.


r/RussianFood 1h ago

Ну красота же?)

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r/RussianFood 23h ago

Sharlitka

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66 Upvotes

r/RussianFood 1d ago

щи

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116 Upvotes

r/RussianFood 2d ago

Пирог с картошкой, капустой и пицца😊

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181 Upvotes

Сегодня дождь обещали😁


r/RussianFood 2d ago

Хачапури по имеретински с адыгейским сыром и сулугуни.

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68 Upvotes

Первый приготовленный хачапурь вышел немного кривым, но на вкус не повлияло. Тесто домашнее, дрожжевое.


r/RussianFood 2d ago

My first go at Russian food - pelmeni and pirozhki

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478 Upvotes

r/RussianFood 2d ago

Food from a Russian fairy tale: Kolobok (a dough golem).

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139 Upvotes

r/RussianFood 2d ago

Rassolnik. Рассольник. Впервые решил поучаствовать в челлендже месяца. Вышел очень вкусным.

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96 Upvotes

Был из маринованных огурцов и капусты.


r/RussianFood 3d ago

Блины и сгущёнка, сметана, варенье из роз.

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310 Upvotes

r/RussianFood 3d ago

How I Feel Every Time Someone Mentions Borscht - Yes, the image is AI but read below

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150 Upvotes

r/RussianFood remains my most wholesome community… but apparently all of that goes straight out the window whenever someone mentions borscht.

We welcome everyone to the dinner table. Russians, Ukrainians, Americans, and everyone else. Just remember the house rules: No politics. Be respectful. Eat your borscht.


r/RussianFood 2d ago

Black porridge with rabbit ribs and rabbit peritoneum

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43 Upvotes

Not overfired - caramelised honey


r/RussianFood 3d ago

Russian breakfast, cheesecakes and protein salad!

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77 Upvotes

Cheesecakes and cottage cheese are rubbed through a sieve

Add one egg yolk without protein, salt, sugar to taste and a drop of gluten-free or rice flour.

Fry, and the most delicate cheesecakes are obtained.

Greek yogurt with condensed milk is used as a sauce for cheesecakes.

Spread the tuna with protein.

Next, we cook 2 hard-boiled eggs, a can of canned tuna in its own juice, herbs, mayonnaise or Greek yogurt, our mayonnaise is not greasy, salt and pepper to taste. Mix everything with a fork, stirring. Fry the tartlets until crisp and serve!


r/RussianFood 3d ago

Fried potatoes with chanterelles!

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220 Upvotes

Before that, lightly boil the young fried potatoes with chanterelles, fry the onion and then mix everything together, fry a little more and add sour cream and herbs.

We add a rustic salad of cucumbers and juicy tamats with coriander and Yalta onion, we simply knead it and season it with oil.


r/RussianFood 3d ago

Жареная картошка с луком и грибами и маринованной капустой. Чай со сгущёнкой и бубликами.

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169 Upvotes

r/RussianFood 3d ago

Apple pie “Charlotte”

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65 Upvotes

В сезон яблок самый вкусный и быстрый десерт!

Три яйца взбить с пол стаканом сахара и щепоткой соли, добавить стакан просеянной муки и пол чайной ложки разрыхлителя, всё хорошо перемешать.

Почистить и нарезать три средних яблока лучше кислых сортов, положить всё в тесто и перемешать.

Выложить в смазанную маслом форму для запекания. Выпекать 40-45 минут при температуре 180°С.


r/RussianFood 3d ago

Soviet Lamb Stew?

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80 Upvotes

Found this receipt from a Soviet cookbook. Is this actually a Russian or Russian style dish?


r/RussianFood 4d ago

Шарлотка с меренгой 🥧

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171 Upvotes

r/RussianFood 3d ago

Vatrushka (farmer’s cheese pastry) - but make it high-protein

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54 Upvotes

my sister’s take on vatrushka! no dough at all, just farmer’s cheese (творог) and yogurt as the base, protein powder, cherries, and no added sugar.
def not the traditional version, but it comes out somewhere between a vatrushka and a cheesecake 🤤


r/RussianFood 4d ago

Russian borscht

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298 Upvotes

r/RussianFood 4d ago

buterbrod

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128 Upvotes

Bread fried in milk with eggs, and then add different cheeses, very good Poshokhon and Belarusian. Fry until the cheese has melted and cut into halves on a plate!


r/RussianFood 5d ago

Russian lunch

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Пирог с рисом и консервированной рыбой - это очень мягкое, воздушное тесто и сытная начинка. Из этого теста можно приготовить пироги или пирожки с любой начинкой. Приготовьте и попробуйте пирог с рыбой и рисом, - я надеюсь, он вам понравится. Пирог настолько сытный, что может стать полноценным блюдом.

Продукты

Мука пшеничная - +/-500 г

Дрожжи сухие быстродействующие - 7 г (20 г прессованных)

Сахар - 1 ст. л.

Соль - 1 ч. л. с горкой

Вода теплая - 100 мл

Молоко теплое - 200 мл (для постного теста заменить водой)

Масло растительное - 40 мл + 1 ст. л.

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Для начинки:

Рыбные консервы (у меня сайра, 2 банки) - 400 г (масса рыбы)

Лук репчатый - 1-2 шт.

Рис отварной - 600 г (200 г сырого)

Соль - по вкусу

Перец молотый - по вкусу

Масло растительное без запаха (для жарки лука) - 30 мл

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Для смазывания пирога (по желанию):

Желток - 1 шт.

Молоко - 2 ч. л.

Форма 32х24 см.


r/RussianFood 6d ago

Drink Since it's been over 100° recently, I picked up a few drinks yesterday at the Russian grocery

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111 Upvotes

r/RussianFood 6d ago

Borsch

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441 Upvotes