Russian snacks

Homemade piroshki cannot be beat. They are soft, with a creamy mashed potato filling and are the perfect food for any meal.

Caramel! Chocolate! Marshmallows! Some of our favorite treats can easily be made at home, so skip the grocery store and try one of these candy recipes instead.

These traditional Russian pancakes are made both with sweet (strawberry or any other jam) and savory (smoked salmon, caviar, sour cream) toppings!

Draniki (aka Deruny) are crispy potato fritters made from grated potatoes, onions, and a few other ingredients. Pan-fried and so delicious!

This Russian devilled eggs recipe makes very moreish Russian stuffed eggs with a creamy filling of the yolks of hard-boiled eggs mashed with mayonnaise, mustard, paprika, dill pickles, purple shallots, and perfumed dill. A feature on the zakuski buffets before the elaborate banquets of Russian emperors they were popularised during the Soviet era.

Making these pastries is absolute fun. According to Soviet tradition you dye them in natural beet and carrot juices, which makes plain cookies look like real peaches.

These traditional Russian cookies feature a soft cookie shell and an irresistible dulce de leche filling, all packaged in a walnut shape!

These rugelach cookies also referred to rogaliki are filled with a nutella (hazelnut) chocolate spread that works wonderfully for baking.