Chicken pie has been known since tsarist times. The basis of the pie is chicken meat, which is probably why the dish got its name. Although there is another version of why the pie is called kurnik: a hole is made in the center of the dish so that steam can escape ("smoke") from the baking.
It is necessary
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- 3-4 cups flour;
- 1 pack (250 g) butter or margarine;
- less than 1 tsp soda;
- 1 glass of sour cream or kefir;
- table vinegar;
- chicken fillet;
- 1-2 onion heads;
- 3-4 tubers of raw potatoes;
- salt;
- spice;
- egg;
- greens;
- vegetable oil or butter for lubricating the baking dish.
Instructions
Step 1
Sift flour through a sieve, melt butter (or margarine). Then mix flour, margarine, sour cream. Add a pinch of salt and vinegar-quenched baking soda. Knead the dough. It should turn out to be soft, plastic. Put the dough in the refrigerator for an hour and prepare the filling.
Step 2
Chop the chicken finely. For the pie, you can use a leg or breast.
Step 3
Chop the onion. It can be cut into strips or half rings.
Step 4
Pepper and salt the meat, add aromatic spices.
Step 5
Peel the potatoes and cut them into thin rings or slices.
Step 6
Grease a baking dish with oil.
Step 7
When the filling ingredients are ready, remove the dough from the refrigerator. Divide it into two parts: one larger, the other smaller. Roll out a larger piece of dough and place the layer in the bowl to bake the pie. It is better to use a baking sheet with high edges for this purpose. Leave some dough around the edges, this will be used to tint the pie.
Step 8
Now start laying out the filling. The first layer is chicken meat. It should completely cover the dough. Then lay out the next - onion layer. Salt it lightly. Top with potatoes. Sprinkle it with salt again. Add greens on top.
Step 9
To make the pie juicy, put a few slices of butter or a couple of tablespoons of sour cream previously mixed with spices on the potatoes.
Step 10
Roll out the rest of the dough and cover the pie with it. Pinch the edges of the dish. Make a hole in the center. To do this, you can use a thick knitting needle or pierce the pie in several places with a toothpick.
Step 11
In a small bowl, foam the egg and brush over the baked goods. Let the cake separate a little, and then put it in an oven preheated to 200 degrees. Bake for 35-40 minutes. The readiness of the dish can be checked with a wooden toothpick or a match. Pierce the pie. If there is no dough or filling left on the match, then the dish can be taken out of the oven.
Step 12
Take out the cake, sprinkle it with water and cover with a towel to "lie down". Then you can serve it to the table.
