For modern people, pies are delicious pastries, thanks to which you can satisfy the feeling of hunger for a long time. However, for our ancestors this flour product had more meaning.
There were many traditions and rituals associated with pies. For example, the pastry should be cut cross to cross without moving the pie. Only the hand and the knife should remain movable. It is desirable to divide the pie not into 8, but into 7 parts. This number means harmony and prosperity, unity with the Universe
. On the table the pies should be placed in the western side. It is believed that in this part of the table sit people of the older generation. This is a kind of symbol of honor and respect for wise and experienced ancestors.
As we see, pies played a big role in the formation of traditions and rituals of the meal. Let’s prepare such a revered flour product with stuffing.
Ingredients for pies with potatoes:
- water – 300 ml;
- salt – tsp;
- yeast – 10 g;
- sugar – tbsp;
- flour – 480 g;
- vegetable oil – 50 ml;
- potatoes – 500 g;
- butter – 40 g;
- paprika – tsp.
Preparation of pies with potatoes:
In a bowl with flour pour salt, yeast and sugar, stir the components until the grains of sand are completely dissolved. Sift flour into the liquid, knead a sticky lump of dough.
Pour vegetable oil into the dough, continue kneading until it is no longer sticky. Leave the lump for some time under a foil in the heat.
Peel the potatoes and boil them in small pieces until ready.
Knead
the dough again and divide it into 15 equal pieces.
Knead the potatoes into mashed potatoes, mix them with butter, paprika and salt to taste. Shape the small lumps into flat cakes and place the filling on them.
Seal the mashed potatoes inside the dough. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan, fry the patties on medium heat until golden on both sides.
You can fry quite a few delicious browned patties.
If desired, add fried onions to the potato filling.
