Russian Cabbage Pies

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 10 ounces flour, enough to make non-sticky dough
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 tablespoon butter, softened
• 1/2 tablespoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1/4 head red cabbage, chopped fine
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 egg, hardboiled
• salt
• sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 place 1 tbsp butter in a small dish. set aside (somewhere warm) to soften.
• 3 measure flour into large bowl. add sour cream, sugar, and salt. beat egg and add. add softened butter. stir together thoroughly, adding flour if too sticky to make into a ball. shape into a ball, and stick in the freezer for 1/2 hour.
• 4 after happily washing up your dough-making mess (you have some time), prepare your cabbage. put the cabbage in a medium pot with 2 tbsp butter, and cook on medium heat, stirring regularly, about 10 minutes or until tender. while cabbage cooks, boil water in another pot and cook a hardboiled egg.
• 5 after 1/2 hour has passed and your dough ball is cold, stir the hardboiled egg (crumbled) and salt and sugar (to taste) to your pot of cabbage. turn off the heat. grease a large pan.
• 6 roll the dough out to about 3 mm thick, on a floured surface. cut circles using a mug (or round cookie cutter). place a spoonful of filling in each circle (one at a time). pinch closed. be patient! this takes some practise . . .
• 7 place dumplings in greased pan. roll out leftover dough as needed until you've used it all up. (no need to re-refrigerate.).
• 8 put pan in the oven and cook 20-25 minutes, until fork comes out clean from dough. (this is when you get to clean the rest of the mess! :) ).
• 9 serve with sour cream, and hot sauce if you like. enjoy!