The Evergreen State Fair is in our little home town of Monroe, Washington and it rolls around every year the end of August.  Growing up we would attend it every year at least once… maybe twice and at age 13 I started working at it… I would bust my butt for 2 weeks straight pulling in that extra money to go buy new school clothes!  One day one of my co-workers had come back to the stand with a Beef and Cheese Piroshki… I was like “What is that thing??”  She let me try a bite…

Still to this day its the first thing I get when we show up at the Fair… and of course I get cravings for it during the year when there is not Fair in sight… So you know what I did?!  I searched recipes over the years and have tried a few… At first I never tried deep frying them… I would always bake them (I used to be afraid of deep frying… when I was 21 I nearly burnt down my apartment trying to fry french fries… Thanks Dad for replacing those cabinets!!)  But deep frying is the way to go… and gets you that true Piroshki taste!

These are great for making up pre-hand too… and then just toss them in the oven on warm till everyone is ready to eat!

Homemade Beef & Cheese Piroshki

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Servings: 8 -10

Ingredients Method

Ingredients

  

Dough

• 2 1/2 tsp yeast
• 1/4 cup warm water
• 1 cup warm milk
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup oil
• 2 TBLS sugar
• 1 tsp salt
• 4 cups flour

Filling

• 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
• garlic
• 1/2 of an onion finely chopped I had used the last of my onion of my hubby’s sandwich so I ended up using some tearless onion and chives seasoning I had in the cupboard
• 1 tsp salt
• dash of pepper
• 1/2 tsp dill weed
• 2 cups shredded cheese medium cheddar or colby jack works great
• Oil for frying

Method

 

Dough Instructions

1. Dissolve the yeast in the water till frothy
   
2. Mix the eggs, oil, sugar and salt together
   
3. Add the warm mix and the yeast mixture to the egg mix
   
4. In a mixing bowl add 1/2 the flour and 1/2 the liquid and mix
   
5. Add the remaining flour and mix (It will be thick and sticky)
   
6. Scrape it out on a well floured surface and knead it to form a ball
   
7. Stick it into a greased bowl , cover and let rise till double in size, about an hour
   

Filling Instructions

1. Over medium heat cook down the ground beef
   
2. Once it starts turning brown add the garlic
   
3. Add onion, salt, pepper, and dill weed
   
4. Continue cooking until meat is brown and onion is translucent
   
5. Remove the meat to a plate and let cool to temperature
   
6. Once cool, put into mixing bowl and add cheese. Mix together
   

Putting it all together

1. Punch down the dough
   
2. Put it on a floured surface
   
3. Cut off chunks a few inches around
   
4. Roll out the chunks
   
5. Put about 1/4 cup of the meat filling in the center
   
6. Fold it over and pinch the ends together
   
7. Set them aside and continue until all the filling is gone
   
8. Let them rest about 10-15 minutes
   
9. Have your oil at 375 and fry flipping so both sides are brown for a couple minutes
   
10. Place on paper towel lined pan
    
11. Serve immediately or keep in oven warm