Kalduny
Kalduny or kolduny (
varenyky
.
In
sorcerers
”, but it is unclear how the word became associated with the dish.
Description
Kalduny, dumplings of unleavened
vareniki are served in more restaurants.[citation needed
]
The simplest dough for kalduny is made of
eggs, and some salt.[3] In some recipes the dough for kalduny is mixed with onion juice, not water.[4] Kalduny dough should be soft but elastic, easy to stretch and to seal into a pocket around a dollop of filling. Like other pastry doughs it has to be allowed to rest, covered with a dish towel or a cloth so as not to dry out. Kalduny are usually boiled in a big shallow casserole at low heat, in well-salted water. Instead of boiling in water, kalduny may be boiled directly in a soup, in which they are then served.[5] Some varieties are baked or fried. Polesie-style kalduny, with a stuffing of boiled river fish and hard-boiled eggs, are fried. A variety known in Russian cuisine as kundyumy (Russian: кундюмы) is never boiled: the mushroom-filled dumplings are baked in a crock pot in the oven or fried.[6][7]
Kalduny may be served as a
. The numerous combinations of dough, stuffing, and sauce provide a great potential for variation.Large kalduny (
wrapping doesn't tear and the juice from inside is not lost.Varieties of kalduny
Kalduny come with a variety of fillings:[2]
- Meat (ground or chopped)
- Mushrooms (fresh or dried)
- Mushrooms and smokedpork, mixed in equal proportions (Vilnius stuffing, Kalduny Count Tyshkevich)
- White rice and hard-boiled eggs
- Sautéed sauerkraut with mushrooms
- Fish (freshwater fish, such as pike-perch, boned and chopped, mixed with hard-boiled or fried eggs)
- Bilberry (whole)
- Cherry (stoned)
See also
- Colțunași, a Romanian kind of dumplings
References
- ^ . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.
- ^ a b Varieties of kalduny in Belarusian cuisine Archived 2008-09-25 at the Wayback Machine (go to section Колдуны и пирожки) (in Russian).
- ^ Basic dough for kalduny (in Russian).
- ^ Using onion juice in kalduny dough Archived 2011-08-17 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian).
- ^ a b Kalduny boiled and served in beef broth Archived 2011-08-17 at the Wayback Machine or borsht Archived 2011-08-17 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian).
- ^ Kundumy Archived 2012-09-06 at archive.today in Russian cuisine; description in dictionary of culinary terms (in Russian).
- ^ Baked kundumy: photos on flickr.com.
- ^ Belarusian Tatars Archived 2008-10-12 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian).
External links
- Kalduny in Wiki Cookbook:Cuisine of Belarus.
- Kalduny on Russian food site eda-server.ru (in Russian).
- Step-by-step instructions for preparation of kalduny, with detailed photographs (in Russian).
- Szymanderska H. Encyclopedia polskiej sztuki kulinarnej. RRA, Warszawa, 2003.
- Barbara Holub. Przy wilenskim stole. Warszawa, Ksiazka i Wiedza, 1992.