While pancakes are considered a symbol of the beginning of the year, i.e. spring, pies are originally a sign of the end of the year. In Europe, pies were baked at harvest time. As a rule, pumpkin was used as a filling, because this vegetable symbolizes the beginning of the harvest.
However, in our country pumpkin did not become such an obvious omen of winter. For the most part, peasants harvested from potatoes. Therefore, at the end of the year, deep in the fall or winter, they baked potato pies. Before the appearance of this vegetable in the country, pies were baked with turnips.
We want to tell you about a way to quickly and uncomplicatedly prepare potato pies
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Ingredients for potato pies:
- kefir – 250 ml;
- salt – 1.5 tsp;
- sour cream 20% – 50 g;
- onion – pcs;
- egg yolk – pcs;
- potatoes – 4 pcs;
- sugar – tsp;
- baking soda – ½ tsp;
- flour – 410 g;
- vegetable oil – tbsp.
Preparation of potato pies:
Mix in one bowl kefir with sour cream, egg yolk, sugar and a spoonful of salt. Add vegetable oil to the mixture, stir.
Pour flour and baking soda into the kefir mixture, knead elastic and slightly sticky dough. Lubricate the dough with vegetable oil and
leave it warm under cellophane for 20 minutes. In the meantime boil the peeled potatoes until soft. Chop the onion finely, fry until golden in a frying pan.
Turn the potatoes into mashed potatoes, combine them with the fried onions and salt. Divide the dough into 10 equal parts, roll them all into small tortillas. In the round layers we put the stuffing, seal the puree in the dough.
Roll out the pies, making them thinner and more elongated.
In heated vegetable oil in a frying pan fry the pies until browned on both sides.
In this filling you can add spices – ground black pepper, coriander, paprika. Then the pies will become more rich in flavor.
