For many people, buns are one of the main pleasures in life. And we are not only talking about eating buns, but also about making these flour products. The fact is that making and kneading dough is a special kind of relaxation. In some European countries there is even a psychological practice of kneading dough
, which results in meditation and calmness
.
Watching the rising dough you can reflect on your affairs and problems in silence and comfort. And at the end of the event you get delicious pastries along with harmony of mind and soul. A great bonus, according to psychologists. It
is worth relaxing like this at home, so let’s prepare buns with potatoes and meat.
Ingredients for buns with potatoes and meat:
- warm water – 300 ml;
- sugar – 1 tbsp;
- flour – 450 g;
- salt – 1 tsp;
- yeast – ½ tsp;
Ingredients for the filling:
- potatoes – 550 g;
- butter – 60 g;
- dill – a bunch;
- cilantro – a bunch;
- salt – 1.5 tsp;
- minced meat – 230 g;
- onion – pcs;
- cumin;
- tomato – pcs.
Preparation of buns with potatoes and meat:
Boil until ready, peeled and diced potatoes, drain the broth in a separate bowl.
Sift flour
and
yeast
into the broth
and knead the dough
.
Continue to knead the dough on the table, form a block and send it to a bowl to rise for an hour.
Mash the potatoes, mix them with melted butter
.
Chop cilantro and dill, pour with salt to the mashed potatoes, mix.
Chop onion in a meat grinder, grate tomatoes, put both vegetables to the meat.
Salt the mince, add cumin and mix everything thoroughly.
Form small balls of mashed potatoes with walnuts – 13 pieces.
Form the minced meat into cutlets of similar quantity, divide the dough into koloboks – also 13 pieces.
Roll out the dough into small tortillas, where we put the minced meat cutlet. On each cutlet put a ball of potatoes.
Seal the stuffing inside the dough like a sack
. Place the buns seam-side down and knead slightly. Place the buns on a parchment-lined baking tray.
Brush the buns with egg yolk and bake at 180 degrees for 35 minutes.
You can decorate the buns before baking with pumpkin seeds. This makes interesting juicy patties with meat and potatoes.
