English editionNo. 2392 — Small Pies with Mushrooms and Viziga
The 1901 Cookbook Archive

No. 2392 — Small Pies with Mushrooms and Viziga

English historical translation of Molokhovets recipe No. 2392 from the 1901 Russian cookbook, retaining original methods and measures.

Boil a quarter pound viziga with root vegetables and spices until soft, then chop.

Cook half a glass rice with parsley, onion, three cloves, salt and four spoons mustard oil.

Boil and chop an eighth pound dried mushrooms, fry with onion in three spoons mustard oil.

Combine rice, mushrooms and viziga, remove roots and spices, season with salt and fill small pies from lean yeast dough No. 2366.

To provide

¼ pound viziga and 1 carrot

½ parsley root and ½ celery root

½ leek and 5–6 allspice berries

Salt and ⅛ pound dried mushrooms

½ glass rice, 3 cloves and a parsley root

2 onions and ⅓ glass vegetable oil

2 pounds flour

Salt and 2 zolotnik yeast

Historical editorial note: This source repeats No. 2382 for small pies.
Original source: Read Russian recipe No. 2392. Historical quantities and terminology are retained. See the measurements guide. Period preparation and storage methods are not modern safety guidance.

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