A lot of sour milk has accumulated in the refrigerator - this is the best reason to make a pastry for pies. Some housewives find it difficult to make kefir dough pies. However, if you know some tricks, then the cooking process will be a joy, and the pies will be excellent.
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You will need
0.5 l kefir, 1 tsp salt, 1 tbsp granulated sugar, 1 tsp soda, 2 eggs, 1-2 tbsp vegetable oil, 4-5 cups flour
Instruction manual
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First of all, you need to pour kefir into a bowl. It is advisable that it be warm or at room temperature. Next, we send salt, sugar, soda, eggs, vegetable oil there. Slightly shake with a fork all the contents. The authors of some recipes recommend whipping the whole mass with a mixer, but experienced chefs know that kefir "does not tolerate" such an aggressive intervention. More correctly, on the contrary, after adding soda, leave the kefir mass alone for a while (10-15 minutes).
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Pour flour not all at once, for a start it will be enough about 4 glasses. Gently stir the dough and leave it under the lid for at least half an hour. Better even longer. Of course, the kefir dough is good because you can immediately make pies from it. But practice shows that lush pies from kefir dough are obtained only in two cases. Firstly, when the dough is liquid (but then it is difficult to work with it). Secondly, when we add more flour, but let the dough stand for an hour or two.
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After the dough has come, pour the rest of the flour and knead on the table. Now the dough is of such a consistency that it does not stick to your hands and at the same time is soft and tender. It should be left on the table, sprinkled with flour, under the cup, separating a small part for cutting. We divide the dough into parts and on the table, greased with vegetable oil, make hand cakes. The rolling pin is completely superfluous.
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The filling may be mashed potatoes, fried mushrooms, stewed cabbage, apples. Kefir dough pies can be either fried in vegetable oil or baked in the oven. They rise well and are no different from their yeast counterparts. If you take care of the filling in advance, then the rest of the cooking along with frying will take no more than an hour.
Useful advice
Vegetable oil in kefir dough for pies is not the most important ingredient, but it is it that gives elasticity.