Pelmeni (Pasta Dish)

Ingredients

• •Dough:
• •2 cups flour
• •1 cup milk or water
• •1/2 teaspoon salt
• •1 tablespoons vegetable oil
• •3 eggs
• •Mincemeat:
• •250 grams beef
• •250 grams pork
• •1 onion
• •salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1. 1Grind beef and pork twice in meat chopper. Then add chopped onion, salt, pepper. To make mincemeat more tender and juicy, add a bit of milk. Reserve.
2. 2Mix flour with eggs and milk, salt and oil until a soft dough forms. Knead on floured surface until dough is elastic.
3. 3Take some dough and make a sausage, 1 inch in diameter. Divide into pieces, 1 inch thick. Roll each piece so that they are 1/16 inch thick. Take a glass or a cup, 2 inches in diameter, and make rounds on the dough.
4. 4Fill each round with 1 teaspoon of mincemeat, fold into half-moons. Pinch edges together and connect the opposite sides.
5. 5To cook pelmeni, boil water, so they will not stick to each other. Salt water. Carefully drop pelmeni into boiling water. Don't forget to stir them from time to time. Boil for 20 minutes. Pelmeni are served with butter, sour cream, vinegar, or ketchup.