Food of Belarus
Belarusian cooking is built on potatoes, which appear in everything from pancakes to dumplings to baked casseroles. Pork, mushrooms, cabbage, beets, rye bread and sour cream round out a rustic, filling table. Dishes are simple, slow-cooked and meant to be enjoyed with family.
- Main dishes (8)
- Breakfast (3)
- Street food (2)
- Soups (4)
- Salads (3)
- Breads (2)
- Desserts and sweets (4)
- Drinks (5)
- Fruits and produce (5)
Staples
- potatoes
- pork
- mushrooms
- rye bread
- cabbage
- beets
- sour cream
- buckwheat
Signature flavors
- dill
- caraway
- garlic
- marjoram
- black pepper
- bay leaf
Main dishes
Crisp potato pancakes served with sour cream.
Key ingredients: potatoes, onion, egg, sour creamFull guide →Pork and sausage stewed in a savory sauce, served with pancakes.
Key ingredients: pork, sausage, flour, sour cream
Potato dumplings stuffed with minced meat and baked in sour cream.
Key ingredients: potatoes, ground pork, onion, sour creamBaked potato pudding with bacon and onions.
Key ingredients: potatoes, bacon, onion, milkSoft flour dumplings simmered in broth or with sauce.
Key ingredients: flour, egg, milk
Cabbage rolls with meat and rice.
Key ingredients: cabbage, ground meat, rice, tomato
Meat or potato rolls filled with mushrooms.
Key ingredients: beef, mushrooms, onionSmoked pork sausage made from shoulder meat.
Key ingredients: pork, garlic, spicesBreakfast
Farmer's cheese fritters.
Key ingredients: farmer's cheese, egg, flourFull guide →
Buckwheat porridge with milk or butter.
Key ingredients: buckwheat, milk, butter
Thin pancakes with sour cream.
Key ingredients: flour, milk, eggsFull guide →Street food
Baked buns with potato or meat.
Key ingredients: dough, potato, meatFried potato pancakes with crispy bacon bits.
Key ingredients: potatoes, baconFull guide →Soups
Beet soup with sour cream.
Key ingredients: beets, cabbage, potatoesFull guide →Cold beet soup with cucumbers, dill and eggs.
Key ingredients: beets, kefir, cucumber, eggs, dill
Soup made with dried forest mushrooms.
Key ingredients: dried mushrooms, barley, potatoes
Cabbage soup.
Key ingredients: cabbage, potatoesFull guide →Salads
Beet, potato and pickle salad.
Key ingredients: beets, potatoes, pickles, oil
Diced potato salad with peas and pickles.
Key ingredients: potatoes, eggs, peasFull guide →Fresh cabbage with cranberries.
Key ingredients: cabbage, cranberries, oilBreads
Dark country loaf.
Key ingredients: rye flour, water, saltPotato bread.
Key ingredients: flour, potatoDesserts and sweets
Sweet cheese pancakes.
Key ingredients: farmer's cheese, jamFull guide →
Honey layer cake.
Key ingredients: honey, flour, sour creamFull guide →
Sweet thickened berry dessert.
Key ingredients: berries, starch, sugarSweet pastries with apples.
Key ingredients: dough, applesDrinks
Fermented rye bread drink.
Key ingredients: rye bread, yeast
Fruit compote.
Key ingredients: berries, sugarLinden and mint tea.
Key ingredients: herbs, honey
Fermented milk drink.
Key ingredients: milk
Fresh spring tree sap, lightly sweet.
Key ingredients: birch sapFruits and produce
Wild cranberries from the bogs.
Key ingredients: drinks, sauces
Tart berries for sauces.
Key ingredients: sauces
Orchard apples.
Key ingredients: baking, compote
Foraged forest mushrooms.
Key ingredients: soups, sauces
Forest berries.
Key ingredients: pies, compoteDish guides from Belarus
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Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.
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