Pirozhki

Pirozhki are small hand-held filled pies in Russian cooking, distinct in size from the larger pirogi. They can be baked or fried. A yeast dough made with flour, milk, eggs and butter is allowed to rise, divided into small pieces and closed around the filling.^[1]

Fillings can include cabbage with hard-boiled eggs, egg with spring onion, or minced beef and onion. Sweet versions can contain apple, cinnamon, butter and sugar. Baked pirozhki may be brushed with egg before going into the oven; fried versions are also sold as quick snacks at railway stations and in the metro.^[1]