Name: Piroshki Dough without Yeast
Yield: Makes 1 pound (450 g); enough for 38 turnovers
Ingredients: 5 tablespoons sour cream; 2 tablespoons ice water; 1 egg yolk; 8 tablespoons (120 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature, cut into (½-inch (1-cm) pieces; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 2 cups (225 g) sifted all-purpose flour

Preparation info

Makes 1 pound 450 g ) ; enough for
38
turnovers

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Soup

By Barbara Kafka

Published 1998

About

Ingredients

2 cups (225 g) sifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon kosher salt

Method

In a medium bowl, combine the flour and salt. Add the butter and rub into the flour until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in the sour cream.

Beat the egg yolk and water together. Stir into the flour mixture to form a dough. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.