Rasstegai

Rasstegai

Type	Pirog
Place of origin	Russia
Media: Rasstegai

Rasstegai (Russian: расстегай) is a type of Russian pirog with a hole in the top.

The dish was very popular in Tsarist Russia. In rasstegai the filling is not hidden in the dough, and rasstegai in Russian means "unfastened" pies.^[1]

Another version: in Moscow, in the gypsy choir, the beautiful Katya sang very well the Russian song "Sarafanchik-rasstegaychik"; in honor of Katya, rasstegai became a very popular meal in taverns in Moscow.^[2]

The filling usually contains fish, but may also contain meat, liver, rice or mushrooms. The hole of rasstegai is used to add broth to the stuffing.

The dish is mentioned in Nikolai Gogol's Dead Souls and Vladimir Gilyarovsky's Moscow and the Muscovites.^[3][4]

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