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Yeast Pancakes (Russian Oladi)

Using yeast in batter is pretty common in Russian cuisine. They not only make batter fluffy but gives it a…

12 years ago

Zucchini Pancakes with Sheep Cheese

These are zucchini based vegetable pancakes with a bit of fresh sheep cheese, which can be optional if you don’t…

13 years ago

Kvass (Russian Fermented Rye Bread Drink)

Kvass (kvas, quass) is probably a bit of unusual drink to this part of the globe. Indeed, if you read…

13 years ago

Russian Fried Pies with Meat and Rice Stuffing

Fried pies (piroshki/pyrizhky), resembling individual size fried buns of yeast dough with stuffing, are very popular in all countries of…

13 years ago

How to Make Unsweetened Yeast Dough

Yeast dough is commonly used for baked pies and fried pies/dumplings (pirozhki/pyrizhky). Slavic cuisine features pies with various sweet and…

13 years ago

Sweet Braided Bread

I am used to call this kind of braid sweet bread Hala (Хала in russian), however when I was preparing…

14 years ago