Recipes of potato pies are in the cookbooks of many peoples of the world. They are fried and baked with various fillings, both sweet and more thorough - fish, vegetables, meat. A distinctive feature of these pies - thanks to potato starch, they do not stale for a long time.
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You will need
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- Potato dough
- 2 1/4 teaspoons dry yeast
- 3 medium starchy potatoes
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 2/3 cup butter
- 1 ½ teaspoon of salt
- 2 eggs
- 7 1/2 cups flour
- Boiled meat filling
- 300 g of boiled meat (beef
- veal
- bird)
- 1 medium onion
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 2 eggs
- 2-3 stalks of green onions
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- spices
Instruction manual
1
Wash the potatoes thoroughly, peel and boil until cooked. Pour the broth into a separate bowl. Mash potatoes in mashed potatoes. Dilute the yeast in 1 ½ cup of potato broth with a temperature not lower than 35, but not higher than 45 ° C. In a large wide bowl or bowl of the combine, sift 3 cups of flour and salt, add softened butter, eggs, sugar. Put warm mashed potatoes. Replace the dough at a low speed with a mixer or food processor using the “guitar” head. Knead to a homogeneous mass, increase the speed of the appliance to medium and gradually pour the remaining flour.
2
In the last step, knead the dough by hand. To do this, lightly sprinkle flour on the work surface, carefully lay out the dough, roll it in flour and knead for about 5 minutes until the mass becomes smooth and elastic. Roll it into a ball. Lubricate the surface of the dough with a small portion of vegetable oil, put in a bowl, cover with cling film and put in the refrigerator for at least 8 hours, but not more than 5 days.
3
On a flour-dusted surface, roll a roller from the dough, cut it into portions and form each piece into a ball. Put the “balls” on the palm of your hand, slap another, and then place the filling in the center of the tortilla, pinch the edges and shape the pies. Regardless of whether you will fry or bake pies, put them on a baking sheet covered with baking paper. Fry the pies in a pan in hot oil, until golden brown. Bake in an oven preheated to 190 ° C for 15-20 minutes.
4
In the filling you can put both fried minced meat and boiled meat. Some recipes use smoked meats. Separate boiled meat from bones and cartilage, pass through a meat grinder. Peel and chop the onion into a small cube. Hard-boiled eggs and also chop or grate. Chop the green onion feathers. Preheat the pan and fry the onions in vegetable oil until transparent. Chill. Mix with minced meat, eggs and green onions. Salt and pepper. You can add 1 teaspoon of chopped thyme, marjoram or parsley.