Meat Buns Recipe

The first time I remember eating these was when we were getting ready to move to the farm and we were out at the farmyard getting things ready for the barn to be moved onto the site...mom had made these and brought them along. I'm pretty sure I ate as many meat buns as could fit in my little 10 year old stomach at the time. Oh, and my sister, brother and I called them meat pockets because they looked just like Pizza Pockets the way my mom made them. Anyway, here's the recipe. They are great for lunches and freeze really well.

Meat Buns (Fleisch Perisky)
Bun Dough:

• 1 cup warm water
• 4 teaspoons granulated sugar
• 3 tablespoons fast rising yeast
• 1/2 cup melted margarine
• 1/2 cup melted lard
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 5 cups warm milk
• 1 egg
• 12 cups all-purpose flour (or more)

Meat Filling:

• 2 lbs lean ground beef
• 1/2 cup margarine
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 cups water
• 2 envelopes Lipton Onion Soup Mix
• 1/2 package no-name onion soup mix
• 1-2 cup fine dry breadcrumb

Directions:

1. Brown ground beef in a large skillet.
2. Melt 1/2 cup margarine in a separate saucepan over medium heat.
3. Add 2 T. flour, stirring to incorporate.
4. Add dry onion soup mixes and water to make a thick gravy.
5. Bring to boil.
6. Pour gravy over browned beef and simmer for about 1 hour. (I do this in my oven),
7. Add fine dry bread crumbs just enough so mixture hold together. Do this just before you start forming your meat buns.
8. In my Bosch mixing bowl mix the warm water, sugar and yeast.
9. Warm the milk, margarine and lard in the Microwave about 3 - 4 minutes, until marg and lard have melted.
10. Add to yeast mixture, and add about 8 cups of flour.
11. Allow this to proof, then add salt, egg and remaining flour, just enough to make a soft dough, allowing the machine to kneed the dough.
12. Place dough in a large bowl ( I use my tupperware fix-n-mix bowl). Let rise 10 - 15 minutes.
13. Form perisky by pinching off pieces of dough the size of a walnut. Flatten the dough in your palm of hand and put about 1 tsp. filling on the dough. Pinch dough around the filling to seal well.
14. Place on baking sheets and let rise. You can often starting baking the first pans before you are finished panning the remaining ones.
15. Bake at 400 deg. for 10 - 12 minutes or golden brown.
16. Enjoy ! (this is the easiest step!)
    

I just got this recipe off a website because I didn't bring any of my cookbooks along when we moved. I made the dough in this recipe and then for the meat filling I just used ground beef, onion, salt, pepper, and whatever spices I thought would be good. (I make no guarantees about the meat filling in this recipe) You can put whatever you want in the middle. If you google-search "farmer sausage meat buns" you will find some pretty good recipes out there. Or get creative! I filled some with sliced strawberries and chocolate chips for desert. Mmm...

http://www.recipezaar.com/Fleisch-Perisky-Meat-Buns-79813