Discover the tastes of the North - don't miss the tastings and masterclasses on December 21

Cod, shanezhki pastry, direct-pressed juice from wild berries, amazing gingerbread "kozuli", "live" dairy products, berry marmalade - all this gastronomic pleasure from the Arkhangelsk region will be presented tomorrow, December 21, in the House of Russian Cuisine at VDNH.

Admission is free.

12:10 - 12:30 COD AND SHANEZHKA

A masterclass will be held by Roman Zaozersky, chef of the Malye Karely restaurant.

12:30 - 12:40 TASTING OF ARKHANGELSK TRAWL FLEET PRODUCTS

The company fishes in the North-East Atlantic Ocean, catching cod, haddock, herring, blue whiting, mackerel and scallop.

12:50 - 13:00 ARCTIC SEAWEED

Tasting of products of the only enterprise in Russia, which is engaged in extraction and deep processing of Arctic algae.

13:00 - 13:40 USTYANSKY DINNER

А masterclass will be held by the chef of the Ustyanskoe Podvorye restaurant.

13:50 - 14:20 MEZEN COFFEE AND BLACK GINGERBREAD

Masterclass will be held by Andrey Anikiev, chef of northern cuisine, brand-chef of the roomi restaurant, ambassador of the project North in the Heart.

14:20 - 14:30 DIRECT PRESSED JUICES FROM NORTHERN BERRIES

The tasting will offer a range of juices from cranberries, lingonberries, blueberries and the main storehouse of vitamins - cloudberries. The juice recipe is taken from ancient cookbooks, and thanks to the use of Swedish pasteurization technology all the useful properties of berries are preserved.

14:30 - 14:45 SWEET WHITE SEA MARMELADE AND CRAFT IVAN-TEA

Tasting of natural marmalade made from wild northern berries and northern ivan-chai willow tea.

14:45 - 14:55 DAIRY PRODUCTS

Tasting of "live" dairy products from ecologically clean areas of the region is presented by Belozorie agroholding of the Arkhangelsk region.

14:55 - 15:15 ICE CREAM WITH THE NORTH

А workshop on making real northern ice cream will be held by Ksenia and Sergey Korneev, owners of the Juan Don confectionery in Arkhangelsk.

15:15 - 15:30 KOZULI PAINTING

А workshop on painting traditional northern gingerbread "kozuli" will be held by Yulia Popova-Onuchina, the head of the creative workshop Arkhangelsk Gingerbread. In the olden days the painting of kozuli was of a ceremonial nature. Today Arkhangelsk kozuli are beautiful, fragrant edible souvenirs, an excellent gift for any holiday or anniversary.