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Russian Dessert Recipes
Apple
Babka - Made with Bread | Apple
Charlotte - Made with Bread | Apple
Charlotte / Sharlotka | Baked
Apple Cheesecake | Baked
Lemon and Semolina Cheesecake / Zapekanka | Crimean
Creme | Carrot,
Apple and Prune Pudding |
Honey
Mousse | Kasha
/ Semolina Fruit Pudding | Kisel
/ Fruit Puree Dessert | Medovie
/ Honey Layer Cake | Napoleon
Tort | Paskha
| Plum
& Almond Tart | Prunes
with Walnuts and Chocolate | Tangy
Baked Lemon Pudding | Walnut
& Melon Compote
Desserts feature at many traditional
Russian celebrations, such as the delicious soft cheese
and dried fruit 'Paskha'
served at Easter. Many Russian desserts come from Western
European influences, started in the early 18th Century
by Peter the Great's fascination with all things Dutch,
German, French and Swedish.
Many popular Russian desserts and baked
goods feature berries, varieties of which we never see
in New Zealand, such as the bilberry. These desserts
have come from the Central Asian countries that were
eventually annexed by Russia and formed part of the
Soviet Union.
Baked desserts are also very popular,
like the small
sweet pies and dumplings called
vareniki which are filled with preserved fruit or tvorog
(a dry soft cheese similar to quark). Whilst they are
often eaten as a dessert, because they are so filling
they also can be served as a sweet luncheon dish or
for afternoon tea.
Perhaps most well known are Russian
pancakes or 'blini'.
These are not strictly for dessert as they are often
served with savory accompaniments such as mushrooms
or caviar. In February, Muscovites celebrate the end
of winter and the coming spring with a week dedicate
to blini, called 'Maslenitsa'.
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