Pelmeni

Pelmeni (Russian пельмени ) are originally from Tatarstan and Siberia native, boiled in water or broth and meat pies that you eat either as a soup or as a main dish. Today they are among the Russian and Ukrainian national dishes.

Preparation

The dough of the Pelmeni consists of flour, salt, water and egg. It is processed in various ways to small, round Teigblättchen that are with minced meat (pork, beef, other meats ) filled and tightly closed. Then the pelmeni are cooked in a broth. Dumplings with fillings of potatoes, cabbage or sweet fillings from cream cheese and berries hot Wareniki. The fastest and best succeed Pelmeni with a special shape, into which the minced meat mixture is added.

Pelmeni are traditionally eaten with smetana ( sour cream ), but also with melted butter and / or vinegar with mustard, with a mixture of chopped garlic and / or onions, vegetable oil, vinegar, salt and pepper or with one of the many sauce variations served.

For the preservation, Pelmeni can be frozen. In this form, they are also in retail prefabricated on offer.

Etymology and dissemination

Similar dishes with dumplings is also available in other countries of Eurasia. Pelmeni are of composition and preparation identical to the meat-containing variant of the Polish Pierogi ( pierogi z lousy ) and the Georgian khinkali very similar. From dumplings in other regions such as the Italian tortellini or ravioli, Swabian ravioli or the Chinese jiaozi and wontons they differ by the filling entirely of seasoned ground beef with no fillers. The Jewish cuisine has Kreplach. Mantı and Buuds are widely used in Central Asia.

On the origin and spread of pelmeni there are several theories. Some cultural historians see it as a variant of the Chinese Jiaozi, which had been spread by the Mongols. Others consider an origin from Persia for likely and the name for a Russification of the term pel'n'an from the language of Udmurt, a tribe in the western Urals. In this language, pel is, ear ' and n'an is a product of flour; in the Persian nan is the name for bread. Between the Udmurt and Persia there should have been cultural connections. The dumplings Persian cuisine hot but josh para. But it also means that pelmeni are originally from Siberia, because they freeze and can as long stored.

Gallery

Once all wells are filled, it goes on.

Now, the second dough is placed on the mold.

The two sheets of dough are then pressed together and gouged at the same time.

Now the manufacture dumplings can be removed from the mold and cooked.