Peremech ( tt-Cyrl, пәрәмәч / ''pərəməç'' / ''pärämäç''; ba, бәрәмес, tr. ''beremes''; russian: беляш, belyash) is an individual-sized fried dough pastry common for

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and Bashkir cuisines. It is made from unleavened or leavened dough and usually filled with ground meat and chopped onion. Originally, finely chopped pre-cooked meat was used as a filling, but later raw ground meat became more common. Alternatively, peremech can be filled with potato or

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. Peremech is usually shaped into a flattened sphere with a circular "window" in the middle. In contrast to

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s, the hole does not go all the way through, but is only made at the top, such that the filling is visible in the middle. The shape is thus somewhat similar to Russian vatrushka. nglish edition: /ref> However, dough neatly kneaded around the hole gives the classical peremech its distinctive shape. Peremech is traditionally served with

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) or ayran. Nowadays, the meat-filled version is popular throughout

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and other post-Soviet countries where it is usually referred to as belyash (russian: беляш, pl. беляши, ''belyashi''). This word appeared in Russian in the second half of the 20th century and possibly derives from another Tatar word, ''bəleş'', which denotes a baked full-size pie with meat and potato filling.An individual size version of bəleş, known as ''waq-bəleş'', exists and is shaped similarly to peremech, but it is baked and not fried. Modern variants of belyashi can also be made without a hole in the top. Along with

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and chiburekki, belyashi are a common

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in the region. In

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the pastry is known as ''pärämätsi'' and first appeared in 1960s in Tampere. File:Belyash.jpg, Traditionally shaped peremech with neatly pleated dough casing File:Belyash2.jpg, A bitten belyash with meat filling File:Peremech from Siberia.jpg, Belyashs without a hole in the top File:Pärämäç - Tampere, Finland.jpg, ''Pärämätsi'' in Tampere, Finland

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