Pirozhki

Russia · Europe

Short description: These soft filled buns work as a snack, bakery item, travel food, or part of a larger meal.
Ingredients: Yeast dough with flour, milk or water, egg, butter or oil, and fillings such as meat, cabbage, potato, mushrooms, berries, or jam.
Cultural note: They are associated with home kitchens, bakeries, lunch counters, and portable warm snacks.
Common misconception: They are not the same as crescent-shaped dumplings; these are usually bread-like buns.

image credit

creator:: Pannet
source:: Wikimedia Commons
license:: CC BY-SA 4.0
modified:: Copied from Wikimedia Commons, center-cropped/resized, and re-encoded as a local JPEG for Gochizu review; no dish content edits.