Western PA Ethnic Cooking - Part 3 - Russian - recipes, photos and video

The Russian emigration to western PA. consisted of Russians from Central Russia (formerly Southern Russia) and those living between Poland and Russia.

• Between 1872 and 1892:  81,511 Russians emigrated to Western PA
• Between 1900 and 1913:  51,472 Russians emigrated to Western PA (second only to N.Y)
• They were of the peasant class
• Mainly settled in Pittsburgh and New Castle

Some of the recipes were:

    

•  Borscht (many spellings of Borscht)

 

• Paska (Peasant Easter Bread)

 

• Beef Stroganoff

 

• Piroshki (perogies and several other spellings)

 

• Blini

 

• Cheese blintzes

Modern day recipe links below:

Borscht

Borscht 2

Paska

Paska 2

Russian Stroganoff

Russian Stroganoff 2

Couldn't resist this next link from Saveur because it was so pretty!!

Russian Stroganoff from Saveur

Piroshki

Piroshki 2

Blini

Blini 2

BLINI 3 AND VIDEO

Cheese blintzes

Battle of the Cheese Blintz