# Russians' favourite dishes

The dishes Russians love most: in a 2018 poll in 17 cities (1,700 people), borscht, pelmeni and blini came top. Plus the great classics of the festive table.

- 44 votes · 16 items
- Apr 8, 2022 · Виктория Николаева
- https://even.best/en/l/203/russians-favourite-dishes

## Top 12

1. **Borscht** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Beetroot soup with cabbage and meat, with sour cream; first in the poll (23%).
2. **Olivier salad** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Potato, peas, pickles and sausage salad, the symbol of New Year.
3. **Blini** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Thin pancakes with caviar, sour cream or jam, the star of Maslenitsa.
4. **Kholodets** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Set meat aspic with horseradish and mustard.
5. **Syrniki** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Fried quark pancakes with sour cream for breakfast.
6. **Pelmeni** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Siberian meat dumplings with sour cream or vinegar; 14% of respondents.
7. **Pirozhki** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Baked or fried buns filled with cabbage, potato or meat.
8. **Golubtsy** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Cabbage rolls with meat and rice braised in tomato sauce.
9. **Shchi** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — Cabbage soup: 'shchi and kasha are our food'.
10. **Herring under a fur coat** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Layers of herring, potato, carrot and beetroot under mayonnaise.
11. **Okroshka** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Cold summer soup made with kvass or kefir.
12. **Kotlety with mashed potatoes** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Homemade meat patties with mash, the canteen classic.
13. **Solyanka** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Thick, sour and hot soup in meat or fish broth with pickles, olives and lemon.
14. **Ear** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Transparent fish soup, one of the oldest dishes of Russian cuisine.
15. **Shashlik** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Marinated meat fried on skewers over charcoal; the main dish of May outdoor trips.
16. **Beef Stroganoff** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — Beef in sour cream sauce, named after Count Stroganov.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.