It would seem that it is quite easy to come up with a recipe for baked goods in which the filling should be hidden. However, as historical practice has shown, pies are a complex and multifaceted dish. Cooking baked goods took ancient people a lot of time and effort. Therefore, pies are considered a symbol of hospitality, warmth and comfort.
Ramses III was a fan of pies
.
On the tomb of this pharaoh you can see the image of pastries. So much did the emperor of Egypt love pies that he decided to imprint them at death in his pyramid.
We will tell you the way to prepare no less tasty, though not Egyptian pies
.
Ingredients for potato pies:
- potatoes – 3 pcs;
- carrots – pcs;
- onion – pcs.;
- garlic – 5 cloves;
- cheese – 100 g;
- green onions – bundle;
- egg – pcs;
- salt – ½ tsp;
- flour – 4 tbsp.
Preparation of potato pies:
Peel potatoes and cut into large slices, boil until ready. Chop the peeled carrots on a coarse grater, cut the onion
in
half rings.
Fry the onion with vegetable oil in a frying pan until soft. Add carrots to the onions, continue to fry.
Put garlic cloves through a press to the vegetables, stew under a lid for 10 minutes.
At this time grate cheese on a coarse grater, chop green onions. Turn the potatoes into mashed potatoes, put to it stewed onions and carrots, shredded cheese and green onions.
Do not forget to salt the potato mixture, break an egg into it, pour flour and mix thoroughly.
From the resulting mass form small cutlets with hands greased with vegetable oil.
Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan, lay out the cutlets from the dough. Fry the patties to a golden crust on medium heat on both sides.
As a result, we get lazy homemade pies with potatoes. This dish can also be called potato cutlets.
