Cooking mishaps that turn out OK.

[Niall Stynes]

In my continued efforts to taste something from all cuisines around the world, It was recommended that I try Pemlemi if I enjoyed Borscht. I really liked Borscht so thought that I'd give another Russian dish a go.

I found the ingrediants and instructions online, but didn't get as far as finding a picture of what the end product should look like... (It kinda looks like Ravioli... It even kinda sounds like an italian dish)

So I started off and first off the pastry was way to elasticcy, I had to put almost double to flour in to give it some more substance, this might have where I went wrong to begin with.
Then I flattened the pastry and put the balls of meat into them and wrapped them up, by the time I was finished it looked more like candy apples than ravioli.

Then I tried boiling them up, but didn't really take to this means of cooking, so tried baking the second helping and thought that this was far better, I added the adviced sour cream and dill, but the dish could not look any more different than what I have since found out what Pemlemi is suppose to look like.

Instead I have a dish with baked pastry with a pork/beef/onion filling topped with dill and sour cream. I can't really call it Pemlemi, so I gues I'll have to come up with a different name for them.

Anyone else ever discover a dish in this fashion?

Niall

[Chowhound]

I am not as adventurous in my cooking. As a matter of fact, I rarely make anything that I can't see a pic of the end result. That's not to say I don't turn out concoctions, but I am familiar with all the ingredients I am using.

The question is: Would you make your dish again? It sounds good.

[Dough Boy]

Working with pastry doughs can be tricky, and some dough is meant to be sticky from the start, and it will come together after being allowed to rest for specified time. Here is the step-by-step process for making Pelmeni (your spelling was incorrect): http://tasterussian.com/russian-pelmeni-recipe.html It looks like a very good recipe, and I've bookmarked this site to give it a try later.

Here is a funny YouTube video (http://www.russiantales.se/blog/?p=1213) on making Pelmeni.

[Niall Stynes]

hahaha, so I can actually keep the name pemlemi without fear of copyright theft.

[Chowhound]

hahaha, so I can actually keep the name pemlemi without fear of copyright theft.

Well you said you were looking for a name :p