Gold fund of Russian cuisine: meat pies

It is known that in Russia before woo girl learned if she can cook cakes - this skill was so important, because no holiday is complete without this wonderful cuisine. Today we talk about the beautiful - about meat pies.

Pies - this, of course, calorie and figure could very easily hurt, but if they do not eat a dozen per day, and cook a couple of times a month, there's nothing to figure will not, but home will be a little happier. Our ancestors attributed this savory meat almost magical properties - in any situation cakes were, so to speak, a perfect solution that clearly illustrate the old saying.

"Would pies will cronies", "What are pals, and they are pies," "There Braga da pies, so there is a groomsman", "Hunger - no aunt patty podsunet no", "yes Shanezhka pies, so under most roots; and stale bread and sour milk, so half the fiber, "" Without a pancake - not Mardi Gras without the cake - not the birthday boy "," Eat Pies - tesh mistress! "etc.

Ate cakes in Russia for a variety of reasons - and on all holidays and in everyday life, especially lyubilos our ancestors snack instead of bread soups. When in the early 17th century in Russia came a German traveler Adam Oleary, he was the first to describe this Russian dish: "They have a special kind of biscuits, like paste, called them" pie ", the size of the pies with a wedge of oil, but more elongated, and stuffing them give meat, fish and onions, baked on cow or vegetable oil, the taste is not without its pleasures. Every dish that treats guests wanting to take them well. " That's how he wrote about the pies and cakes arrived in Russia a foreigner and try one of our traditional dishes.

Recipes cooking meat pies

It would hardly be true to say that the cakes cook very simply - and they must be able to sculpt beautiful and bake so that the dough was wet inside, or, conversely, too dry. "Sunshine, I think, pies, and left tires on the pots" - to an incident described in the saying did not happen to you, follow the suggested recipes carefully, just observing the proportions of products and procedures described steps preparation of pies.

We have compiled a few simple recipes for successful meat pies on different types of dough and with different types of meat fillings.

Recipe with minced meat patties on the test with sour cream

You will need: 500g wheat flour, 300g minced beef, sour cream 200g, 100g onions, 1 sachet of baking powder to the dough and the egg, pepper, salt, vegetable oil.

How to cook meat pies. Stir crushed and minced onion, sift the flour, mix it with salt and baking powder. In the flour, add sour cream and beat the egg, knead a soft dough, roll it thin and cut out circles, each put stuffing, well zaschinut edge, lifting them up from the sides - will stitch the top center of the patty. Fry on both sides until browning in vegetable oil or bake in the oven at 180-200 degrees.

As a stuffing for meat pies can be used any meat or meat products and by-products - pork, beef, lamb, and mixtures thereof. In the meat patty is placed in the already finished - fried or boiled form, and in the cheese - but in this case it is necessary to consider that during the heat treatment is necessary not only flushed pies, but also to bring to the readiness of the filling.

Recipe meat patties with beef

You will need: 1 kg of beef and flour 500ml milk 11g (one bag) of dry yeast, 4 eggs, 2 onions, 1 cup sugar, vegetable oil, a pinch of salt.

How to cook beef patties. ? a glass of milk to heat, add the yeast and 1 tablespoon sugar, stir and leave for 15min - on the surface of yeast will cap. The remaining milk to heat, pour into it the yeast mixture, stir, to drive the egg, stir again, add the remaining sugar, pour vegetable oil and salt the carefully knead, gradually adding flour, soft non-stick dough and 1,5ch leave it at room temperature for lifting , put in a greased container and cover with cling film. Obmyat risen dough, leave for another 40 minutes for the second lift. Boil until tender beef (you can add spices to taste), salt the end of cooking. Fry onion, twist the meat with onions through a meat grinder. Powder work surface with flour, roll out dough, separating them equal parts and shape cakes: put the dough on your palm, spread the stuffing, zaschipyvat edge and palms flat patty. Spread patties on a greased baking sheet with vegetable oil and bake in preheated oven for 10-15min 220gradusov ready to grease patties milk - they become shiny.

When you work with the dough, it is important that the room was warm when cool - put it to rise in a warm oven.

For anyone who does not have much time left, the output will buy the dough, but not always with such a test patty gets really tasty, just puff pastry ready to give, according to many mistresses, good results.

Recipe fast pies with lamb on puff pastry

Need: 1kg of finished puff pastry 500g fillet of lamb, 100-150g sour cream, 1-2 onions, 1 egg, cumin, parsley, pepper, salt.

How to cook a quick meat pies on the puff pastry. Finely chop the meat with a knife - so it will be juicier than if it twist in a meat grinder, mix with chopped onions, chopped parsley, pepper and salt, season with a pinch of cumin. Roll out the dough and cut into equal squares, then diagonally into triangles, put the filling in the center, above - 1 tsp sour cream, fold in half the long way, zaschipnut edge. Coat with beaten egg and bake in a preheated 220 degree oven for 25 minutes.

For the filling of meat patties of meat can be used not only in splendid isolation, but in conjunction with different products.

Recipe meat pies with raisins and nuts

You will need: 600g puff pastry 500g minced beef, 300g minced lamb, pine nuts 50g, 2 large onions, 1 egg, 4 tablespoons small dark raisins, 3 tablespoons vegetable oils, for? tsp ground cinnamon and allspice, parsley.

How to cook meat pies, nuts and raisins. Finely chop the onion and fry until browning 10 minutes, add the minced meat and fry for 7 minutes on high heat, breaking up lumps shovel, put the chopped parsley, season with pepper and cinnamon, add the raisins and walnuts, stir and remove from heat, leave for 15min. 6 equal parts cut sheet of dough, roll each into a square 10-12cm. Put the stuffing so that it was on one side of the square (visually divide it diagonally), departing from the edges of the dough 1.5 cm. Separate the egg white from the yolk, protein coat the edges of the dough, cover with minced meat-free part of the test, zaschipnut edge. Beat the egg yolk with 1 tsp water, smear cakes. Share on baking sheet and bake for 25-30min in a preheated 180 degree oven.

Meat pies can be very diverse, but always one - it's very tasty, appetizing and give your home a real comfort dish that will be appreciated by all, especially the men!