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Homemade Pelmeni
Unlike Oleg's store-bought, no-good, cheater recipe, this is the real thing. You gotta taste it to believe it! 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
Directions
- 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 in soup bowls. I like to offer three dipping sauces: sour cream, creamy horseradish, and white wine vinegar. YUMMMMM!
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This recipe is delicious. I know you will like it. If you want to make it even more kid friendly, try serving with melted butter or marinara if your kids don't like sour cream, horseradish, or vinegar. I'd make them try all the sauces though just to expand their taste buds!2
Fine, but not so quick and easy as mine :)
John, I thought this sounds great But... if like me you DO NOT want to make the dough from scratch, you can now buy fresh round/square WON TON wrappers in the refrigerator section of your Asian OR local supermarket. Yes I plan to make these Pelmeni as I like to eat them fried in butter YUMMMMMM!!!
WonTon wrappers?! Never! Make the traditional dough!
And vareniki with cherry (or blueberry) IS, indeed, excellent!!-
I have been looking for this recipe for years. Love it so much. You have to make your own dumplings though. Best that way. I also like it with red wine vinegar. YUM YUM!
These were delicious. I had to add more flour and would recommend salting the meat a bit more - but otherwise, very good pelmeni - especially for first-timers. We usually buy them frozen at our local Russian store.-
I loved them. I added an egg, 1/4 C beef broth and smoked paprika to the meat. Most excellent!
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thanks
awesomeness!!! just like my great grandmother used to make them!!! thank you!
John. Great! They taste almost likea version of Italian Stuffed Ravioli. J. Gino Genovesi
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