Bierocks (German Meat Turnovers)

Submitted by Diane Hankins

"Pastry baked with a savory beef, onion, and cabbage filling. This is a recipe from my friend's aunt. She served it during Oktoberfest."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 2 (1 lb) bread dough, loaves
• 1 lb ground beef, thawed
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons lemon pepper
• 1 small cabbage, chopped
• 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• 2 teaspoons caraway seeds (optional)
• 1⁄2 cup butter, melted

directions

1. Saute beef, onion and garlic, salt and lemon pepper in a large skillet over medium high heat, until beef is browned. Add cabbage, Worcestershire sauce and caraway seeds. Cook until cabbage is limp; drain liquid from mixture.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees Celsius.
3. On a lightly floured board, roll each loaf of dough into a 12 inch circle. Cut each circle into 6 wedges. Spoon cabbage/beef filling onto center of each dough piece, dividing equally.
4. Pull three points of each wedge up to the center and pinch to seal. Place bierocks on a lightly greased cookie sheet. If desired, brush dough with melted butter or egg wash (1 egg white with 2 tablespoons water).
5. Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until golden brown. Serve hot, or wrap and freeze for heating later.

Reviews

[Delenn]

I didn't have a lot of luck with this recipe. I am 100% sure that it was the operator not the recipe. I couldn't get the bread into a circle so I used rectangles. I used a fork to go around the edges to seal it but they came undone whilst baking. The filling was nice.

 

[happysunflower36]

Wow!! These bierocks was so delicious. My dad is German and came to visit me. Since my mom is Japanese, he hardly ever gets to eat anything German. So I wanted to make something German for my dad. I browsed and came across this recipe. I didn't use any caraway seeds. The beirocks are so crunchy on the outside and very moist and tasty on the inside. My dad said the recipe was a home run in baseball terms. I froze 1/2 of them and it's so easy to just pop it in a toaster oven whenever you feel like eating one. Thank you so much for posting!!

 

[loca1107]

My family is german and we found this recipe to be absolutely yummy! Thanks so much for posting.

 

[Creation In Hope]

I made this recipe for the What is in Your Pantry. I enjoyed this very much!! The dough I used was a little stubborn to stretch, but they all turned out wonderful. This is the first experience making bierocks ever and I definatly will be making this recipe again!!