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March 12, 2012

Vegan piroshki

(photo taken in 2009 of some meat filled piroshki I made)

Today I made some vegan piroshki and a poppy seed roll inspired by this article.

A recipe for Piroshki (a traditional Russian bread stuffed with vegetables or meat...since it's Great Lent, we are fasting, trying out best to not eat any animal products, basically vegan):

7 c. unbleached flour

2 T dry yeast

½ c. vegetable oil (I used olive oil)

2 T. sugar (I used honey)

1–1 1/2 t. salt

2 c. water

1/2 t. Ground cardamom (optional....I did use this!!!)

Mix flour with yeast, salt, and cardamom. Add warm water, oil; mix and knead the dough until it no longer sticks to your hands. It should be soft and well mixed. Cover with a towel and let rise to double in size, punch down and begin forming the pies.

I roll my dough out with a rolling pin, then use my round cookie cutter, about 3" around to cut a nice shape out, dab a little water around the edges, to help it seal, after filling...

Fillings for piroshki can be either sweet or savory. Here are some ideas: cabbage, or potato, carrots, sautéed mushrooms with onion. For sweet ones: any kind of jam, nuts, or dried fruit.

Let the individual pies rise again, then bake in medium oven for about a half hour or until done.

10 comments:

  1. This is definitely going on my list, They look so yummy! Do you think they would freeze well after being cooked or before cooking?

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  2. MMM they look delicious! Something great for the weekend!!!

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  3. This looks delicious! I'll be trying it soon. Thank you for the vegan adaptation. A question: with 7c of flour, it looks like this recipe might make a parish-meal-size batch - how many did you end up with?

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  4. It should make about 50-60 little pies...yes, Shara, I've frozen these AFTER cooking, and they defrost nicely!

    I actually used half of that batch of dough to make a poppyseed and honey roll, so I got about 30 piroshki out of the batch.

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  5. These sound great! We are definitely going to try them.

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  6. Oh yum, anything with bread has my heart. Sad, but true.

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  7. Looks yummy! Someone pinned this on Pinterest too!! You're famous ;)

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  8. Thanks! I'm making these right now. I hope they turn out well. :)

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  9. I'm excited to make these for my dorm! About how long does the dough take to rise?

    Also, I would like to make some desserty ones. Any suggestions? Would pie fillings work well? What about something wonderful such as Nutella or Lemon curd? :)

    Finally, how hot is a medium oven? I don't cook...

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  10. I presume the honey/sugar goes into the flour at the first step as well? Not clear in recipe but that is what makes yeast rise.

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