Dove Dumplings

(aka Meat Tarts, aka Piroshki)

from Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking: A Mennonite Community Cookbook

Original recipe submitted by Mrs. Herbert R. Schmidt, Newton, Kansas

Recipe makes 8 dumplings

Ingredients:

· 2 cups flour

· ½ cup sour cream

· 1 egg yolk

· 2 tablespoons butter

Filling:

· ½ pound dove breast

· 1 onion, minced

· 1 tablespoon butter

· ½ teaspoon of salt

· ½ teaspoon additional seasoning (optional)

Directions:

1. Sift flour and add melted butter. Stir until well blended.

2. Add sour cream and knead several minutes.

3. Roll out on floured board (or rolling mat) to ¼ inch thickness.

4. Cut with a round biscuit cutter (or small bowl, a cup, etc.)

5. Brown the onion in butter.

6. Add dove meat with onion and add seasoning.

7. Stir meat until it has lost its red color.

8. Place a spoonful of filling in center and close tightly by pinching into an oblong shape.

9. Brush entire dumpling with egg yolk in baking dish.

10. Heat oven to 400° and place dumplings into oven.

11. Watch dumplings – when the crust is brown, remove the dumplings and enjoy!