Cuisine of Commander Islands
Cuisine of Commander Islands (Russian: Командорская кухня) is a mixture of traditional Russian cuisine and cuisine of Aleut people, who inhabit the Commander Islands. Commander cuisine is largely based on fish meat, seafood, mushrooms, meat of sea mammals (seals, whales), game meat and vegetable (potato, onion, garlic, carrot) which was brought to the Commander island by Russians.[1]
Pirog, the traditional fish pie
yukola, the dried fish
Typical dishes
Typical dishes include:
Fish
- Fish snack (Russian: рыбная закуска) - fish pieces with vegetable (onion, pea, capsicum) flavoured with vinegar, salt and pepper.
- Fish pie (Russian: пирог рыбный) - pie (pirog) from dough, fish, onion and potatoes or rice.
- Yukola (Russian: юкола) - dried fish.
- Cod frikadeller (Russian: котлеты из трески) - pan-friend cutlets of minced cod.
Seal
- Tachi (Russian: тачи) - roasted meat from scapula of northern fur seal.
- Salted flippers (Russian: соленые ласты) - harbor seal or fur seal flippers in salt pickle.[1]
References
- Alexander Victorovich Avdeienko. "Commander cuisine (Командорская кухня)" (in Russian). Commander Islands (Командо́рские острова́).
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