Pirog

Pirog
'n Vispirog.
Soort gereg	Pastei
Land	Rusland, Belarus, Oekraïne
Hoofbestanddeel	Deeg, vleis of vrugte
Soortgelyke geregte	Pirozjki

Pirog (Russies: пиро́г) is 'n gebakte deegdop met 'n soet of sout vulsel.^[1][2] Die gereg is algemeen in die Oos-Europese kookkuns. Pirogi (пироги́, meervoud) word beskryf as "alomteenwoordig in die Russiese lewe" en "die gewildste en belangrikste gereg"^[3] in Rusland.

Die naam kom van die antieke Protoslawiese woord pir, wat "banket" of "fees" beteken.^[4]

1. ↑ Darra Goldstein. A Taste of Russia: A Cookbook of Russian Hospitality, "Russian pies", p.54. Russian Information Service, 1999, ISBN 978-1880100677
2. ↑ Вильям Похлебкин. Кулинарный словарь, Пироги. Москва: Центрполиграф, 2007, ISBN 978-5-9524-3170-6 (William Pokhlyobkin. The Culinary Dictionary, "Pirogi". Moskou: Centrpoligraph, 2007; in Russies)
3. ↑ Леонид Беловинский. Энциклопедический словарь российской жизни и истории: XVIII-начало XX в., стр. 557, Пирог (Leonid Belovinskiy. The encyclopedic dictionary of Russian life and history: from the 18th to the beginning of the 20th centurym p. 557, "Pirog"; in Russies)
4. ↑ Вильям Похлебкин. Большая энциклопедия кулинарного искусства, Пироги русские. Москва: Центрполиграф, 2010, ISBN 978-5-9524-4620-5 (William Pokhlyobkin. The Great Encyclopedia of Culinary Art, "Russian pirogi". Moscow: Centrpoligraph, 2010; in Russies)