Potatoes are an important part of the diet of a large number of peoples. We know about draniki, potato zrazy, potato pies with potatoes. However, in addition to these famous dishes, there are many other potato dishes in the world. Potatoes
are even used to make baked
goods.
Moreover, this baking is no worse than usual. The fact is that potatoes have a high content of starch. This allows you to create from mashed potatoes real bread and tortillas. Potato dough is soft and pliable, it is easy to work with. Let’s show you how to make potato tortillas.
Ingredients for potato tortillas:
- Whey – 500 ml;
- Salt – 1 tsp;
- Yeast – 1 tsp;
- Vegetable oil – 20 ml;
- Flour – 780 g.
Ingredients for stuffing:
- Boiled potatoes – 1 kg;
- Salt – a pinch;
- Butter – 10 g;
- Boiled potato water – 100 ml;
- Sesame seeds.
Preparation of potato cakes:
Pour salt and yeast into the warm whey, mix and then pour in vegetable oil. Pour the flour into the whey in batches and knead a soft and elastic dough
. Gather the dough into a block and leave it under cellophane for an hour. For the filling, mix the peeled boiled potatoes with salt, butter and water, turn them into mashed potatoes.
Knead the dough and divide
it into
3 equal parts. Similarly divide the mashed potatoes and form them
into k
oloboks.
Roll the dough kolobok into a thick cake, where we put a lump of mashed potatoes.
Seal the mashed potato inside the dough as if it were a pouch.
Using your hand, knead the filled dough roll into a thick flatbread. Cover the flatbread with cling film and leave for 10 minutes.
Grease the flatbread with a mixture of egg yolk and milk, using your fingers to make indentations on the surface.
Sprinkle the flatbread with sesame seeds, repeat these steps with the rest of the rolls.
Bake the flatbreads at 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
After cooking the flatbreads can be greased with butter. These are hearty and tasty potato tortillas.
