New Year Food Russia
The dessert is usually a homemade cake as well as chocolates commonly brought by guests as presents.
New year food russia. In many countries it goes by the name russian salad which kind of speaks for itself. New year is the main holiday in russia because during the soviet era religion was forbidden meaning christmas was not celebrated. Salads are an essential part of any russian meal.
Parts of christmas were incorporated into new year with a decorated tree presents from ded moroz grandfather frost lots of food and sparkling wine at midnight. The host at russian new year celebrations may set up a zakuska table for guests which will be covered with little bite sized snacks that go well with drinks think. The famous russian salad olivier is a mixture of finely chopped boiled eggs sausages and marinated cucumbers seasoned with the mayonnaise sauce.
Caviar and dark bread pickles and marinated mushrooms. Napoleon cake is another common choice for the new year s eve dinner in russia. One popular dessert is the honey cake which is made from layers of pastry with cream mixed with honey and topped with crumbled pastry.
In russia it s one of the most popular festive dishes and a must have for a new year s meal. Here are the main things you should have on the table to celebrate new year s in true traditional russian style. The name stems from a 19th century belgian chef who worked in a famous moscow restaurant and invented a unique salad which no one was able to recreate.
Anna guryeva a native russian speaker responded. For a russian resident the smell of tangerines and fur trees comes together and symbolizes new year s eve the tradition of food as part of the fun on new years is one that reaches way back in russian history so from the cooking of the goose to the popping of the champagne from all of us at rt happy new year s russian style. On new year s eve the zakuski course may not end until midnight when hot dishes are finally served.
On christmas day heartier dishes such as roast pork pierogis aspic and stuffed pies are served. Black red caviar this is one of the most important snacks during the russian new year and is usually served with butter green salad and bread. Luxuries like braised short ribs georgian chicken tabaka pan roasted with lots of garlic.