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| Type | Sweet bread |
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| Associated cuisine | Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Lithuanian |
| Main ingredients | Flour, eggs, sugar |
Sushki (sg. sushka; Russian: су́шки, IPA: [ˈsuʂkʲɪ], plural; Russian: су́шка, IPA: [ˈsuʂkɐ], singular) are traditional Eastern European small, crunchy, mildly sweet bread rings eaten for dessert, usually with tea or coffee.[1]
The word sushka has a common root with the Russian verb sushit (сушить) "to dry".
Typical ingredients are flour, eggs, water, and salt, which are combined into a firm dough. This is then cut and rolled into thin strips of about half a centimetre thickness which are formed into rings, briefly cooked in boiling sugar water, then baked in an oven.[2] The rings are generally about 3 to 5 cm in size. Sushki are sometimes topped with poppy seeds.
Traditionally, sushki were strung on a string for selling on the street or at regional markets. Nowadays, industrially produced pre-packaged sushki are sold in food shops all over the countries of the former Soviet Union. In other countries, packaged sushki can be found in markets that sell Russian foods.
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