Potato pies in our country before the advent of the new revolutionary system were considered the food of the poor. The fact is that not all peasants could afford to buy meat and spend it on cooking pies. Often in baked goods they put a modest filling. For example, apples or potatoes.
Meat filling was considered a luxury and was prepared on special holidays. Meat pies were mostly baked for weddings or Christian holidays. But, pies with potatoes were often not inferior to pies with meat in popularity.
Let’s tell you how to prepare lush, flavorful pies with potatoes.
Ingredients of the dough for potato pies:
- flour – 450 g;
- potato broth – 250 ml;
- dry yeast – 1.5 tsp;
- sugar – 1.5 tsp;
- sour cream – 2 tablespoons;
- vegetable oil – 2 tbsp.
Ingredients for stuffing:
- potatoes – kg;
- bay leaf – 2 pcs;
- onion – 2 pcs;
- butter – 30 g;
- black pepper – a pinch.
Preparation of potato pies:
Peeled potatoes boil together with a bay leaf until soft. At this time, cut a small dice of onions.
Fry in a heated frying pan with vegetable oil onions until golden. From the pot with potatoes, pour the broth into a separate container and leave to cool. Do not forget to salt the caramelized onions.
To the potatoes put a piece of butter, knead to a mashed state. Combine onions with mashed potatoes, sprinkle with black pepper and mix the filling thoroughly.
Pour sugar and yeast into the warm potato broth, mix and leave for 5 minutes
.
Sift flour into a deep bowl, pour the yeast mixture, add sour cream, knead the dough with a spoon,
then knead
the
dough
by
hand for 5 minutes. Grease the container with vegetable oil, send a lump of elastic and not sticky dough into it.
Cover the dough with a towel and leave
it
for 1.5 hours. Divide the dough into 12 equal portions, form the
rolls and roll out the rolls into thin tortillas, no more than 5 mm thick. Put 1.5 tablespoons of filling in each flatbread, seal the edges of the dough
. Turn the patties over with the seams facing down and flatten slightly.
Heat 150 ml of vegetable oil in a frying pan. Place the patties in the oil seam side down and fry until golden on medium heat on both sides.
This dough is also suitable for cabbage and meat pies.
This is a great recipe that even novice cooks will be able to make.
