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Desciption

kazakh fried pasties filled with meat. from time-life's foods of the world's book russian cooking (1969).posting this in reply to a request in the eastern european forum. i have not made this but it reads interesting and someday i will make it. when i do,i will probably add a few more seasonings or herbs to the filling.

Tags

#Time-to-make #Course #Main-ingredient #Cuisine #Preparation #Main-dish #Beef #European #Russian #Ground-beef #Meat #4-hours-or-less

Steps

1. In a small bowl soften yeast in 1 / 4 cup of the lukewarm milk with the sugar
2. Let it stand a few minutes
3. Stir to dissolve completely
4. "set it aside for 5-8 minutes till its foamy"
5. Pour flour into a deep mixing bowl & make a well in it
6. Pour the yeast mix & remaining flour into the well and mix well
7. Beating vigorously till a stiff dough forms
8. Remove dough to lightly floured board and knead about 10 minutes till dough is smooth & elastic
9. Place in buttered bowl
10. Cover with towel & allow to rise about 45 minutes or until dough doubles in bulk
11. The filling
12. Combine beef
13. Onions
14. Salt & pepper and mix well
15. Assembly:
16. On lightly floured board roll out dough to 1 / 8" thickness & cut out 16 circles with a 4-1 / 2 inch cookie cutter
17. Place 5 teaspoons of filling on each circle & moisten the edges with cold water
18. Fold up all edges of the dough
19. Enclosing the filling & making a flat
20. Round cake
21. Heat oven to 250 degrees
22. In a 10 to 12 inch heavy skillet set over high heat melt 3 tablespoons butter in 2 tablespoons oil till hazy
23. Add half of the flat cakes & cover the pan
24. Reduce heat to moderate and cook cakes about 10 minutes on each side and are crisp & brown
25. Transfer to ovenproof platter and keep warm while you cook the other half of the cakes
26. Adding remaining butter & oil to pan if needed
27. Serve at once