Ukraine
Pampushky
Пампушки
Pampushky are Ukrainian garlic buns served with borscht; sweet versions may contain fruit.
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Paskha
Пасха
Paskha is a pyramid-shaped Russian Easter dessert made from tvorog, butter, cream, and vanilla, traditionally served with kulich.
Russia
Pastila
Пастила
Pastila is a Russian fruit confection of fruit purée, egg whites, and sugar or honey, dried until airy.
Latvia
Pelmeni
Пельмени
Pelmeni are Siberian dumplings with thin dough wrappers around pork, beef, or lamb, boiled and served with butter or sour cream.
Russia
Perepechi
Перепечи
Udmurt open-faced boats of rye dough pinched up around a filling of mushroom, egg, cabbage or meat, baked and served hot.
Russia
Pirog
Пиріг
Large closed oven pie of yeasted dough wrapped around savoury fillings such as cabbage, fish, mushroom or meat; the ancestor of every Slavic pie.
Russia
Pirozhki
Пирожки
Pirozhki are small baked or fried Russian yeast buns filled with meat, potato, cabbage, mushrooms, or fruit.
Northwest Russia, Russia
Pomor Fish Pie
Поморский рыбный пирог
Pomor fish pie is an Arkhangelsk pie filled with local white fish and root vegetables.
Estonia
Porcini
Herkkutatti
Wild porcini mushroom (Boletus edulis), prized in Finnish cuisine for its rich nutty flavor and firm texture.
Russia
Potato Cake
Картошка
Potato cake is a Russian dessert made from crushed biscuit or cake mixed with butter, condensed milk, and cocoa, shaped like a potato.
Russia
Pozharsky Cutlets
Пожарские котлеты
Pozharsky cutlets are breaded chicken or veal patties with butter added for juiciness, associated with Torzhok.
Russia
Pryaniki
Пряники
Honey-and-spice cookies stamped or moulded into patterns, Russia's everyday sweet since the 12th century; Tula, Gorodets and Vyazma bake named regional forms.
Russian Far East, Russia
Pyanse
Пянсе
Steamed stuffed bun of the Koryo-saram Koreans of Sakhalin and Primorye: cabbage, meat and rice dough steamed pale and juicy.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Pyshki
Пышки
Pyshki are small deep-fried Russian doughnuts dusted with powdered sugar, especially associated with St. Petersburg.
Russia
Rassolnik
Рассольник
Rassolnik is a pickle soup with pickled cucumbers, pearl barley, and pork or beef kidneys, brine-based, tangy pickle flavor with tender barley and balanced saltiness.
Moscow, Russia
Rasstegai
Расстегай
Rasstegai is an open-top pie with fish, meat, or mushroom filling and a hole for adding broth, associated with Moscow.
Russia
Red Caviar
Красная икра
Salted salmon roe, malossol-cured, historically from Kamchatka and Sakhalin waters; the affordable festive caviar of Russian tables.
Russia
Ryazhenka
Ряженка
Ryazhenka is a fermented baked milk product, thick, creamy, sweet, caramel-colored, rich caramel flavor with creamy texture and fermentation.
Finland
Rye Bread
Ruisleipä
Dense, dark sourdough rye bread, Finland's national bread since 2017, with distinctive sour flavor and dense texture.
Russia
Salo
Сало
Salo is cured pork fatback, salted and sometimes smoked, and eaten with bread, garlic, and black pepper.
Russia
Samogon
Самогон
Home-distilled grain or sugar spirit, the rural counterpart to state vodka, historically flavored with berries, bread crusts or herbs.
Russia
Sbiten
Сбитень
Sbiten is a hot Russian drink of honey, spices, and herbs, commonly served at winter markets.
Armenia
Shashlik
Шашлық
Shashlik is marinated meat grilled on skewers with onion and rendered fat, a shared Eurasian form rather than a single national dish.
Russia
Shaverma
Шаурма
Shaverma is a Russian adaptation of shawarma: rotisserie meat wrapped in lavash with vegetables and sauce.
Russia
Shchi
Щи
Shchi is a Russian cabbage soup made with sour cabbage, meat, and mushrooms, often served with rye bread.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Smetana
Сметана
Thick soured cream of Eastern Slavic kitchens, richer than Western sour cream and spooned over nearly everything savoury.
Russia
Solyanka
Солянка
Solyanka is a thick sour soup with meat, fish, or mushrooms, pickled cucumbers, cabbage, and smetana.
Russia
Sour Cream Cake
Сметанник
Sour cream cake is a Russian layer cake with sour-cream frosting, moist layers, and a tangy flavour.
Siberia, Russia
Stroganina
Строганина
Stroganina is paper-thin raw frozen fish from Arctic Siberia, served with salt, pepper, and vodka.
Siberia, Russia
Sugudai
Сугудай
Siberian raw-fish dish: river whitefish frozen and shaved, then dressed with vinegar, pepper and onion until cured.
Russia
Sushki
Сушки
Tiny dry bread rings the size of a coin, glazed and crunchy enough to dunk in tea; the shrunken cousins of baranki.
Russia
Svekolnik
Свекольник
Svekolnik is a chilled Russian beet soup with beet broth, crisp vegetables, and kvass or kefir.
Russia
Syrniki
Сырники
Fried patties of tvorog, egg and a little flour, golden outside and creamy within, eaten for breakfast or dessert.
Russia
Tabani
Табани
Thick Udmurt sourdough pancakes griddled golden and traditionally topped with mush, curd or fried onion.
Russia
Talkish kaleve
Талкыш калеве
Tatar spun-honey confection: threads of caramelised honey and flour pulled into a pale golden haystack that melts on the tongue.
Russia
Tarhun
Тархун
Tarhun is a bright-green tarragon-flavoured soft drink associated with Soviet-era soda.