Yeast Dough That Rises in Cold Water
Origin: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Source: Elena Molokhovets (Елена Молоховец), 1901
Ingredients
- funt wheat flour
- spoon melted butter
- eggs
- zolotnik dry yeast
- stakan milk
- tsp sugar
- tsp salt
Instructions
- Evening: dissolve yeast in warm water with 2 tsp flour (~1/2 stakan) and leave overnight.
- Morning: add milk, melted butter, flour, eggs, sugar and salt; beat about an hour.
- Tie in a cloth and submerge in cold water; when it floats, beat down.
- Fill the pirog, let rise, glaze with egg, dust with rusk crumbs, bake 1/2-1 hour.