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pirozhki
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Also known as piroshki, pirozhok

Pirozhki (, ; ; see also other names) is the Russian name for baked or fried yeast-leavened boat-shaped buns with a variety of fillings in Russian and Eastern European cuisine in general. Pirozhki are a popular street food and comfort food. They are especially popular in countries with large ethnic Russian communities, and may also be found in other parts of the world.

Key facts

Food.name
Pirozhki
Food.image
Piroshki.JPG
Food.image_size
250px
Food.caption
Baked piroshki stuffed with meat, rice, onion and mushroom
Food.alternate_name
Piroshki, pirazhki, pyrizhky, piroška, perishki
Food.course
Appetizer, main, dessert
Food.served
Warm or hot
Food.main_ingredient
Yeast dough, various fillings
Food.variations
Multiple
Food.associated_cuisine
Armenian, Ashkenazi Jewish, Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Estonian, Iranian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Macedonian, Mennonite, Mongolian, Pontic Greek, Russian, Serbian, Tajik, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of
food
Country of origin
Eastern Europe
Material used
yeast dough
Image
Пирожки 03.jpg
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Commons category
Pirozhki
native label
Пирожок
different from
pirog
location of creation
Eastern Europe
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Encyclopedic overview

16 sections
Contents
  • Terminology
  • Variations
  • Regional varieties
  • Americas
  • Balkans
  • Baltics
  • South Caucasus
  • Central Asia
  • Finland
  • Iran
  • Japan
  • Mongolia
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Sources

Pirozhki (, ; ; see also other names) is the Russian name for baked or fried yeast-leavened boat-shaped buns with a variety of fillings in Russian and Eastern European cuisine in general. Pirozhki are a popular street food and comfort food. They are especially popular in countries with large ethnic Russian communities, and may also be found in other parts of the world.

The word pirozhki is a diminutive of pirog, the Russian name for pie.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “pirozhki” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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