Desserts
Sochniki with Sweet Cheese (Сочники с творогом)
Sochniki with sweet cheese are large cookies filled with sweetened milk curd. They were a lunch staple for Soviet-era school kids. Sochniki are easy to make. The ones shown in the illustrations that accompany this […]
Kissel or Kisiel (Кисель)
Kissel is a beverage typically based on fruit juice and thickened with starch. Occasionally other ingredients such as milk are used although less commonly. Depending on the degree of thickness, kissel can be considered a […]
Vatrushka (Ватрушка)
Serves: 10
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 […]
