Email to Linda Leone      

Recipe Categories: Leone's HOME PAGEALCOHOL Allergiesanddietconcerns APPETIZERS BBQ-GRILL BEVERAGES BREAD BREADINGandBATTERS BREAKFAST BUTTERS CAKE CANDY CANNING CASSEROLES CHEESE CHINA CONDIMENTS CONFECTIONARY COOKIES CRACKERS CULTURESandFERMENTS DAIRY DANISH DESSERTS DIPS DRESSING DUMPLINGS ECONOMY EGGS ETHNIC EXTRACTS FATBLOCKERS FILLINGS FINLAND FIREPIT FISHandSHELLFISH FLOWERS FREEZING FROSTING-ICING FRUIT GAME GARNISHES GERMANandDUTCH GLUTENFREE GRAINS HEALTHYFOODTIPS HERBS HISPANIC ICECREAM INFORMATION ITALIAN JAMSandJELLIES KITCHEN-CRAFTS LEGUMES MAINDISH MARINADES MEATS MOUSSEsavory NATIVEAMERICAN NORWEGIAN NUTS OIL OLD-TIME-COOKERY PASTA PASTRIES PHILIPPINES PIE PLANTS-EDIBLE POULTRY PUTTING_BY REGIONALUSA RICE SALADandDRESSING SALADS SALTFREE SANDWICHES SAUCES SCANDINAVIAN SEASONING SIDEDISH SMOKER SNACKS SOUPSandSTEWS SOUTHERN-USA SPICE SPREADS STUFFINGandDRESSING SUBSTITUTES SUGARS SWEDISH SYRUPS TOPPINGS VEGETABLES VEGETARIAN VINAIGRETTE WRAPS

Hushuur




Source of Recipe


Unknown


Recipe Introduction






List of Ingredients




Meat filling
Minced beef or mutton
Medium onion
Salt
Ground pepper (optional)
Garlic (optional)
Chopped herbs (optional)
5-spices (optional)

Dough
Premium wheat flour
A pinch of salt
Lukewarm water


Recipe



For the dough
Dissolve a pinch of salt in lukewarm water, mix in flour and knead into smooth soft dough. Leave the dough to rest. Knead again and cut into pieces (the size depends on whether you like small, medium and large hushuur). Roll the pieces into balls and leave them rest in a bowl. Sprinkle with flour to avoid from sticking together. The balls will be then rolled out into circles that will be folded in half to enclose the filling in a semi-circle or canoe shape.

For the meat filling
Mince beef or mutton. You can certainly use a Moulinex for this purpose; however, hushuur will taste better if you do the mincing by hand using a sharp knife. Combine the meat in a bowl with minced onion, crushed garlic (optional), herbs (optional) and other seasonings.

The next stage is forming hushuur. Roll out the dough ball into circles. Be careful and do not make the circles too thin. Otherwise, hushuur will crack during frying letting the meat juices out into hot oil and the frying process will turn into a nightmare. Put the meat filling on one side of the circle, fold in half and cover the filling with the other side. Then, start sealing the edges firmly. Just before sealing the hushuur completely, leave a small hole and press the hushuur to make it flat and let the air out. This touch is supposed to prevent hushuur from cracking during frying.

When forming is complete, fry hushuur uncoated in deep fat. Traditionally, hushuur have been fried in bouillon fat remained from cooking meat. Nowadays, Mongolians use any vegetable oil from a nearby supermarket.

Fried hushuur must be served hot. Some people like to cover them for some time to make them soft. If you prefer crispy hushuur, do not cover and serve immediately after frying.