Monday, June 13, 2016

Karaits Pirogues


Karaits is a small nation that live in Crimea. My dad told me the whole story about them, but the only thing that I want to share in this post is a wonderful recepie of one of their national food, Karaits  Pirogues (Karaimskie Pirojki). My dad just enjoys those Pirogues. They remind him of his childhood. I searched the internet and found tons of different Karaits Pirogues recepies. I just selected one of them; and Pirogues came out so delicious. The recepie was adopted from here karaimskie-pirozhki-kibiny

Ingredients:
2 lb  ground beef and ground pork (you can use any ground meat)
500 grams  of butter
200 grams of sour cream
3 medium onions
3 large eggs (plus 1 egg yolk)
about 2 lb of all-purpose flour
water
salt and pepper to taste

Process:
1. Preheat oven to 375 F.
2. Mix 450 grams of butter with about 2 lb of all-purpose flour. Add salt to taste. Add 3 eggs and 200 g of sour cream. The dough should not stick to the hands, but at the same time should not be over dry or hard. Put in a plastic bag and put in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
3. While our dough is in the refrigerator, prepare the filling. Combine ground beef, ground pork and chopped onions, salt and pepper to taste. Add 50 grams of butter and water. The filling should be a little bit wet, that way there will be a little bit of broth inside of the Pirogue. 
4. Divide dough into equal balls (about 24 balls), and roll into flat circles about size of a palm. Place a little bit of the filling over half of your dough, being careful not to get filling on the edges of the dough or it won't stick together. Bring the two sides together and pinch tightly to seal the edges. Transfer to a baking dish covered with a parchment paper. Beat one egg yolk with 1 Tbsp of water, brush over the Karaits Pirogues.
5. Bake for about 40 minutes or until golden brown. 
6. Serve with soup or hot broth.

ENJOY!!!

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I usually do the half of the recepie:
1 lb ground meat
2 onions
2 sticks of butter (113 g each stick)
2 eggs
3 Tbsp Sour cream
About 3 cups of all-purpose flour
Salt to taste




English Hotcakes


This is one of the easiest and fastest breakfast that you can ever make. I usually do those English Hotcakes on Sunday mornings for my family. My husband and 3 year old boy just enjoy those Hotcakes with Maple Syrup, honey, or sour cream.

Ingredients:
2 large eggs
2 Tbsp sugar
2 tsp baking powder
3/4 cup milk
10 Tbsp all purpose flour
1 tsp vanilla extract

Process:
1. Mix all ingredients in the bowl.
2. Preheat a nonstick pan, pour one small ladle of batter, cover and let it saute until the bubbles appear on the top of the hotcakes. Saute the other side of the hotcakes until golden. It should take no more than 1 minute for each hotcake.

ENJOY!!!