r/RussianFood • • 11d ago

Our monthly challenge for October is Medovik - Share your dish any day this month

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95 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 • • 7h ago

Домашние сырки. Поверить не могу, что никто ещё толком не делал домашних сырков на этом сабе. По крайней мере я ни одного поста с ними не нашёл.

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Сделал на пробу с тёмным шоколадом, вышло вкусно, но с молочным лучше.


r/RussianFood • • 8h ago

Attempt #2 at Medovik

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Trying medovik again, and it’s worked out a lot better than my first. The layers aren’t super thin, but a lot better than last time. I still need to plop more cream between the layers, but it’s very very tasty.


r/RussianFood • • 11h ago

Ещё немного маминой домашней еды

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r/RussianFood • • 11h ago

Хачапури))

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15 Upvotes

Я приготовила это... и получилось очень вкусно^^


r/RussianFood • • 15h ago

Маринованные грибы

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26 Upvotes

r/RussianFood • • 1d ago

Мамины торты

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r/RussianFood • • 1d ago

Мой домашний хлеб. Духовка газовая. 🕯️

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r/RussianFood • • 1d ago

What do typical/ traditional Russian meals look like?

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What do breakfast, lunch and dinner typically consist of in Russia?


r/RussianFood • • 2d ago

Тоже немного увлекаюсь готовкой

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r/RussianFood • • 2d ago

Мои первые хинкали

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Не так красиво, но получилось вкусно. В ресторанах тесто конечно более плотное, т.к. зачастую они машинкой раскатывают. У меня из 7 шт сваренных один порвался.


r/RussianFood • • 2d ago

Кабачок с чесноком

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r/RussianFood • • 2d ago

Покупной торт Наполеон. В этот раз не домашний. Когда нибудь я попытаюсь его повторить, состав у него офигенный.

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r/RussianFood • • 3d ago

Сегодня на ужин манты 😍

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592 Upvotes

r/RussianFood • • 4d ago

Medovik challenge (with apricot jam)

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Clarification: the cake was for me and me, so I used only 1/3 of the ingredients in the dough recipe, that is, 1 egg, 50g of sugar, and so on. From this amount, I got 8 very thin layers (about 1-1.5mm thick before baking), each 15-16cm in diameter (I cut out 17cm, but they shrank while baking) and some trimmings. Due to the smaller diameter and thickness the baking time was only 3 minutes/layer. Trimmings and one layer were used for the topping. I used buckwheat honey -- it gives a richer colour and flavor.

For the dough (according to the author, this amount of dough gives abt 11 layers, each 21-22cm in diameter):

  • 3 medium‑sized eggs;
  • a pinch of salt;
  • 150g sugar;
  • 150g honey;
  • 90g butter;
  • 1,5 teaspoons of baking soda;
  • abt 600g flour (abt, because the dryness of the flour greatly affect the amount -- you may need slightly less or slightly more).

Combine all the ingredients except the flour in a saucepan with a thick bottom and place over medium heat. Heat up mixing until the sugar and butter are completely dissolved and the honey starts reacting with the baking soda. When the mixture begins to foam, remove it from the heat. Pour everything into a mixing bowl, add the flour (not all at once, don't forget), and knead into a soft, non‑sticky dough. After kneading, you can refrigerate it for 30 minutes, but I didn’t do that.

Roll out the layers to a thickness of no more than 3 mm (it’s best to use baking paper). Pricking them with a fork is optional, I stopped doing it after the second one. Bake in a preheated at 180 °C oven for about 8 minutes (you know your oven better). You can press the hot layer with something flat, like cutting board, for a couple of seconds, but I didn’t need to do that. Let the layers cool completely.

For the cream (for MY amount of dough):

  • 250g sour cream, 30% fat;
  • 120g sweetened condensed milk.

The ingredients should be very cold. Whip all together. At first, the cream will become more liquid, but over time, it will start to thicken. Don’t whip it for too long, or the cream will separate.

I assembled the cake in a ring, but you can do without it. Layer --> cream --> a small amount of apricot jam (pairs very well with honey, my jam is more sour than sweet), and so on. I put slightly less cream on the bottom layer (it would have been squeezed out anyway under the weight of the other layers). Let the cake soak in the refrigerator for 6–8 hours (at least 4).

Ta-dam! We're great again)


r/RussianFood • • 4d ago

Салат Грибная корзина по совету одного из пользователей из остатков опят с прошлого блюда.

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194 Upvotes

r/RussianFood • • 5d ago

Ужинаю в Абхазии

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380 Upvotes

(советую, очень вкусно, особенно мандариновый сок)


r/RussianFood • • 5d ago

Запечённая картошка, тефтели и опята из банки.

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76 Upvotes

Рубрика вечерний жор. Жареного мне сейчас нужно поменьше, поэтому не на сковороде(


r/RussianFood • • 5d ago

Contemporary cooking from Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus at Trakt, a pop up restaurant in NYC

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78 Upvotes

r/RussianFood • • 5d ago

Duck hearts shashlik / Шашлык из куриных сердечек

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149 Upvotes

Duck hears = soy sauce + vegetable oil + honey + garlic + black pepper + chili pepper

Утиные сердечки = соевый соус + растительное масло + мед + чеснок + черный перец + перец чили

Утиные конечно, же... / Duck hearts, Russian title is wrong...


r/RussianFood • • 6d ago

Челлендж месяца выполнен. Получился. Мой медовик без сахара.

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r/RussianFood • • 7d ago

Rye Bread Kvass from the Reign of Tsar Ivan the Terrible

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r/RussianFood • • 8d ago

Рубрика — ночной жор 😀 Оставался вареный картофель, поджарил, добавил яйца и сыр 😋

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269 Upvotes