In my family we make these meat-filled dumplings called Pelmeni — kind of like Slavic ravioli. Anyone here tried them?

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  1. Ozstriker06

    One of my favourite family meals of all time, ours aresmaller then these, but oh man I can smell them right now, we boil ours in a chicken stock with bay leaves and pepper. Add some maggi seasoning sauce to serve. Yummy!

  2. Ornery-Conference515

    It looks very appetizing. How much time did it take to cook?

  3. pool_guppy21

    Love pelmeni! Particularly with fresh dill and sour cream!! Just had some the other night at this bar in the city near me

  4. my wife is kazakh and when she introduced me to pilmeni it changed my life.

    eating pilmeni feels like slipping into your pajamas and crawling into your freshly cleaned bed. its just one of the ultimate comfort foods.

    I like to mix a little bit of the broth with some sour cream, pour it over the dumplings and then throw some pepper and fresh dill on top

  5. simmyawardwinner

    no but i always wanted to 🙂 i love slavic food!!!!!!

  6. Alswearwolf1

    What kind of sauce is popular? Do you need a meat sauce or do you rely on the ravioli?

  7. invisable_is_a_qt

    these are very popular with Armenians as well!!😋🇦🇲

  8. No because I eat Pierogi (same but polish xD) and Russian eats Pierochki or something like that. I think each slavic country has it’s own ahaha

  9. NoxiousAlchemy

    Please don’t dump all Slavic people in the same box. We all got different cultures and cuisines.

  10. JuostenKustu

    These look like the ones I had when visiting Riga. There were good, but extremely hot. I let them cool down for maybe 5 mins and the juicy inside still burned my tongue, so be careful if you try them!

  11. GypsySnowflake

    I’m not sure if I’ve had pelmeni, but pierogi and vareniki are delicious, so I’m sure your version are too!

  12. pauseless

    Pelmeni are absolutely a thing in Germany. As in, you can even just buy a frozen bag in certain larger supermarkets. But we’ve adopted quite a few dishes from the east, which makes sense historically.

    Edit: to share in the other direction: Maultaschen are also incredible and not really known much outside of Germany. They’re from Swabia, in the south of Germany. They have a nickname “Herrgottsbescheißerle” (Little God Cheaters) because the legend is they were used to hide meat from God during fasting periods with “no meat”. God can’t see through dough, you see.