Non-Fasting Recipes

Feast-day recipes containing meat, dairy, and eggs — for Pascha, Bright Week, and other days when the fast is lifted.

Russian Non Fasting

Пирог с Мясом — Russian Meat Pie

A substantial yeasted pie filled with slow-cooked ground beef, onions, and rice, brushed with egg wash and baked unti...

Russian Non Fasting

Запеканка из Творога — Farmer's Cheese Casserole

A baked farmer's cheese casserole — lighter and more elegant than syrniki, with a slightly custardy crumb that tastes...

Russian Non Fasting

Куриная Лапша — Chicken Noodle Soup

The classic Russian chicken soup — deep golden broth, tender shredded chicken, hand-cut egg noodles, and a generous h...

Russian Non Fasting

Щи Мясные — Traditional Meat Shchi

The original shchi — the most ancient of all Russian soups, simmered for centuries in every peasant kitchen — is made...

Russian Non Fasting

Сырники — Farmer's Cheese Pancakes

Small, thick cheese pancakes made from tvorog (farmer's cheese), eggs, and a little flour — pan-fried until golden ou...

Russian Non Fasting

Шашлык из Свинины — Pork Shashlik

Summer in Russia means shashlik — cubes of marinated meat grilled over wood coals and eaten outdoors with bread, raw ...

Russian Non Fasting

Оливье — Russian Olivier Salad

Invented in the 1860s by a Belgian chef in Moscow, Olivier salad (known abroad as "Russian salad") is inseparable fro...

Russian Non Fasting

Сельдь под Шубой — Herring Under a Fur Coat

A showpiece Russian layered salad — salted herring at the bottom, then onions, boiled potatoes, carrots, and finally ...

Russian Non Fasting

Жульен — Mushroom and Chicken Julienne

Despite the French name, жульен is purely a Russian restaurant classic — small individual gratins of tender chicken a...

Russian Non Fasting

Голубцы — Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

Cabbage leaves wrapped around a filling of seasoned ground meat and rice, braised slowly in a tangy tomato-sour cream...

Russian Non Fasting

Котлеты по-Киевски — Chicken Kiev

A pounded chicken breast wrapped around a log of cold garlic-parsley butter, breaded, and fried until golden — when c...

Russian Non Fasting

Блины со Сметаной — Blini with Sour Cream and Caviar

Thin, lacy Russian pancakes — blini — are the foundation of the great Russian breakfast, and the traditional vehicle ...

Russian Non Fasting

Борщ с Говядиной — Traditional Beef Borscht

The meat version of borscht is deeper, richer, and more complex than its fasting counterpart. Built on a slow-simmere...

Russian Non Fasting

Бефстроганов — Beef Stroganoff

Named for the Stroganov family in the 19th century, this dish of tender beef strips in a creamy mushroom and mustard ...

Russian Non Fasting

Пельмени — Siberian Meat Dumplings

Пельмени are small meat-filled dumplings, a dish born in Siberia where cooks would make enormous batches and freeze t...

Russian Non Fasting

Пасха — Farmer's Cheese Paschal Dessert

Пасха (paskha) is the sweet pyramid of spiced farmer's cheese served alongside the kulich — a perfect complement of s...

Russian Non Fasting

Кулич — Russian Paschal Sweet Bread

Кулич is the crown of the Paschal table. A tall, cylindrical yeasted bread enriched with butter, eggs, and dairy, top...