2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14
It's hard to find a person who doesn't like pies. If earlier a traditional Russian dish was cooked in the oven, now modern ovens and multicookers come to the aid of housewives, in which you can cook delicious baked pies.
History of the dish
In Russia, pies have been prepared for a long time. We are all in childhood if grandmother's pastries with a variety of fillings. Baked pies were not in vain so popular in ancient times with our ancestors. They are very satisfying, you can take them with you on the road and have a snack anywhere.
By the way, in Russia pies were treated to the dearest guests. With what kind of fillings they didn’t cook pastries in those days! Even the royal meal was not complete without pies. Baking was in every home every day, since it was an important part of the people's diet. Moreover, baked pies were consumed by all classes. Not all recipes have survived to this day. In addition, they have undergone significant changes. But that didn't make the cake any less beautiful. If earlier pies were baked regularly, then modern housewives indulge their relatives infrequently due to lack of time.
Dough recipe
Let's talk abouthow to make dough for baked pies.
Ingredients:
- a quarter glass of water (warm),
- fresh yeast (25 g),
- flour (580 g),
- sunflower oil (120 g),
- s alt (two tsp),
- sugar (tsp).
Preparing the dough for baked pies, let's start with the preparation of the dough. Pour yeast, sugar and a few tablespoons of flour into a glass of warm water. Stir the mass and leave for 15 minutes. After 25 minutes, it will increase in size and begin to foam.
To prepare the dough, prepare a convenient dish. A pelvis with wide rims is best suited. Sift flour into it and add s alt. Pour the yeast into the dry mass. Also pour in a little warmed vegetable oil. Gradually add warm water. We do it in such a way as not to overdo it. The consistency of the dough should be not too viscous, but not liquid. Knead it with your hands until it stops sticking. Then cover the bowl with a clean towel. It must be put in a warm place for an hour. You can even in an oven preheated to 30 degrees. Do not pull or open dishes with dough.
After an hour, the mass must be kneaded and again left to approach. And only after an hour you can start making pies.
While the dough is rising, you can start preparing the filling. We shift the finished mass to the table and knead again. Next, we form a tourniquet from it. Divide it into equal parts and roll into balls, rolling in flour. Next, cover the blanks with a dry towel and let them come up infor five to ten minutes. After we roll out each ball and lay out the filling. We fasten the edges of the dough and put the pies seam side down on a baking sheet with parchment. Baking should be a little infused. After twenty minutes, you can put it in the oven. Previously, the pies on top are smeared with egg mass with a brush. Bake them for 10-15 minutes.
Pie toppings
We have already mentioned that baked pies are prepared with a variety of fillings. We list only the most popular options:
- Mushrooms. Any mushrooms can serve as a filling, including forest mushrooms (porcini, mushrooms, chanterelles, champignons and others). The main thing is to bring them to full readiness before putting them into the dough. Be sure to add onions to the mushrooms. Alternatively, they can be mixed with meat, potatoes, egg or beans.
- Sausage, meat, ham. Baked pies with meat - a tasty and satisfying dish. Add fried onions to the filling. You can also put eggs, sweet peppers, cheese and other ingredients. By the way, meat goes well with all cereals, so they can also be added to the filling.
- Baked egg pies are a classic. Fried or green onions are usually added to such a filling. The most popular pies with rice, onions and eggs. And you can diversify the filling by adding fish, vegetables, meat, bacon.
- Liver. Delicious baked pies with liver are loved by many. True, if homemade filling is used.
- Potatoes. Boiled potatoes are mashed and mixed with fried onions,cracklings and peppers. Everyone loves this topping. Baked pies with potatoes are stored for a long time and do not get stale. Mushrooms, cheese, meat, vegetables, liver can be added to the potato filling.
- Steamed cabbage is incredibly delicious in pies. Perhaps this option is the most popular. You can also add bacon slices, sausages, prunes to the filling.
- Sauerkraut is also used for stuffing. Only we pre-wash it and stew it in a pan, adding vegetable oil, lingonberries and eggs.
- Fish. For the filling, you can use mackerel or hake. Boil the carcasses and cut into fillets. After the meat is fried with onions and spices. The filling can be filled with sour cream or cream. In addition, eggs, dill, green onions, rice, spinach go well with fish.
- Canned fish.
- Pea puree.
- Spinach and greens.
- Cheese. It is not only used as the main component for the filling, but combined with other products: sausage, onions, eggs.
- Rice by itself is not eaten. It is good as an additional ingredient. Greens, onions, meat are usually added to it.
- Beans are delicious in pies. In addition, it is complemented with meat and mashed potatoes.
- Buckwheat is just as good if you add fried onions, eggs, spices and herbs to it.
Sweet toppings
Sweet fillings for pies are no less in demand than s alty ones. Among them, it is worth highlighting pastries with cottage cheese. She is incredibly soft. You can supplement cottage cheese with apples and raisins.
Also bakedpies in the oven are cooked with jam, marmalade and jams. True, you need to be able to work with such a filling, since it is quite liquid.
But the most delicious can be safely called baked pies with apples. They exude an amazing aroma. If you like cinnamon, you can add it to the filling. This will only make it tastier. You can also add pears, lemon, cherries, plums, apricots, ginger, and more.
Pies with nuts and dried fruits are very tasty: prunes, dried cherries, raisins, etc. Fruits are ground in a meat grinder and using a blender.
Also baked with bananas, custard, poppy seeds, chocolate and condensed milk.
Pies with eggs and cabbage: recipe
Baked pies with cabbage and eggs - this is one of the most beloved and delicious baking options.
Ingredients:
- sugar (140 g),
- milk (1/2 l),
- kg of flour,
- ch. l. s alt,
- four eggs,
- sunflower oil (210 ml),
- yeast (20 g).
For stuffing:
- head of cabbage,
- four eggs,
- pepper,
- s alt,
- yolk.
Most often, housewives cook baked yeast pies. We will also prepare yeast dough.
Pour the heated milk (1/2 cup) into a large bowl. Add yeast and sugar to it. Mix the mass and cover with a towel on top. Leave it for 20 minutes.
Beat the eggs to room temperature and pour in the remainingmilk. Mix the mass with a whisk and add it to the liquid dough.
After adding s alt, more sugar, vegetable oil. Mix everything thoroughly.
Next, sift the flour and pour it in parts, kneading the dough. The result should be a mass that easily lags behind the hands and holds the shape of a ball. We shift the dough into a deep container, cover with a towel and leave it in a warm place for 1.5 hours. After a while, it needs to be kneaded. And again wait another forty minutes until it fits.
Since we are going to make baked cabbage pies, we need to prepare the appropriate stuffing.
Shred the cabbage and transfer it to a preheated pan. Add s alt, pepper and simmer over low heat. Depending on the type of cabbage, it can cook up to 25 minutes. If necessary, water can be added during cooking.
Hard boil the eggs and cut them as small as possible. After the cabbage is ready, add the egg mass to it.
After all the components are ready, let's start modeling. We put the finished pies on a baking sheet with parchment, brush them with yolk on top with a brush. Preparations must be infused for at least 30 minutes. After we send the baking sheet to the oven. Baked yeast pies are cooked for 35-45 minutes.
Pies with jam
Baked pies in the oven with jam are always delicious.
Ingredients:
- st. milk,
- flour (580 g),
- 2 eggs,
- fresh yeast (30 g),
- drain oil. (85 g),
- s alt (1/2 tsp),
- sugar (1/4 cup),
- jam or marmalade (350 g).
Heat the oil on the stove. We will cook the dough for baked pies in the oven without dough. We heat the milk to 30 degrees and breed yeast in it. Add sugar, s alt, heated oil and eggs. The resulting mass is well mixed. Pour the sifted flour into it.
Knead the dough with your hands. After we place it in the basin and cover with a towel. In order for the mass to fit better, it can be placed on a steam bath. After an hour, punch down the dough and leave to infuse for another 60 minutes.
The finished dough is divided into pieces, each of which is rolled out and put inside the filling of thick jam. Lay the pies on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Top them with egg yolk and let them rise for 15 minutes. Then bake them for at least 20 minutes.
Pies with cottage cheese
Baked yeast pies with cottage cheese can be made savory and sweet. There are a variety of options for such baking. We offer to cook open pies with cottage cheese. Fragrant, soft and airy pastries will appeal not only to adults, but also to children.
Ingredients:
- sugar (120 g),
- kefir,
- milk or whey (0.5 l),
- vanilla sugar (pack),
- ch. l. s alt,
- 2 eggs,
- dry yeast (15 g),
- st. l. vegetable oil,
- flour (850 g),
- oil sl. (90g).
For stuffing:
- cottage cheese(850 g),
- sugar (to taste),
- vanilla.
Baked yeast pies with cottage cheese is the best delicacy.
Dissolve the yeast in warmed milk and add a couple of tablespoons of sugar and the same amount of flour. We mix the whole mass and give it time to brew. After 15 minutes, the entire surface will be covered with bubbles. After that, you can add sugar, eggs, s alt, vegetable oil and vanilla. Mix the mass again and add the sifted flour. Next, knead the dough with your hands. At the very end, add melted butter and knead the mass again. The dough should be soft and not too sticky to your hands. Now we shift it into a deep container, greased with vegetable oil. Cover it with a towel on top and put it in some warm place.
The dough can rise within two hours. Then crush it and divide it into equal parts. We roll each of them, put the filling and fasten the edges.
By the way, it is better to prepare the filling itself just before forming the pies. This is due to the fact that the sugar in the curd gradually begins to melt, the filling becomes more liquid. You can add the egg and vanilla to the mass, then mix thoroughly. As you can see, the filling is ready in minutes.
With cottage cheese, you can cook closed or open pies like cheesecakes. In any case, the cake turns out beautiful and tasty. Put the pies on a baking sheet with parchment and grease the surface with an egg. They should be here within twenty minutes. After we send the baking sheet to the oven. They bake for 30 to 45 minutes.depending on oven temperature. Ready-made pastries become ruddy, which means that they need to be taken out.
Pies with apple filling
Baked pies (photos of products are given in the article) are certainly delicious with any filling. In the summer, you should definitely cook pastries with seasonal fruits and apples. You can use strawberries, currants, pears, cherries, apples and more. Modern housewives have long learned to freeze fruits and vegetables for the winter, so in the cold season you can please yourself with pastries. Very tasty pies with apples. You can cook them almost any time of the year, as they are always available.
Ingredients:
- milk (550 g),
- yeast (60 g),
- glass of sugar,
- margarine (55 g),
- 1.5 kilos flour,
- three big apples, two or three eggs,
- vegetable oil (1/2 cup).
Apple pies are incredibly fragrant. Their advantage is that you can enjoy them in summer, autumn, winter and spring. Using different varieties of apples, you can get a filling of different consistency. Summer varieties melt easily and turn into a sweet puree, while winter varieties have a more elastic texture. Experienced chefs recommend putting cinnamon in the filling. Its unique aroma combined with apples is something amazing. By the way, the filling of apples and cinnamon is widely used not only for making pies, but also for any other baking.
To get a yeast dough, dilute in warmed milkyeast. Add eggs, vanilla, s alt, vegetable oil. Then add flour and knead the dough. It must be left for a while for it to fit. After an hour, we crush the mass and again leave it to infuse.
While the dough is rising, prepare the apple filling. There are several options here. You can use raw fruits by adding sugar to them. And you can let them go a little on the stove. To do this, peel the apples from the skin. Cut into cubes and sprinkle with sugar. The mass should be infused for ten minutes. Next, pour the apples into a pan and simmer on the lowest heat for ten minutes. After a while, our filling will begin to caramelize and acquire a golden hue. To make it thicker, you can add a little starch.
Now let's go back to our dough, knead it and divide it into equal parts. We roll out round blanks, put the filling in the middle of each and fasten the edges. We leave the pastry for proofing, brushing the surface with yolk. After fifteen minutes, we send the pies to the oven and bake them for thirty minutes. Delicious sweet pies are ready.
Meat pies
Pies with minced meat - a classic baking recipe. We offer you to use the simplest recipe for cooking.
Ingredients:
- butter (320 g),
- milk (220 ml),
- yeast (45 g),
- minced meat (580 g),
- tomato paste (two tablespoons),
- flour (four tablespoons),
- two onions,
- 1 tsp sugar.
Dissolve yeast in milk. Stir in melted butter, s alt, sugar and flour. Mix the mass thoroughly and leave for an hour and a half.
You can use any stuffing for the filling. In a frying pan, fry the chopped onion, add the tomato paste and simmer the food together. The resulting mass is transferred to minced meat. We also s alt and pepper the filling.
We roll the dough into a long mass, which we divide into parts and roll out blanks for pies. We spread the filling in each and fasten the edges. Grease the pies with egg mass and leave alone. After 15 minutes, we send them to the oven. Baking takes 18 minutes.
Pies with cherries
In the summer, you can treat yourself to pies with various fruit and berry fillings. In winter, frozen products will come to the rescue, which are no less tasty in baking than fresh ones.
We offer a recipe for making pies with cherries. Perhaps this is the most delicious pastry. Lovers of these berries will appreciate it.
Ingredients:
- sugar (two tablespoons),
- warm milk (230 g),
- vanillin,
- s alt (tsp),
- 2, 5 tbsp. flour,
- cherries (450 g),
- soda (tsp),
- butter (30 g),
- dry yeast (tsp).
Stir the yeast in warm milk. And heat the butter in a water bath. In a separate bowl, mix the egg, melted butter, sugar, vegetable oil and s alt. Whisk it all up. Next, pour a glass of flour into a bowl with yeast. Mix everything and add the mass of eggs and sugar. At the same time we fill up againflour. Knead the dough with your hands and transfer it to a pan greased with oil. Cover the container with a towel and leave for an hour.
And we ourselves begin to prepare the filling. We wash the cherries and remove the seeds from them. The process is troublesome, but eating pies without stones is much more pleasant. Next, divide the dough into pieces and roll into blanks. We form pies out of them. Inside each, you need to put not only berries, but also add sugar. This will make your baked goods sweeter and tastier.
Instead of afterword
As you can see, pies can be prepared with a variety of fillings. All of them are very tasty and good in their own way. Very often, housewives prepare a dish by mixing different ingredients. So, for example, you can use a mix of several fruits and berries, add dried fruits to cottage cheese, and rice to meat. There are many such options. In addition, no one forbids making their own adjustments and inventing something new. In general, pies are the most delicious dish from childhood. They exude warmth and love. And all the good things come to mind. Treat your loved ones with pies and you will receive a lot of compliments.
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