Very Tasty Pirog with Fresh Mushrooms
Origin: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Source: Elena Molokhovets (Елена Молоховец), 1901
Ingredients
- 1 deep plateful fresh young mushrooms (caps)
- 1/4 funt butter
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 5 white onion stems with green tops
- 6 hard-boiled eggs
- 1/2-3/4 stakan smetana (sour cream), fresh
- 1 pinch dill
- 1 bunch green parsley
- 1 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.