A German from Russia meat pastry
Back in the 70’s Suzy worked at the Bismarck Dairy Queen on Highway 83. The cook would prep big patches of Fleischkuechle dough and mix up the meat mixture to fill this German from Russia meat pastry. The recipe is simple. The pastries can be made up and bag individually and frozen or deep fried immediately. At the Dairy Queen we used regular white flour but Suzy used whole wheat flour in this recipe. Some when making use a blend of beef and ground sausage or ground pork. Suzy prefers just beef.
Fleischkueckle
Growing up in central and Western North Dakota this is a food you would have probably tried. Fleischkuechle pronounced a couple of different ways just like having a recpe a couple of different ways. Flesh Keek La is how Suzy says it. This is the recipe they used at the Bismarck Highway 83 Dairy Queen when they served it back in the early 1970's.
Ingredients
- For Dough:
- 3/4 cup white flour (or 1 1/2 cup all white flour if you don’t want to use wheat flour)
- 3/4 cup wheat flour
- 3/4 cup half and half cream
- Meat mixture
- 1/2 pound ground beef
- 1/3 cup chopped onion
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
Instructions
- Mix flour and cream into a dough to a consistency you can knead and roll out. Add more flour or cream for desired consistency.
- Let dough rest after mixing.
- Mix up meat mixture put aside.
- Now cut your dough in half and roll out on a lightly floured surface.
- Cut into round circles. I use a a lid like a cookie cutter to cut out or you could use a saucer and cut around it with a pizza cutter.
- After you have all your dough cut out, spoon meat mixture onto half the circle. Fold other half over mixture and press to seal. I take and put my fleischkuechle in the freezer at this point but you could deep fry right away. I find them easier to put in the hot oil frozen.
- To deep fry:
- Empty about 48 ounces of cooking oil into a big deep kettle. Heat the oil to 375° to 385°;
- Carefully place the fleischkuechle into hot oil.;
- Cook till golden brown (wheat flour will make them darker in color.;
- Drain, cool slightly and serve with ketchup or ranch or no dip.;They can be frozen cooked or raw.
Notes
Makes about 12 fleischkuechle using a 4 in circle About 4 to 6 fleischkuechle;
Other spellings you may find #fleischkuekle #fleischkuechle
Other German from Russia or North Dakota recipes you may like are knoephla soup , caramel rolls, creamed cucumber salad, Runza,
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One of my favorite regional delicacies!! Going to have to make this again soon!!!
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