Russian Recipe Help?

Question

Hi I need to know the recipe for something that I dont know the name of lol My father worked for this lady who gave him something today that was awesome. The only english they could say was, Meat "which tasted like pork" onions and pumpkin. and it was folded in a dough, like a meat pie. I dont know but it was great does anyone have ANY clue, what this could be called?

Answer 1

http://www.bigoven.com/82629-Empanadas-C...

Answer 2

I saw a recipy for Russian pierogis that were made with a pastry dough and baked, just as you described.

Answer 3

It was either "pirog" (if big), or "pirozhki" or "manty" (if small). There are lots of dihes in Russian food with meat, onion, and pumpkin, so it's hard to say what exactly it was. And yes, Russian food is DELICIOUS! :)

You can ask your father take the recipe in Russian. I'll help you to translate.

Good luck! :)

Answer 4

Kathleen, empanadas are Mexican. It sounded like it was a pierogi. And I think they meant to say 'potato' instead of 'pumpkin', because I have never heard of pumpkins in pierogi.

Did it look like this?:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierogi

Answer 5

pierogis maybe?  they look like round raviolis

Answer 6

Possibly Pelmenyi. These are like what you describe.Russians eat them by the carload I hear. I've made them myself and they are delicious.