pirozhki
Russian filled pastries
Pirozhki are small Russian pastries, baked or fried, stuffed with savory or sweet fillings—meat, cabbage, potato, mushrooms, jam, or fruit.
They're handheld comfort food, eaten as snacks or alongside soup.
The singular is pirozhok, though English speakers rarely use it: We picked up some pirozhki from the Russian bakery.
Filled pastry half-moon
- samosaStuffed triangular pastry
- calzoneFolded stuffed dough pocket
- turnoverSales volume or attrition
- knishFilled dough snack
pasty · dumpling · gyoza · jiaozi · pastel · panzerotti · stuffed pastry · hand pie
Animal tissue for food
- potatoEdible underground tuber
- cabbageLeafy vegetable head
- onionPungent layered bulb
- beefBovine meat for eating
pork · chicken · mushroom · egg · rice · fish · cheese · jam
Russian meat-stuffed dough pockets
- bliniSlavic buckwheat cakes
- borschtBeetroot-based Slavic soup
- kashaRoasted buckwheat porridge
- kvassFermented rye beverage
samovar · dacha · babushka · Russian · Ukrainian · Belarusian · Eastern European · matryoshka
Able to be carried
- snackLight between-meal fare
- on-the-goActively in motion
- picnicOutdoor casual meal
- lunchboxPortable food container
bite-sized · takeaway · convenient · grabbable · individual · wrapped · packed · vendor
Prepared at one's residence
- nostalgicLonging for the past
- warmingIncreasing in temperature
- heartyWarm and substantial
- satisfyingProducing fulfillment or pleasure
nourishing · grandmother · childhood · family · tradition · memory · cozy · familiar
empanada
Filled pastry half-moon
knish · pasty · dumpling · gyoza · jiaozi · pastel · panzerotti · stuffed pastry · hand pie · meat pie
meat
Animal tissue for food
beef · pork · chicken · mushroom · egg · rice · fish · cheese · jam · apple
pelmeni
Russian meat-stuffed dough pockets
kvass · samovar · dacha · babushka · Russian · Ukrainian · Belarusian · Eastern European · matryoshka
yeast
Fermenting fungus
roll · pinch · seal · golden · crust · baked · fried · eggwash · buttery · soft
portable
Able to be carried
lunchbox · bite-sized · takeaway · convenient · grabbable · individual · wrapped · packed · vendor · market
homemade
Prepared at one's residence
satisfying · nourishing · grandmother · childhood · family · tradition · memory · cozy · familiar · soul food
pirozhkisushi
Vinegared rice with toppings
tacos · fish and chips · hamburger · croissant · dim sum