Lithuanian Meat-filled Pastry

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• ½ lb butter
• 1 egg
• salt and water

Filling

• 1½ lbs boiled meat (from broth)
• 1 onion
• 1 egg
• 2 tbsp bread crumbs
• 2 – 4 tbsp butter
• salt and pepper

Procedures

1. Take first 3 ingredients, add dash of salt and knead together carefully.
2. Chill.
3. Roll out, cut in circles with cookie cutter.

Filling

1. Grind the meat, finely chop onion and saute in butter.
2. Add to meat and saute again.
3. Add bread crumbs, dash of salt and pepper, if dry add small amount of broth.
4. Add egg and mix well.
5. Place filling in center of circles, and fold over to make oblong cakes, brush with beaten egg and bake in medium oven.
6. Serve warm.