BREADS

Term Definition
Babka Round bread made from buttery sweet dough
Vishnovaya Babka Cherry Babka
Shokoladnaya Babka Chocolate Babka
Hoska Long loaf with braids on top
Kulich Tall mushroom-shaped Easter bread
Makovy Roulet A delicate roll filled with poppyseeds
Rzhanoy Hleb Russian rye bread
Karavai Round presentation bread
Sarah's Buns This is not a traditional Russian bread. One of our parishioners originated these miniature tea rings.
Rectangular Bread This is not traditional either. In response to popular demand, we make some rectangular loaves. This is not a traditional Russian shape, but slices fit in toasters.

 

OTHER FOODS
Term Definition
Kolbasa Russian pork sausage
Holupky Cabbage leaves stuffed with ground beef and rice. North of the Volga River this is likely to be called Galuptsii.
Holushky Noodles with cabbage
Kuritsa Kotlety Chicken patties
Goviazhii Kotlety Beef patties
Vareniky Dumplings filled with sweetened farmers cheeze or mashed potatoes. These are the same as Polish Pirogies.
Shashlyk Beef cubes on a stick
Yablochnie Ponchiki Apple fritters
Zapechonnaia Riba Salmon in puff pastry
Govyadina na Grille Pit beef
Hot Dogs Hot dogs. The Russian word is "sosiski", but we just call them hot dogs.
Kapusta Cabbage
Salad iz Kapusty Cabbage salad
Zelenaya Fasol Green beans cooked our special way
Borsch Beet soup. In Russian, there is no "t" at the end of the word borsch.
Blini Thin pancake, similar to the French crêpe. Made to order as you wait.

Blinchky
Blini filled generously with ground beef, ham & cheeze, eggs & chives, or sweet cream cheeze. Made to order as you wait.

Marinovanye Yaichky
Pickled eggs

Kartofelnye Oladi
Potato pancakes served with sour cream
Kasha Kasha is one of Russia’s oldest and most traditional dishes. Kasha is usually boiled buckwheat, but can also be other cooked grains -- barley, millet, rice, or cornmeal. There is no one way to cook kasha. Ours is buckwheat cooked with butter, onions, mushrooms, chicken broth.


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