Today it is hard to imagine that potatoes were brought to Europe from South America only about 300 years ago. He quickly became popular and now occupies an honorable place in the culinary of different nations. From it you can cook many delicious and nutritious dishes. Potatoes are boiled, stewed, fried, baked, you can even bake a pie from it.
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You will need
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- For potato pie:
- 1 kg of potatoes;
- 2 eggs;
- 3 medium onions;
- 1 cup of milk;
- 3 tablespoons of butter;
- vegetable oil;
- breadcrumbs;
- salt.
- For mushroom sauce:
- 50 g of dried mushrooms;
- a tablespoon of flour;
- onion head;
- a tablespoon of butter;
- vegetable oil;
- salt.
Instruction manual
1
Peel, wash and boil the potatoes. Drain the water, and keep the pot and potato pot for some time over low heat or in the oven to allow the remaining water to evaporate.
2
Peel the onions, finely chop and fry in vegetable oil.
3
Wipe the potatoes hot through a sieve or mash with a wooden pestle. Add butter, eggs and salt.
4
Boil the milk and pour it into mashed potatoes gradually. Stir well and whisk lightly with a spoon.
5
Lubricate the pan or pan with oil and sprinkle with breadcrumbs. Transfer half the potato mass to it and flatten.
6
Put a layer of fried onions on the potato mass and cover with the rest of the mashed potatoes. Smooth again, drizzle with oil or grease with sour cream.
7
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and place in it a form with a potato pie, bake for twenty to twenty-five minutes.
8
Mushroom sauce can be served with potato pie. To prepare it, rinse thoroughly dry mushrooms in warm boiled water and soak in three glasses of cold water for two to three hours.
9
Cook the mushrooms in the same water in which they were soaked. Do not salt. When the mushrooms are ready, strain the broth through a sieve or gauze folded in several layers. Finely chop boiled mushrooms.
10
Melt the butter in a frying pan and fry the flour on it until light brown. Dilute with two glasses of hot strained mushroom broth.
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Cook the sauce at a low boil for about fifteen to twenty minutes.
12
Peel the onions, chop finely and fry in vegetable oil. Add chopped boiled mushrooms to it and lightly fry them with onions.
thirteen
Transfer mushrooms with onions to the sauce, salt and let it boil for a few minutes.
note
For cooking potato mass or mashed potatoes use only hot milk, otherwise the potato may acquire a gray tint.
Useful advice
According to this recipe, potato pie can be prepared with any vegetable or minced meat.
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