Russian cuisine has always been famous names hearty.This is understandable and explainable, yet most of the country is located in the cool and cold zones, requiring the enhanced power for the normal heat transfer.Plus the Russian cooking is that satiety is attained not to the detriment of the goodies.And pies all the Russians were almost symbol: so delicious and varied pies you will not find in any other country.
Why this name
The category includes cakes and pies.With meat they began to prepare relatively recently;initially are the pies made with fish, and the noble - vyazigoy, salmon, burbot, sturgeon.And the name was the result of Russian humor.Pies a long and open, visible from above stuffing.It seems to open the clasp - and therefore pies.With meat there, with fish, other filling - they are always juicy, hearty and tasty.
Why not fastened the clasp?
First, pies - fast food.That is, of course, preparations were made beforehand, but baked cakes just before use.The presence of the gap at the top of articles contributed to filling baked through much faster than in a closed pie that for a restaurant (and pie - especially the tavern meal) is very important.
«open the clasp" had another purpose.Some species of fish, which patties stuffed with before became popular with the meat pies are quite dry meat.To make the cakes juiciness and mitigate fish carcasses into the holes in baking refilled melted butter or broth.Now this method of preparation is not particularly relevant, but sorry - it had its advantages.
begin with test
At a time when more and more housewives prefer to cook from the purchase of options are not so important secrets and subtleties of getting the lush, soft and tasty dough.This is very unfortunate, because home is always better stores.
Suppose you are going to cook pies with meat, the recipe of which presupposes their present dough.Then it needs to be done.And in this case it is better not to rely on supermarkets.
most suitable dough, from which you can build pies (meat in particular), - yeast.And it begins with a sponge.For it is heated (not boiled) milk, yeast are put into it;If dry - less if alive - a little more, plus a spoonful of flour and sugar.The bowl is placed in the heat, the next should not be too open flame or hot batteries - it will kill the yeast bacteria.Minutes after about 15-20 over the bowl will be abundant foam - this is Opara.
Continue uphill flour poured the remaining milk, poured sugar, salt and introduced Opara.When the dough to a first approximation vymesheno, pour vegetable oil, and again all kneaded.The result should be a non-tacky, elastic and firm.The dough is covered with a cloth or towel (or in any case not a one-off or fuzzy) and put in the heat for 40 minutes.
most common modern filling
How to cook a pie with meat - from the finished mince or grind it out took a fancy piece - your business.In our opinion, make the stuffing yourself safer and taste benefit.But maybe you have a credible shop ... So, beef is.Onion, chopped finely as possible, fried in vegetable oil until complete transparency.In the same skillet pripuskayut beef;do not forget to add salt and pepper.Now - the question to the filling.Since most people are preparing pies with meat, the recipe provides for the steep boiled eggs.You do not want to - do not.In the classic eggs finely chopped, mixed with onions and meat - and, when cool, stuffing is ready to become a part of the pie.
most important thing - baking
approached the dough easy to define - it becomes more than twice the minimum.If you want to achieve perfection - Punch the dough again and place in a warm place again (quite a while, until it again will not work).Once you've decided that the ideal is reached, it (in the sense of ideal) should be rolled sausage and cut into equal parts.Rolled in tortillas is not necessarily, you can just stretch my hands to get kruglyashok.To get a full and juicy meat pie, the recipe suggests putting in a half tablespoons batter (of course, canteens) cooked filling.Zaleplivat need carefully, "seam" is supposed to be strong, so it does not leak through that formed inside the patty.And make sure the hole!Removing the excess fluid - the key to quality and tasty pie.
baked goods will be from 20 to 30 minutes.Want a shiny crust - Lubricate each patty egg or vegetable oil.Egg better - these pies with meat is much more colorful and rosy.
options stuffing
During the heyday of pies was hard to imagine a pie with anything other than fish.Now he is only associated with meat, although its origin may be a variation: there are beef, lamb, chicken and pork.Especially monetary and fastidious citizens may find even with game pies.
However, the meat can not always compete with alternative fillings, especially in the fast days.Today
into this pie we can put only the green - and it will be delicious.You can lard pie with mushrooms and sauerkraut (tastier will be if we add the fish, but it is - not the most rigorous days).Those who are not fasting, will be interesting recipe with boiled eggs, flavored with herbs.Many very approve pies with cheese, both sweet and with additions in the form of the same herbs.
word - would correct the dough and shape, and what to dump, will prompt a fantasy.
What about favorite potato?
Potatoes not too suitable for pies, even in combination with meat.For a start, it is too malosochny;We have to remember the old recipes with topping broth or oil.However, craftsmen iskhitryayutsya cook pies with meat and potatoes.In this endeavor, the main thing - to hide your favorite vegetables and meat.Then he soaked juice will not dry, but still satisfied with the flavors of meat and spices laid him.In most cases, top up "softening" oil or broth still have.Although the result will please even a skeptic.
For very lazy
Frankly, not only for lazy people.Yet our lives are stressful, unpredictable and requires full-time commitment, so that the correct, full preparation of most dishes we just do not have time.And lazy pies with meat (and maybe not only him) can be the salvation for many families who are tired of everyday chicken, pasta, buckwheat, sausages.The version for men superzanyatyh recipe is simplified very much.Do not wither over the yeast dough - buy in the shop ready puff (with it easier, but you can choose to puff-yeast or a yeast).Stuffing is also possible to buy a ready - even if you lose in quality and taste, but pets will not remain indifferent to your pies.Minced meat is any need to fry;there is another couple of minutes - add to it roasted onions.Boil the eggs and cut them too much time will not take, but your dish will fit most popular recipe.
Next - even easier.The finished dough is rolled out, cut into rectangles;stuffing mixes and flavored with spices (at least salt and pepper).Puts filling, the dough is wrapped as desired - and in the oven for 20 minutes.This preparation is available even very busy people!
But in fact, I would like to find out, it is necessary to topping up the broth ... and differ from the classic pies and puff pastry present ... and what is in the "hole" does not put the fish that was in the stuffing ... Maybe when-something we'll find out.
