Category: Entrées
Rabbit Pie (Пирог с крольчатиной)
Meat pie is a very popular Russian dish even though filling it with rabbit meat is much less common than using beef, pork, or poultry. Rabbit and its close relative hare, however, are not considered novelty items. There are plenty of recipes such as stews calling for untimely demise of ... more
Read moreChicken Rolls (Пирожки с курятиной)
These baked stuffed buns are not the chicken parm rolls you can pick up at a local pizza joint or steamed buns served in dim sum restaurants. The dough is quite different: it’s a variant of sweet dough prepared using preferment known in other cuisines as “poolish” or “biga.” In Russian ... more
Read moreKalitki (Калитки)
Kalitki (singular – kalitka) are small open-faced pies popular in the regions where the Veps or Vepsians live – in Karelia and east of St. Petersburg, for example in the Tikhvin district. The Veps language is related to Finnish and Estonian. Speaking of Tikhvin, what famous Russian composer was born ... more
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