Archive for April, 2012
Vatrushka (Ватрушка)
Vatrushka (pronounced vat-ROOSH-kah) is a small, personal-sized open pie filled with fresh cheese. Its appearance somewhat resembles that of a cheese Danish, but it is not the same pastry. Cheese-filled vatrushkas can be sweet and […]
Cheese Pancakes “Syrniki”
Perhaps the origin of this recipe is Jewish cuisine that has a virtually identical dish called cheese latke. The idea of itself is as ancient as the Roman Empire, and cheese pancakes have been popular in […]