Pirogi with scallion and egg

Pirogi with Scallion and egg

Pirogi is traditional Russian food which can be served with tea as a snack or as a main dish separately It consist of yeast dough and has a green onion and egg filling inside. It easy to prepare and very tasty. Please click on a picture to see it bigger.

	Dough Ingredients: 1 pint of water or milk 2 lb all purpose flour 1 tbsp of butter or oil 1 egg 1 tbsp of sugar 1 tsp of salt 1/4 oz dry yeast Mix all ingredients together. Let it stand in warm place for 2-3 hours.
Filling Ingredients: 7 scallions 1 tsp of salt 3 boiled eggs Chop scallion into small pieces.
Chop eggs into small pices of the same size. Add an green onion, salt. Mix all ingredients together.
	Take a piece of dough size 2 by 2 inches and roll it round about 5 inches in diameter. The thickness should be about quarter to half an inch.
Put the filling inside, so would be a one inch free space from each border. Start to fold loose ends from one end to another.
	Take an egg yolk and put some on top of each. Place it in preheated oven, and bake on medium heat (about 350 F). It will be brown color when its ready (takes about 45 minutes).

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