Cabbage Pirozhki

Ingredients

• Dough: 500 g (4 cups) flour, 7 g (2¼ tsp) yeast, 1 tbsp sugar, 1 tsp salt, 300 ml (1¼ cups) warm water, 60 ml (¼ cup) oil
• Filling: ½ cabbage, shredded
• 1 onion and 1 carrot, grated
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 3 tbsp oil
• Salt, pepper and dill
• Strong sweet tea for brushing

Method

1. Knead the dough, cover and let it double, about an hour.
2. Stew the cabbage, onion and carrot in the oil for 20 minutes until soft, then add the tomato paste and season. Cool.
3. Divide the dough into 12, flatten each, fill, pinch closed and set seam down on a tray. Rise 20 minutes.
4. Brush with strong sweet tea instead of egg and bake at 190°C (375°F) for 20 to 25 minutes.

Tip. Sweet tea gives the shiny brown top that egg wash would.