Very Tasty Pirog with Fresh Mushrooms
Origin: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Source: Elena Molokhovets (Елена Молоховец), 1901
Ingredients
- deep plateful fresh young mushrooms (caps)
- funt butter
- tsp salt
- tsp pepper
- white onion stems with green tops
- hard-boiled eggs
- stakan smetana (sour cream), fresh
- pinch dill
- bunch green parsley
- batch dough
Instructions
- Clean, wash and squeeze the mushrooms (mainly caps); stew soft in butter with parsley 2-2 1/2 hours.
- Season and add onion stems, dill, chopped eggs and enough smetana for a loose, juicy filling; cool on ice.
- On sour-cream dough (No. 1379), layer filling and eggs, pleat the edges up, cover, and chill.
- Glaze with egg and bake in a very hot oven, then lower the heat.