Armenian karkandak

[naabox]

Hallo My name is Jarek and I come from Poland. I have a problem.
We have in my city A little Armenian restaurant ( there is only a few dish.)
One of this the owner called "Karkandak".( the pastry is soft and is filled with meat, and is eaten with garlic sauce)
but I don't find that name on the Web. Maybe someone can help me what is the name of this It looks like this ( the long one)

and what kind of pastry is that and how to make this dish.
And why this guy call this Karkandak, is this an Armenian word or something?

I will be grateful for any answer.

[Supreme]

Re: Armenian karkandak

Not sure if this is the same thing...check it out

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&ei=sHtcSpmrB4_KsQP8xdGvCg&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=piroshki+pastry&spell=1

[Haykakan]

Re: Armenian karkandak

I think its the armenian name for perashki, the russian pastery which can be stuffed with meat or potatose.

[Yedtarts]

Re: Armenian karkandak

Karkandak = cake

And I don't think that's an Armenian pastery.

[hrai]

Re: Armenian karkandak

Looks like perashki, not nice perashki, but perashki

[Sako]

Re: Armenian karkandak

...that's because it is perashki, lol *takes a bite*

Regarding "karkandak", don't get confused guys. Karkandak is the Armenian word for perashki but there are different types. There karkandaks stuffed with meat, potatoes, and even some with jam. So basically there are sweet and salty variants. But they are all karkandaks.

And by the way, nice to meet you Jarek !

[naabox]

Re: Armenian karkandak

Thank You All for the answers.
I think this could be some kind of piroshki pastry or perashki. I have to try.
but I can't find a recipe for perashki,

Anyone can help me ?

one more thing: the pastry in karkandak that I buyed was soft and consistence was like in donut.

And thank you one more time for any advice.

Sako nice to meet you too.

[Sako]

Re: Armenian karkandak

Here's the recipe for making perashki's or karkandak's with meat:

http://caloriecount.about.com/pirashki-meat-pies-recipe-r43601

Do some Googling Jarek.

one more thing: the pastry in karkandak that I buyed was soft and consistence was like in donut.

Maybe it was the Persian perashki. The sweet one's are the Persian ones so maybe that's what you bought.