Recipe Category: Greek
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Ingredients
- recipe for: Piroski
- Serving Size : 1
the crust:
- 1/3 cup milk
- 3 packages granular yeast
- 4 cups flour
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 4 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon salt
- oil for frying
the filling:
- 1 pound chopped meat
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 small onion – chopped
- 1/2 cup tomato sauce
- 4 tablespoons parmesan cheese – grated
- 1 egg white – beaten with a>>>d
- few drops of water.
- parsley – chopped
Method
- Heat milk to lukewarm, pour into a bowl; add yeast.
- Mix with you fingers.
- Add a cup of the flour, and mix to form a ball.
- Cover the bowl, and set in a warm place.
- Let the sponge rise until double in bulk.
- Punch down.
- Add vegetable oil, egg yolks, salt and remaining flour, mix well, then knead to make a stiff dough.
- Add more water or flour, if necessary.
- Cover and let rise again.
- Meantime, brown the meat in butter.
- Add onion, and cook until light brown.
- Mix in tomato sauce and parsley, and cook about 15 to 20 min Stir in grated cheese.
- Lightly flour a bread board and turn dough out onto it; knead until elastic.
- Divide into small pieces.
- Flatten these with your hands, or roll into thick round shapes.
- In the center of each, place a tbs of the meat mixture.
- Fold over dough to form a half-moon shape.
- Brush edges with a little egg white, and pinch to seal.
- Flatten the piroski slightly and place on a buttered baking sheet.
- Set aside in warm place to rise again, but for less time.
- Deep-fat fry until a deep golden color.
- Remove with slotted spoon, drain, and serve hot.
- Makes about 15 to 18 piroski.
- NOTE 1: These can be baked instead of fried.
- To bake follow the directions above to the final rising, then brush tops with egg white, and bake in preheated 350 F oven until golden brown
- NOTE 2: The filling can be of chicken, ham, fish, or hard-cooked eggs.
- For any of these, chop the filling and mix with Bechamel sauce, or mashed potatoes.
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