Boraki with beef

3 servings

45 minutes

The recipe is taken from the book by A. Piruzyan "Armenian Culinary Arts" (1960).

Energy value per serving

• Calories: 220.5
• Proteins: 8g
• Fats: 14.5g
• Carbohydrates: 14.7g

Ingredients

• Beef: 75 g
• Onion: 25 g
• Butter: 35 g
• Wheat flour: 50 g
• Chicken egg: 0.3 pc
• Matsoni: 100 ml
• Salt: to taste
• Ground black pepper: to taste
• Garlic: to taste
• Parsley: to taste

Cooking steps

1. Pour sifted wheat flour into a wide dish, shape it into a mound, and make a well in the center.

   Required ingredients:

   • Wheat flour: 50 g

2. Put salt and eggs in this hollow, add a little water, and knead a stiff dough.

   Required ingredients:

   • Salt:  to taste
   • Chicken egg: 0.3 piece

3. Roll out the dough to a thickness of 0.3 cm and cut out circles of 5-6 cm using a special cutter or glass, then dust with flour.

   Required ingredients:

   • Wheat flour: 50 g

4. The dough can also be cut into rectangular pieces.

5. Pass beef and onion through a meat grinder, mix with salt, pepper, parsley, and then fry in oil.

   Required ingredients:

   • Beef: 75 g
   • Onion: 25 g
   • Salt:  to taste
   • Ground black pepper:  to taste
   • Parsley:  to taste
   • Butter: 35 g

6. Place a little meat filling on each flatbread and then pinch the dough so that the filling is visible in the middle.

   Required ingredients:

   • Beef: 75 g

7. Place the prepared boraki (dumplings) in a pot, add some broth, cover with a lid, and simmer on low heat until cooked.

   Required ingredients:

   • Matsoni: 100 ml

8. Remove the dumplings with a slotted spoon, let the broth drain, transfer to a pan with heated oil, and fry until golden brown.

   Required ingredients:

   • Butter: 35 g

9. Serve the boreks hot, and serve the matzun (matsuni) with crushed garlic separately.

   Required ingredients:

   • Matsoni: 100 ml
   • Garlic:  to taste