Chebureki;
via russian: чебурек, cheburek, which is single form;
plural one is russian: чебуреки, chebureki;
see also
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turnovers
A turnover is a type of pastry made by placing a filling on a piece of dough, folding the dough over, sealing it, and then baking it. Turnovers can be sweet or savoury and are often made as a sort of portable meal or dessert. They are often eat ...
with a filling of ground or minced meat and onions.
They are made with a single round piece of dough folded over the filling in a crescent shape.
Chebureki is a national dish of
Crimean Tatar cuisine.
They are popular as snack and street food throughout the
Caucasus,
Central Asia,
Russia,
Lithuania
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,
Latvia
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,
Estonia,
Ukraine,
Eastern Europe,
as well as with the
Crimean Tatar diasporas in
Turkey and
Romania.
Preparation
A cheburek is a half-round-shaped , filled with a very thin layer of ground beef or lamb which has been seasoned with ground onion and black pepper. The meat is layered thinly enough that it will cook fully when the sealed half-moon pocket is fried in sunflower oil or corn oil. The dough, made from flour, salt, and water, is soft and pliable, but not sticky. The dough is separated into small balls and each is rolled out with a thin rolling pin. Additional flour is added only as needed to prevent the dough from sticking.
Variations
Cheburek is called ("raw ") in Turkey. It is very popular in places where a Tatar community exists, especially in
Eskişehir.
is another Tatar variety, that is basically a that is baked in a
masonry oven instead of being fried in oil.
File:Порция Чебуреков по ленинградски в Чебуречной №1. Питер, Вознесенский пр-т, 55 - panoramio.jpg, Chebureki, served in a cafe in St. Petersburg, Russia
File:Burek2.jpg, Chebureki, cut open
See also
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List of stuffed dishes
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Cantiq
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Curry puff
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Empanada
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Gözleme
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Haliva, a similar
Circassian pastry
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Khuushuur, a similar kind of meat pastry in
Mongolian cuisine
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Lángos
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Lörtsy, a similar kind of pastry in
Finnish cuisine
Finnish cuisine is notable for generally combining traditional country fare and ''haute cuisine'' with contemporary continental style cooking. Fish and meat (usually pork, beef or reindeer) play a prominent role in traditional Finnish dishes in ...
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Pastel (food)
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Pasty
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Paste, a Mexican variation of the Cornish pasty
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Peremech
Peremech ( tt-Cyrl, пәрәмәч / ''pərəməç'' / ''pärämäç''; ba, бәрәмес, tr. ''beremes''; russian: беляш, belyash) is an individual-sized fried dough pastry common for Volga Tatar and Bashkir cuisines. It is made from ...
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Plăcintă
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Qutab
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Sha phaley, a similar Tibetan pastry
Notes
References
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