Sochniki is a popular pastry, supposedly a kind of Soviet-Russian specialty. However, the taste of sochniki somehow reminds one of cheesecake: cream cheese stuffing combined with a shortcrust pastry ...

Imagine tender cheesecake wrapped into a crispy scone. Yum, isn't it? That's what Russian sochniki are about. Russians are literally crazy about tvorog. This (almost) inconceivable fresh dairy product ...