The 1901 Cookbook Archive
No. 341 — Small Pies with Dried Mushrooms and Viziga
English editorial translation of Molokhovets recipe No. 341 from the 1901 Russian cookbook, with historical measures, method and source.
Wash ⅛ Russian pound of dried porcini and boil until tender. Chop very finely.
Mix the mushrooms with one onion fried in one spoonful of butter, fry again, season with salt and pepper and add two chopped hard-boiled eggs and 1/16 Russian pound of cooked viziga.
Use this mixture to fill little pies.
To provide
⅛ Russian pound of dried porcini ⅛ Russian pound of butter and 1 onion 2 hard-boiled eggs and 1/16 Russian pound of viziga | Salt, pepper and greens Pastry as required and 1 egg for brushing |
Historical editorial note: This recipe also appears appended to the text of No. 340 in the digitized source. Its numbered entry is preserved.
Original source: Read Russian recipe No. 341. Historical quantities and terminology from the 1901 book are retained; see the measurements guide. Period food handling and storage directions do not supersede modern safety standards.