A vibrant-coloured beetroot soup with soured cream (US: cultured sour cream) sometimes made with meat broth or kvass. Traditionally a version without meat broth is served on Christmas Eve.

A sweet pastry or cheesecake.

A coarse soup made with peas, potatoes, apples, tomatoes and onions in a broth with boiled mutton.

A Russian, cylindrical sheep’s milk cheese which is left to ferment in brine and milk during the winter. It is eaten in spring and has a strong, piquant flavour. It is similar to Romanian brandza and Hungarian and Romanian bryndza and Greek Feta.

A small ring of sweetened bread sprinkled with poppy seeds.