Potato Pirog
Origin: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Source: Elena Molokhovets (Елена Молоховец), 1901
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 funt potatoes
- 1/2 funt wheat flour
- 2 zolotnik dry yeast
- 1/4 stakan milk
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 stakan melted Finnish butter
- 1 1/2 funt meat (boiled or roast beef)
- 1 onion
- 1/8 funt butter (filling)
- salt, pepper, greens
Instructions
- Boil, drain, mash and sieve the potatoes; mix with flour, dissolved yeast, eggs, salt and melted butter.
- Beat, divide into two sheets, rest an hour.
- Layer potato, meat forcemeat (No. 1387), potato in a buttered pan; glaze and bake; serve in the pan.