Russian Travel Guide

MAKING VOLOGDA BUTTER. A HISTORY OF SUCCESS

Butter has long been a familiar product on everyone's table. As for Vologda, it has become a real business card. It is here, in the Russian North, that a product with a special flavour has been created for many years. Vologda butter is almost a century and a half old. And its history is a difficult path for many years of improvements. The happy idea of using pasteurisation to obtain a nutty flavour, which once captured one single person, created a miracle. Every second person wanted to try such butter, every third person wanted to produce it and sell it profitably. The recipe seemed simple. But it turned out that other ingredients were also needed - the northern climate and the Vologda plains, special herbs fed to thoroughbred cows, and a technology that had been clearly constructed by man.

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The Geography of Taste. Guriev Porridge with Coconut Milk, Mango, Berries and an Almond Meringue

Guriev porridge is a refined dish of Russian cuisine that, today, has largely been forgotten. Russians may have heard the name, but who’s actually tried it? It’s actually a sumptuous dessert… made with semolina. Don’t judge a book by its cover. This semolina dish has a real delicacy at its heart! The host of the Geography of Taste, Vladimir Pavlov, is making Guriev porridge with coconut milk, mango, berries and an almond meringue. He’ll also tell you the unusual history of this dish – the most elite aristocratic families – the Yusupovs, the Stroganovs, the Sheremetyevs - would compete in the richness of the serving of this dish. At one reception, all of the ladies invited to supper were served with a Guriev porridge in 19 layers, ranging from semolina to creamed milk, candied and fresh fruit. And in one of those layers, a silk pouch was hidden, containing … Find out what exactly in this...