Pelmenies. Lena style.

PELMENIES

Yes Gentle Reader for the first time in 10 months we have had proper Pelmenies. Chinese Dumplings are OK but to taste proper pelmenies is truly amazing...and Lena made them herself.

I tried to help but was as much use as a catflap in an elephant house.

They are incredibly simple to make so here is the recipe.

Ingredients
250g beef mince
250g pork mince
3 cloves garlic
Half a red onion chopped finely.
2 cups flour
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 egg yolk.
2 table spoons water
Salt and Pepper.

Method
Mix the beef, pork, onion and garlic together.

Make the dough and cut into small pieces. Flatten into circular thin discs about 5-7cm across.

Spoon some of the meat into the dough and fold the dough over the meat. Pinch the edges firmly sealing the dumpling. Finally fold the ends back around.
The finished dumpling should look a bit like an ear.

When you have made all the pelmenies, bring a pan of water to the boil and gently place the dumplings into the water. Boil them for about 4-6 minutes.

Serve with sour cream for best results. In China getting sour cream is not so easy so we used mayonaise.

Awesome.....very tasty.

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