Old-School German Burger | Easy Bierock Recipe
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- čas přidán 1. 05. 2022
- Bringing the bierock back, baby! This handheld and savory, beef-filled pastry recipe features cabbage, onion, cheese and juicy ground beef packed inside Chef Ashley's pastry shortcut: pizza dough. It's no wonder that its gooey deliciousness has been craved since the 1870's!
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INGREDIENTS:
1 pound Certified Angus Beef ® 80% lean ground beef
1 teaspoon canola oil
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1 1/2 cups finely shredded cabbage
1 small onion, diced (about 1 cup)
1 tube store bought pizza dough (13.8 oz.)
4 slices American cheese
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My husbands ancestors were German but they were Mennonites and took advantage of the land that Catherine the Great was offering and moved to Russia at that time. We have a family cookbook of several generations. When I saw this recipe on a food and history channel I decided to check the cookbook and sure enough in the oldest generation's section of the cookbook there it was, Bierocks. So it seems that the recipe may be unique to the Germans who lived in Russia and then as mentioned immigrated to the midwest, for them, it was Kansas. I was happy to see the comments that actually clarified that it is not just really a German thing but it is a German/Russian dish.
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I also descend from Volga Germans in Colorado and Nebraska. Would love to see some of the other recipes in your cook book!
That would be so cool!
I am another who descends from the Volga Germans from Russia. My grandparents migrated to California. Our family's recipe is similar but a little different. We've passed it down to the grandkids!
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My family makes these. But we make our dough. I used a quick brioche bun recipe today. I make the filling ahead of time and let it chill in the fridge so the dough doesn’t melt when you are assembling. We also don’t do cheese. I caramelize the onions with garlic first and then cook the meat and add loads of sea salt and pepper. Then add the cabbage until it’s cooked. The juice from the beef and caramelized onions cooks the cabbage and gives it a sweeter flavor. I do an egg wash on top of the buns and bake at 400 for about 20 mins or until golden brown. Wish I could post a pic of mine :)
Anyway, happy to see this recipe being shared. We make these every fall and winter. So delicious and comforting. My toddler dipped his in ketchup :)))
Also the chilled dough packs easily in a 1/4c measure and makes the filling much cleaner with less spillage
I mean chilled filling not dough
Thank you so very much for sharing your version that I like 👍🏻🙌🙌🙌🤗
@kaity rad your version sounds like my family's version! So yummy. We've done a shortcut though and now use the frozen bread dough, lol.
My Volga German grandma made these for us when i was growing up. Thanks for the simplified recipe!❤
I'm a Volga german also, lots of german and Russian dishes were interchangeable. Thaks for this.
In Nebraska, there is a fast food chain called Runza, and they make these! The family who owns the company were Germans from Russia, I believe.
Yeah, Russlanddeutsche. Those are culturally distinct from "native" Germans. Very honest, forthcoming, somber and hard working people.
This is the only family recipe that was passed down to me, and it's been hard to find stuff about my family. My mom said we were German, but when I searched for my family history, I only found one distant family in Russia. It made no sense, but i recently learned the history of this dish and it linked everything together for me 💖 i'm making these for my family tonight, I hope they like them!
I had one of these when I was a teenager. My Dad stopped by a Russian deli and bought a couple for our lunch one day, and we ate them in the truck on the way to a job. I never knew what they were called. I always figured them for some sort of meat pie. During my time in Germany, I never saw this offered anywhere.
I'm glad you posted up the recipe, German or not. I will be making these for myself and my family.
You didn't see them in Germany because they are not a German Food. They are a German-Russian food that originates from Russia not Germany. My German-Russian grandmother used to make these for me as a child.
It was probably a pirozhk, but it's basically the same thing with a different name haha
You never saw them in many because they are from the German colonies in Russia.
I've been making variations of these for years. There is just something so comforting about them.
Grew up eating these. My grandpa was 100% German, and my grandmother was 'German-Okie' aka: Volga-German. I make these every year on my grandfather's birthday, and again for dia de los muertos.
Made them today. Awesome!
I’m from Texas so trust me when I say I never knew this was an actual dish but I made this up in my kitchen regardless. Instead of paprika I used old style mustard seed and then I poured beer in the beef. I also added sauerkraut along with lightly toasted fresh cabbage for a crunch then I stuffed it into a hoagie roll. 😂
If craving this but don't want to deal with the dough or are in a hurry, the mix is really good in pocket pita bread.
That looks so tasty! I am going to try this in a Dutch oven for sure.
Hi, thanks for the recipe, can't wait to try it. 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Actually more Russian cuisine than German. It was brought to the Americas by Volga Germans (german settlers that lived in Russia). It's basically a pirog (hence being called bierock).
Looks good!!!! Thank you
Great Lesson! Thanks!
Flavor development is a beautiful thing indeed, but so is Ashley.
I made these but added a brushing of beaten egg yoke to the top of the buns. Soo good
Thank you for this "re-imported" dish ;-).I'm a long-time hobby cook and I never came across with this recipe from my homeland. It looks delicious.
The cheese is definitely an American addition. Germans and Eastern Europeans where this comes from would never add it. But otherwise, nice and simple recipe for it. I also like the addition of some rock salt on top.
your video makes me always hungry :) I like video color grading itself too.
This was great made few changes instead of hamburger meat I used fajita steak sliced up it was great surprising even the kids loved it
In Nebraska they're called Runzas.
Beat me to it! Love a good homemade runza
My 👵 grandma was first generation American. Her parents were Germans from Russia. She made runzas when we visited and I've made them many times . No cheese in ours. Bread is a yeast dough and baked in the oven.
In Kansas they are often made and sold as fundraisers and now they do breakfast versions with egg or sausage or similar. I just saw the cookbook recipe, but wasn’t sure how to fold the dough. Thanks!
This looks delicious. Absolutely going to make this!
Go for it!
Looking great, Mahlzeit! ^^
Those look fire🔥
Sweet mother of god this looks incredible. Well done! Trying this tomorrow lol🥳
Hope you enjoy
More Ashley please
I love bierocks. I like cheese sauce on top of mine. Can make your own, or buy it or use a can of cheese soup which is what I usually do. Yum.
Oh my looks delicious 😋
Thank you 😋
Thanks god I was looking for something resembling a beef pouch to make
I am a German and this is the first time I heard about this dish. After I googled it, I knew why:
In the 1700s, the Russian queen Katharina offered huge pieces of land in the areas of todays Kazakhstan and Ukraine to people who wanted to live there, and this became very popular for Germans who left their homecountry for a better life there. These are called the Volga Germans who created this dish. I guess this was the case because those people were simple farmers and had to cook with the stuff that grew there - like cabbage and onions.
Even though the Volga Germans were not treated particularly well by the Russian people, they stayed there as at least for a long time, they could live in their own groups and practice their culture. But around 1900, the Russian empire started to take away more and more of the rights the Volga Germans had, the most drastic one being that speaking German was forbidden. With that regulation, more and more people became unable to speak German, so a return to their homecountry was not an option. This is probably the reason why some of those guys went to the US to live their dream and the dish seems to be known quite well there.
Many of the Volga Germans returned to Germany after the Soviet Union broke apart in the 1990s and 2000s, but many live in the former Soviet Republics until today. This explains why this dish is barely known in Germany.
For everybody who is interested in the story behind this dish ^^
Thank you so much for this reply. I hate when people just say that bierocks are German, when it's not true. They are a German-Russian food that has Russian origins. My grandmother was German-Russian and cooked these all the time. That and dumplings made of bread crumbs called Butter Balls, but I think those actually were of German origin.
Actually it's well known in the Midwest areas of the United States, especially Kansas, though it is sometimes called krautburger. Why Kansas? That's were a large portion of Volga Germans settled in the US after fleeing Russia. The cheese in the recipe is likely something added here in the USA. Older recipes don't have it.
@@davidwoolsey2135 Huh, interesting. I’m from Kansas and have mostly german ancestry. Haven’t quite looked into the specifics, all I know is most of my ancestors on the german side were overwhelmingly farmers and laborers, with a last name that suggests a criminal or exile origin.
I just assumed maybe we were kicked out of Germany because of some kind of offense or another, but maybe we were Volga German immigrants.
Neat. Thanks for that tidbit.
@@sheilawells3000 it's only russian dish. Some russian migrants of german origine just bring them in to US.
Thanks for the history. My ex wife is a descendant of the Volga Germans that settled in the American Midwest. Being from Nebraska though they're called Runzas not Beirocks but very similar in taste.
My god I died when she hit the onion
awesome
Yummy
I miss the schnitzel truck out on the ranges in Grafenwöhr.
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Homemade dough is soooo much better! Use seasoned salt, and grate your own cheese. Shred the cabbage, don't chope it... saute it with a little butter before you add it to the meat. Trust me, my dad was an assistant manager at the 3rd Runza store in Lincoln, Nebraska in the 60's..... I have the recipe!
Similar to Piroshki heavier dough and baked vs deep fried. I love those things, my favorite filling was beef, onion mash. I think I will give these try, deep frying is a pain if don't do a lot of it.
Deep fried sounds good. I'm going to try that next, thanks!
I came across this video trying to find what we used to call a western burger. Basically the same concept except it was just hamburger meat and cheese inside the roll. But they were delicious . In East Texas they serve them in the schools.
To make the dough you can also use Pillsbury hot roll mix.
Achtung! Das ist WUNDERBAR! 😊😂❤
My oma has her omas recipe...yes they are German. I've made her recipe and it ain't the same when she does it but working on it still! This is similar recipe to hers but are yummy
I'm from a old Kansas family of German immigrants this recipe is almost identical to our bierox recipe except for the added cheese. It should be pretty good.
I wonder how it would tastes to add a little cream cheese to the neat mixture.. i saw a guy add sausage to his hamburger too. I really want to try these this fall.
These are very good made with sausage and sauerkraut
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@@CertifiedAngusBeefTestKitchen We do that too! Yummy!
i think these are more a kind of Pirogi but Bierock sounds also nice
Will this work with angus turkey?
What a cutie pie you are Ashley! Thank you for showing us this recipe. I'm going to make this for my family soon.
Can these be deep fried?
I wish onions did that when I cut them. I would probably cook more often.
They are called cabbage burgers in my house
My family is German an I’ve always known sauerkraut in it.
My German parents never made these, definitely need to try 'em!
Because the dish isn't really German to begin with. It's an adaptation of a Russian dish by German Settler brought over by Catharina the Great, the decendance of whom then brought it over to the Americas
@@Execuor Speaking as someone of German-Russian ancestry you are 100% correct.
This looks awesome. Seems like most cultures (that I know of, anyway) have some version of this. I’m thinking Cornish pasties, Italian Stromboli, Asian steamed buns, Beef Wellington, etc.
Yes!!! We love them all - such good comfort food.
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This was from volga Germans from Russia who were menonites and came to the plains in 1800s.
Will this be good with a pita bread? 😀
The filling would totally work with a pita bread. Since.its not being baked...the bread wont be steamed by the baking process so I would make sure.my filling was on the moister side...yUm😊
Dear lord they look good though
Making these now only with smaller cut rolls so we shall see...
Must also have a beer
Could've added some garlic powder and onions with a homemade burger sauce for a better experience..
No way you’re old enough to have been making these since 1870. 😂
Whoa, whoa, whoa. There is no cheese in a bierock.
This thing is a empanada paraguaya
It's called pasties in Cornwall England!
Yes, that's interesting because I recently tried a pasty for the first time at a British bakery and commented to the owner how they reminded me of Bierocks. We both came to the conclusion that most culture have some type of food that is a pocket like sandwich.
I am also pretty certain there was no plastic American "cheese" in old Germany...
You are correct there. These typically aren't served with any cheese at all.
I'm from Germany, i've never seen or eaten this kind of burger. I doubt it is german...but anyways...looks delicious.
American Cheese, Pizza dough from Italy, Beef from Irland. The only German thing might be the Cabbage. My first thought was it might be related to the Russian Piroggen, and as it turns out this is the root of this dish. It was brought over to America by Germans who first settled in Russia and later moved to the States. So it seems they never came back to Germany to show us this beautiful dish.
Wolgadeutsche :D Ist wohl sehr Artverwandt mit den dort verbreiteten Piroggen :)
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bierock
@@MrUnirob irland beef taste🤤🤌
It’s from the Volga Germans who fled to America from Germany after the communists took over
We always called them runzas and there was no cheese. Germans from Russia recipe.
Can you replace any of the ingredients with something else?
For example, I am NOT a fan of cabbage and thought about replacing THAT with another thing like cheese or garlic
Replace it with whatever you want
Oh it's a Runza.
Seems more like a Kolache
Not aligning the cheese with the pastry triggered me, but hey, looks yum anyway
It's pizza dough not pastry. Also have u ever tried hotdogs wrapped in Pillsbury crescent rolls with cheese. It's surprisingly good !
Oooppps sorry misread your comment. I thought u were saying the cheese didn't go with the pastry. But she didn't line it up is what u meant. Lol
Put olive oil instead of Canola oil.
Canola oil is definitely not good for human consumption
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This is not a german dish. The name you give it is similar to "Pierogi", a smaller version of what you make with origins in estern Europe and Russia. I presume it would be made with pork, as all that beef centric food is more of a French/Anglosphere thing.
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If you're going to use cheese why not a slice of Colby jack or some aged cheddar rather than Kraft processed garbage?
Really? Pizza dough? And cheese! WTF!
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😢 There is no cheese in bierocks!!! No pizza dough!!! Use yeast dough!!! My ancestors are turning in the grave!!!
Pizza dough is a yeast dough
sorry but this is no "old-school" german food! never see this befor and trust me i see a lot of traditional german food in my life :D you ask why i know this? right i'm a german xD
It's Russian in origin but credited with being brought to the U.S. where she's recording by Volga Germans
@@ChiefMoonChunks Yep, you are correct.
@C.T.R.L didn’t ask :D
You're a modern day German saying that this isn't German food because you never heard of it. If you look in a German cookbook from 200 years ago you'd find plenty of food you've never heard of.
If you knew anything about the Volga Germans. Then u would’ve known bout this dish they created. I knew this and I’m not even German.
Do you force captions on by default? Please don't. People are perfectly capable of turning captions on or off as they desire. There is no need to participate in this choice.
The word "German" does not refer to Germany/Germans because no German part/cuisines has this dish, knows it or German people have heard of it. It is really an invention of ancestors in the USA trying to adapt maybe or be creative. 😂
How to pronounce bierrock? --> /pih-RHUKh/