Oreshki: Walnut Biscuits Filled with Boiled Condensed Milk
Shortcrust shells pressed into the shape of a walnut half, joined around a filling of condensed milk boiled until it caramelises. Sold by the kilogram — about 56 to 60 of them, £45 — and posted anywhere in the United Kingdom for £20.
They are the only thing this kitchen sends by post. Everything else is a cake, and a cake goes in a car across Berkshire.
How much are oreshki, and how are they sold?
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
Oreshki, 1kg About 56–60 pieces, sold in whole kilograms not by size | £45 |
Posted anywhere in the UK Royal Mail first class, packed tightly per parcel | £20 |
By the kilogram, in whole kilograms. Collection from Bracknell is free; postage is £20 to any UK address, or they can go with a cake on the same delivery run.
Order oreshki
We reply within 24 hours with a price. No deposit is taken until you are happy with the quote.
Not ready to send it? What follows answers most of what people ask first.
How long it takes
7–10 days for a simple design, at least 14 for two tiers.
Sooner is sometimes possible: a rush adds 50% when the notice is under 7 days, if the diary is clear.
In a hurry? Bento cakes take 3–5 days.
Delivery
From £30, quoted by distance from RG12 0UY.
Collection from Bracknell is free — see the areas we cover.
Paying
50% deposit to hold your date; orders under £50 are paid in full.
Balance 3 hours before collection, or cash on the day.
The deposit is non-refundable but transferable with 4 days' notice — full terms.
What exactly are oreshki?
A biscuit in two halves. Shortcrust dough is pressed in a hinged iron mould that bakes each half into the shape of a walnut shell, and the two are joined around a filling of boiled condensed milk. The result is the size of a real walnut and eaten the same way — one at a time, with tea, out of a bowl that empties faster than anyone intends. The mould is where the Russian name comes from: an oreshnitsa, a nut-maker.
| What you get | Price |
|---|---|
| 1kg, about 56–60 pieces | £45 |
| Posted anywhere in the UK | £20 |
| Collected from Bracknell | free |
Why does the filling matter?
Because it is the one thing that separates these from the version in a plastic tray. The filling is condensed milk boiled down until it caramelises, not caramel bought by the tub and piped in. Boiling takes a couple of hours and cannot be hurried, which is exactly why a factory does not do it; the taste that comes out is of milk turning to toffee rather than of sugar. The recipe is the owner’s mother’s, which is the other thing a tray in a supermarket does not have.
If they are called nuts, are there nuts in them?
There are none in the recipe. The allergens on this one are gluten, eggs and milk — the name describes the shape, not an ingredient, and people avoiding nuts are often surprised by that in the right direction. The sentence that has to follow it, though, is the same one as everywhere else on this site: Our kitchen handles all major allergens (celery, gluten, crustaceans, eggs, fish, lupin, milk, molluscs, mustard, peanuts, sesame, soybeans, sulphur dioxide and sulphites, tree nuts). While we take every care, products may contain traces of allergens. Tell us about an allergy in the enquiry and the answer will be straight, including no.
How do they travel, and what if they arrive broken?
They go Royal Mail first class for £20 to any UK address, packed tightly so they cannot move in the box. They are still biscuits with a hollow middle: some can break on the way, and the enquiry form asks you to read that before you order rather than discover it. If a parcel arrives in a state, tell us — your rights on a parcel that arrives damaged come from the Consumer Rights Act 2015, not from anything we could write here.
Who orders them
People who grew up with them in Eastern Europe, mostly, and order a kilo at a time because a kilo does not last.
And people who have never heard of them and like caramel with a biscuit, which is all they are once the name stops mattering.
What else do people ask?
Allergies? Our kitchen handles all 14 of the allergens UK law requires us to declare, so nothing we bake is free from any of them. What is in each cake, and our hygiene rating.