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Discover Traditional Russian Food: Pelmeni (Meat Dumplings)

Hardly any feast in Russia goes without serving pelmeni (meat dumplings). Pelmeni gradually became a part of many people’s daily meals as well. Conveniently stored in the freezer for weeks you can cook them for dinner in just 10 minutes!
Maria Meeks
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5.0
Number of reviews:
(165)
Class

What's included

1 live meeting
1 hrs 30 mins in-class hours
Homework
The only homework is to get all the necessary ingredients prior to the class.

Class Experience

No prior experience or knowledge is needed for this class.
It is a hands on class. There will be continuous student-teacher interaction.
You will find a list of ingredients needed for this class in Materials Section.  All the ingredients are available at any grocery store.
Students will watch the teacher and cook along with her. 
Teacher will show students how to make dough for pelmeni, how to mix meat, and will show the process of making dumplings.
By the end of this class we will cook and taste some pelmeni.
Learning Goals
Students will learn how to make the most popular, traditional Russian food called Pelmeni ( meat dumplings).
learning goal

Other Details

Parental Guidance
Parents, please be advised of potential hazards: use of a stove, a knife, and possible allergens. Your supervision is strongly advised.
Supply List
To make dough you will need:
1. All purpose flour (please, only all purpose and not self-rising!)
2. Six eggs 
3. Water
4. Salt
To make the filling for dumplings:
1. Ground beef (1 pound)
2. Ground pork (1pound)
3. One large onion
 If you can’t find pork, you may substitute it with ground turkey or ground chicken.
3. Salt and pepper 
Dumplings are usually served with:
1. Sour Cream
2. Ketchup
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined May, 2020
5.0
165reviews
Profile
Teacher expertise and credentials
Mississippi Teaching Certificate in Foreign Language
Master's Degree in Education from Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson, Tennessee
Hello! I am Maria Meeks. From Russia but teaching French and Spanish in American high schools.  I graduated from a Russian University with Bachelor’ and Master's Degrees in English. Also I have a Master's in Education Degree from an American college (Freed-Hardeman University, Henderson, TN).  I am certified to teach English, ESL, French and Spanish in the state of Mississippi.

   My career started in Bashkir State University (Ufa, Russia) where I taught English for two years. There I met my future husband who was an American exchange student. We moved to USA where I taught preschool for three years and later high school (French and Spanish) for 13 years. I also taught Russian for one semester at Freed-Hardeman University.

   I decided to offer Russian online because I saw a lot of interest among my students in learning this language and because it is not offered in public schools in Mississippi. 
    Also I want to teach about Russian food and how to cook it. I brought some Russian food to my students, they liked it so much that they asked for recipes and some actually cooked it!

   I see my classes being hands- on experience, whether conversational Russian or, especially, cooking class. We will start conversing in Russian in my very first lesson! This is my approach to teaching any foreign language: the emphasis goes to learning how to speak and use the language in real life. As for cooking class, we can cook together during our lesson and see results right away! 

    My teaching philosophy stems from the fact that every student is a capable learner. I believe that every pupil in my classroom is able to be successful in any subject. It is my responsibility as a teacher to facilitate my student's success.
  
  I expect to create a welcoming, homey, comfortable atmosphere in my classes and I know that I will enjoy sharing my knowledge with my future students.

Below you will see a complete description of my Russian classes and equivalent of Modern Language Level that they make in High School.

Russian Level 1, Introduction to Russian Language and Culture is an 8-hour course that covers
the alphabet, pronunciation and orthography; personal and possessive pronouns; gender and number of nouns.
Conversational topics include Greetings, Family, Sports, expressing likes and dislikes.

Russian Level 2, Conversational Russian is a 16-hour course that continues with grammar nominative, prepositional and accusative cases; adjectives and gender; present tense verbs.
 Communicative areas of proficiency include 1) calendar, telling date, date, season, year, describing
weather during different seasons; 2) describing people (physical characteristics and personality); 3)
talking about hobbies, activities.

 Russian Level 3 Advanced is a 16-hour course that covers present, past, future tenses, reflexive verbs, perfective/imperfective verbs, imperative mood.
Communicative topics include daily routine, discussing Russian food, talking about three meals of the
day, telling time in Russian.

Russian Level 4 Advanced is a 16-hour course, it covers1) nominative, genitive, accusative noun cases; 2) conversational topics include talking about yourself and extended family, sports and more activities.

Russian Level 5 Advanced is a 16-hour course that covers instrumental and prepositional noun cases, as well as conversational topics about clothes and colors, discussing school subjects, professions, occupations.

Russian Level 6 Advanced is a 16-hour course with the topics to cover: going around the city, asking
for/telling directions, getting around in a store, ordering food in a restaurant.

While taking these classes students are expected to complete at least 2 hours of homework per week.
Upon completion of Levels 1 through 6 students finish 90 hours of instruction. With the grammar and
topics covered in all the courses, it could be an equivalent to Russian Level 1 and 2 of High School.

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Ages: 13-18
1-5 learners per class

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