Saturday, October 18, 2008

Rolling in the Dough






Pelmini dough that is! Suz posted last week on their family day dinner of Russian cuisine, and it got me hankering for a big bowl of pelmini. Making pelmini from scratch is a family affair, and you can count on completely destroying your kitchen in the process, but it is alot of fun. Because they are so labor intensive, we only make them once a year (in the fall or winter) and freeze several batches. The master tried to find some Tchaikovsky on the computer for our listening pleasure, but when his search proved fruitless, he settled for a you-tube of Ray Stevens, "Surfin' USSR." Ha, ha, now that's cultural education at its finest. For those of you who have eaten real Russian pelmini, you can see that ours are not quite as dainty, but I assure you, they are as tasty!

4 comments:

Deb said...

Looks like a great time for everyone cooking together.

CDJ said...

How happy is Marina???? She's broad-smiled in every shot. So, how do you serve these pagmalinirini dealies? some sort of sauce? butter? you guys are THE funnest family.
(I assume that the void in your posts represents enought time for costume completion?)anxious to see photos

ArtworkByRuth said...

MMMM...can taste them, almost! Do you have a secret recipe and serving suggestion? Would love a link for that!

Tami said...

Share the recipe! :) I've been looking for Ukranian/Russian recipes for our Christmas Eve dinner. This sounds like something I could make ahead of time - which is always a good thing on Christmas Eve! :)