Pelmeni
Pelmeni are traditional Eastern European dish that is normally made with minced meat filling, wrapped in thin dough. The filling includes pork, chicken, beef and lamb. It also belongs to the family of dumplings.
Pelmeni is the national dish of Russian Siberia, where they made in large quantities and stored safely frozen outside for several winter months. They are prepared immediately before eating by boiling in water until they float.
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups flour
2 eggs
1/2 cup water
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 lb. ground beef
1/2 lb. ground pork
2 medium onions, finely chopped
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. black pepper & garlic to taste
Method
- To make the dough, combine the flour, eggs, water and 1/2 tsp. salt. Knead mixture. Let rest for 30 minutes.
- Mix the ground beef, ground pork, onions, 1 tsp. salt, pepper and garlic together. Cut the dough into three equally sized pieces and roll each one into a cylinder the diameter of a finger.
- Cut each cylinder into pieces the size of a walnut, then roll each piece into a very thin flat cake with a diameter of about 2 inches.
- Put some of the ground meat mixture in the center of each flat cake (quite a lot, but not so much that you can't then seal up the dough). Then fold the dough in half and join up the edges to seal them.
- Pinch the corners together: you should now have a ravioli-shaped "flying saucer."
- Boil the pelmeni in salted water for seven minutes, or until they float to the surface. Serve them in soup plates with sour cream or in broth.
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