🧑🤝🧑 Belarusians
Tvorog, sour cream and fermented milk products in village cooking.
Belarusians live in a land of forests, marshes and meadows, where grass grows well on damp pastures — and that means cows. In village cooking, milk and dairy products have historically stood alongside potatoes and bread.
Curd cheese (tvarog) is eaten fresh with sour cream and put into pancakes, pies and bakes; it was also made into an aged “cheese” — pressed curd with caraway. Sour cream is a must with draniki potato pancakes and many soups. Sour milk (kislaye malako) was drunk with potatoes, and whey was made into drinks and used in baking. Butter was churned at home, clarified and stored for the winter.
Today Belarus is a major producer and exporter of dairy products, but home fermented-milk traditions are still alive in rural cooking.
What it includes
- Traditional products
How it connects to milk
🧑🤝🧑 Belarusians ← among ← 🥣 Tvorog → made from → 🥛 Milk
Links
- Where they live
- 🌍 Eastern Europe
- Traditional products
- 🧀 Ryazhenka, 🥣 Tvorog, 🥣 Sour cream
Frequently asked questions
What do Belarusians eat draniki with?
Most often with sour cream; sour milk is served with them too.
What dairy products are typical of Belarusian cuisine?
Curd cheese, sour cream, sour milk, butter and homemade pressed cheese.
What is kislaye malako?
The Belarusian name for clabbered milk — milk soured in a warm place.