Kurnik
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Kurnik (pirog)
Kurnik (russian: курник; "chicken pirog"), also known as ''wedding pirog'' or ''tsar pirog'', is a dome-shaped savoury Russian pirog usually filled with chicken or turkey, eggs, onions, kasha or rice, and other optional components. Sometimes filled with boiled rooster combs,Вильям Похлебкин. ''Кулинарный словарь''Курник Москва: Центрполиграф, 2007, (William Pokhlyobkin. ''The Culinary Dictionary'', "Kurnik". Moscow: Centrpoligraph, 2007; in Russian)Леонид Зданович. ''Кулинарный словарь''Курник Москва: Вече, 2001, (Leonid Zdanovich. ''Culinary dictionary'', "Kurnik". Moscow: Veche, 2001; in Russian) this pirog originated in Southern Russia, especially in Cossack communities, and was used as a "wedding pirog" in the rest of the country. It is dome-shaped, unlike any other non-sweet pirog. In special cases, it was served to tsar himself. Even today, this pirog is served on ...
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