Transcript Foods of Eastern Europe and Russia

Foods of Eastern Europe and
Russia
•Russia, Poland, Czech Republic,
Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary,
Ukraine
Eastern Europe
• Pickling and salting, common way to
stretch food
• Hearty meals
• Southern region—customs similar to
Mediterranean
Baltic Republics
• Estonia, Lativa, and Lithuania—countries near
Baltic Sea
• “meat and potatoes”—LOTS potatoes
• Sklandu rausi: small, savory tarts using potatoes
• Buberts: chilled dessert
• Janu siers: potato dumplings filled with cheese and
cooked with eggs
• Sult: shredded pork and veal jellied in their
drippings
• Pirags: bacon-stuffed turnovers
• Skilandis: juniper-smoked sausage
• Kringel: yeast oval or pretzel shaped coffee cake
Central Countries
• Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary—some
German influence
• Smoked and pickled beets & grilled trout
• Paraszt-salata: peasant salad
• Pierogis: noodle dough
• Wienerschnitzel: breaded and fried pork cutlets
• Bigos: sweet and sour polish stew
• Kielbasa: polish smoked sausage
• Kolache: sweet roll filled with fruit, butter, nuts or poppy
seeds
• Dios bukta: walnut bread
Balkan Countries
• Balkan Peninsula between Adriatic and Black
seas
• Romania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria
• Jota: soup of saurkraut, potato dumplings,
smoked pork
• Zlinkrofi: meat dumplings (similar ravioli)
• Banitsa: phyllo dough layered with cheese or
spinach
• Mamaliga: cornmeal porridge
• Ciorba: tart with sour cream
Russia
• World’s largest nation—2x size of US
• Limited farmland, short growing season
and cool
• Practical cooking skills of Slavs, Vikings,
and Mongold
Russian Cuisine
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Grains basis of cuisine
Eat bread at every meal
Kvas: sweet, cold beverage
Kasha: porridge of buckwheat groats
Blini: Small, yeast leavened buckwheat
pancakes
• Zakushi: hor d’oeurvres
• Caviar: salted eggs from sturgeon fish
• Okroshka: cool summer soup of diced
vegetables
Russian Cuisine
• Shchi: soup made with cabbage, root
vegetables and broth
• Pelmeni: dumplings
• Kulebiaka: large pie—layers of meat, rice
and cooked eggs
• Zavarka: Russian Tea
• Kulich: yeast bread baked in coffee can
The Independent Republics
• Result of Soviet Union breaking up in 1991
• Similar cuisines
Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova
• Ukraine: leading wheat producer
• Multitude of different breads
• Kutia: boiled wheat groats mixed with poppy
seeds, honey, and nuts
• Borscht: served hot—type of bread
• Nakypliak: cabbage dressed up as a steamed
soufflé
• Babkas: puffy casseroles made with eggs
• Draniki: pancakes
• Machanka: stew of pork ribs and sausage
Caucasus Republics
• Imom bayeldi: eggplant slices under
sautéed onions, peppers, and tomatoes
• Dovaga: chilled yogurt and cucumber
soup
• Satvisi: chicken with walnut and garlic
sauce
• Pilaf: sautéed grains cooked in seasoned
liquid
Central Asian Republics
• Flatbreads: Nan or Chorek
• Sheep provide majority of meat
• Shashlyk: cubes of lamb and onion
marinated in lemon juice or vinegar
• Manty: Steamed Meat dumplings
• Shurpa: stewed turnips, carrots,
tomatoes, and garbanzo beans