Sunday, December 11, 2011

Bierocks (aka Runzas)

A great old German recipe.  These are made with a sweet dough and stuffed with ground beef, onion, cabbage, salt & pepper.  We like to add swiss cheese, too!

Start by browning the ground beef.  This is one pound of fairly lean beef.




After the beef is browned, gather the other ingredients:  short cut by using a bag of coleslaw (already shredded cabbage and carrots), onion, and drained and rinsed browned ground beef.



Add the ingredients to a skillet and mix everything together.  Pour in a bit of chicken broth to help steam the cabbage. Put the skillet on a medium heat and cover, cook until the cabbage is tender.


Get the dough ready.  Today I used a frozen whole wheat bread dough.  It  was a great time saver.  Roll the dough out into a rectangle and cut into squares approximately 4 inches square.


Take a square of dough, place a small slice of cheese, put a mound of filling on top.


Fold the corners over the filling and pinch the seams of the dough to seal it.



Continue filing all the dough squares, place on a parchment lined baking sheet, cover and let them rise.


Let the Bierocks rise until nice and puffy, bake in a 350 degree pre-heated oven for 15 minutes, or until nice and brown.  Brush the tops lightly with butter, place on a rack to cool.


Enjoy!!






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