Kazakhstan
Kazy
Қазы
Horse-rib meat and fat are packed into a natural casing, then salted, smoked or boiled, and sliced into rich coins.
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Lithuania
Kefir
Kefyras
A cultured milk drink with a clean lactic tang, lightly thick body, and refreshing acidity.
Georgia
Khachapuri
Хачапури
Georgia's cheese bread, in a dozen regional shapes: sealed and flat in the west, open like a boat with an egg on the coast, layered in puff pastry in the city.
Georgia
Kharcho
Харчо
A thick beef soup soured with tklapi plum leather, thickened with ground walnut and rice, and heavy with coriander, garlic and Georgian spices.
Georgia
Khinkali
Хинкали
Large pleated dumplings of spiced minced meat and broth, twisted into a thick doughy knot, boiled and eaten by hand with black pepper.
Belarus
Kholodets
Холодец
Kholodets is a meat aspic made from pork or beef bones slow-cooked until collagen releases, then chilled until set, clear firm jelly with tender meat pieces, served with horseradish or mustard.
Siberia, Russia
Khrenovina Sauce
Хреновина
Khrenovina is a Siberian sauce of tomatoes, horseradish, garlic, and salt, served with meat or pelmeni.
North Caucasus, Russia
Khychin
Хычин
Thin rolled flatbreads from Karachay-Cherkessia stuffed with potato-and-cheese or herbed curd, griddled in butter.
Lithuania
Kissel
Кісель
A Polish fruit dessert of fruit juice or water thickened with potato starch, served warm or cold. A rustic, sweet-tart dessert, a home-cooked classic, served with bread or alone.
Greece
Koliva
Κόλυβα
Ritual wheat/poppy/honey memorial porridge
Russia
Korean Carrot Salad (Morkovcha)
Морковь по-корейски
Spicy marinated carrot salad invented by Soviet-deported Koryo-saram cooks: julienned carrots dressed with garlic, coriander seed, chili and hot oil.
Northwest Russia, Russia
Koryushka
Корюшка
Tiny Baltic smelt fried whole and eaten by the handful, Saint Petersburg's spring obsession with its own May festival.
Russia
Kotlety
Котлеты
Kotlety are pan-fried ground-meat patties with bread and onions, served with mashed potatoes or buckwheat.
Northwest Russia, Russia
Kozuli
Козули
Kozuli is a arkhangelsk region's baked figures (usually animals) made for Christmas.
Russia
Kulebyaka
Кулебяка
Grand closed pie of yeasted dough around layered fillings such as salmon, rice, mushrooms and egg, separated by thin blini.
Russia
Kulich
Кулич
Kulich is a tall cylindrical sweet Easter bread with dried fruits and white icing, symbolizes Christ's resurrection, tall shape with fluffy crumb, generous dried fruit, and white glaze.
Russia
Kurnik
Курник
Kurnik is a dome-shaped chicken pie with chicken, rice, eggs, and mushrooms, wedding pie.
North Caucasus, Russia
Kurze
Курзе
Dagestani dumplings shaped like fat half-moons pinched along a braided edge; fillings run from mutton to cheese to egg-and-onion.
Belarus
Kutsia
Куцця
Whole wheat or barley grains boiled soft and dressed with honey, poppy-seed milk, nuts and dried fruit — the first dish of the Christmas Eve table.
Belarus
Kvas
Gira
Kvas is a naturally fermented rye-bread drink with a lightly sour, malty flavour and gentle carbonation.
Siberia, Russia
Kyorchekh
Кёрчэх
Yakut whipped dessert of heavy cream foamed thick with lingonberries, bilberries or cloudberries into a pale pink cloud.
Kaliningrad, Russia
Königsberger Marzipan
Кёнигсбергский марципан
Almond marzipan in the Konigsberg tradition kept alive by Kaliningrad confectioners since Prussian times: lightly browned, sometimes liqueur-filled.
Russia
Limonnik
Лимонник
Shortcrust lemon pie sold at every Soviet-era bakery: sharp lemon pulp set between two buttery crusts and dusted with sugar.
Russia
Marinated Mushrooms
Маринованные грибы
Forest mushrooms such as milk caps, honey fungus and porcini pickled with vinegar, dill and garlic, the classic zakuska beside vodka.
Russia
Medovik
Медовик
Medovik is a Russian multi-layer honey cake with sour-cream frosting and a moist honeyed crumb.
Russia
Medovukha
Медовуха
Medovukha is a honey-based fermented alcoholic beverage, similar to mead but faster fermentation, balanced honey sweetness with alcohol content and floral notes.
Urals, Russia
Milk Mushroom Soup
Груздянка
Milk mushroom soup is a Ural soup made from milk mushrooms, potatoes, and onions, with an earthy flavour.
Russia
Mishka na severe
Мишка на Севере
Bear in the North: chocolate-glazed praline wafer candies with almond filling launched in Leningrad in the 1940s and still boxed today.
Russia
Mors
Морс
Mors is a non-carbonated berry drink from cranberries, lingonberries, or raspberries, tart berry flavor with sweetness and natural color, no artificial additives.
Russia
Mushroom Julienne
Жюльен
Mushrooms baked in a portion cocotte under a lid of cream sauce and melted cheese, the classic hot zakuska of Soviet-era restaurants.
Russia
Napoleon Cake
Наполеон
Napoleon cake is a Russian layered cake of puff pastry and custard cream, typically chilled before serving.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Nevsky pirog
Невский пирог
Saint Petersburg bakery cake of two soft shortcake rounds sandwiching thick plum or apple jam, dusted with sugar.
Russia
Okroshka
Окрошка
Okroshka is a cold Russian summer soup of raw vegetables, boiled potatoes, eggs, and meat, mixed with kvass or kefir.
Russia
Oladyi
Оладьи
Oladyi are small thick Russian pancakes or fritters made with kefir or buttermilk, served with smetana or jam.
Bulgaria
Olivier Salad
Салат Оливье
Olivier salad is a Russian potato salad of diced vegetables, meat, eggs, and mayonnaise.
Siberia, Russia
Omul
Омуль
Lake Baikal's endemic whitefish, classically split and hot-smoked over wood until the flesh turns gold, eaten flaked with beer or tea.