Pies are one of the most famous and common dishes. Everyone knows what it is, but not everyone can cook this wonderful meal. If you have never had a chance to cook pies, and you decided to master this wisdom, then let's understand this issue.
Instructions
Step 1
The obvious fact is that to make a pie you need two components - the dough and the filling.
Step 2
The dough can be flaky, on kefir, yeast (leaner for pies with savory filling and rich for sweet pies). It should be noted that it is not always necessary to use only butter and sweet dough for pies with sweet filling. For example, neutral puff pastry goes very well with both salty and sweet fillings.
Step 3
As for the fillings, there are prospects for creativity. Unsweetened pies can be with meat, mushrooms, cabbage, potatoes, eggs and green onions, etc. Sweet ones - with cottage cheese, with jam, with fresh berries or fruits. It is simply impossible to list all the options for fillings - here almost every housewife makes something of her own.
Step 4
According to the method of preparation, pies are divided into baked and fried. The baked ones, respectively, are baked in a preheated oven on a baking sheet. Fried - fried in a pan.
Step 5
So, we figured out the classification, now we need to get the dough. How? There are several options here:
• buy ready-made (now there is a choice of both yeast and puff pastry);
• ask how an experienced relative (mother, grandmother, aunt) or friend does it and make the dough under their guidance;
• find a recipe on the Internet and make it yourself.
Step 6
When choosing what kind of dough you will make, it is worth considering not only its taste, but also the cooking time. For example, yeast dough, especially if pressed yeast rather than dry "fast" yeast is used for its preparation, should come up two or three times, which will take quite a long time.
Step 7
If you decide to cook on your own, according to a recipe from a book or the Internet, first read the recipe carefully. Prepare all the food you need for the dough. Perform all the operations indicated in the recipe in sequence - mix everything that is needed in the described sequence, let the dough stand, if required. It's better not to deviate from the recipe the first time. In the future, according to your own experience and taste, you can make changes both in the composition of the dough and in the technology of the manufacturing process.
Step 8
The dough is ready. Now you need to roll it out. If it is a denser puff pastry, it can be thinner, yeast dough - thicker. Next, the dough needs to be cut into blanks for future pies. The dough can be cut into squares, circles, triangles, depending on the shape of the pies you are going to cook.
Step 9
The next stage is the filling. Put it on the blanks in small portions, so that the edges of the patties can be easily folded and pinched. Pinch the edges of the pies carefully, otherwise, when you start to fry or bake them, all the filling will come out. Especially often sweet juicy filling likes to do it, for example, cherries with sugar or cottage cheese. Shape the pie as desired.
Step 10
If the pies are fried, pour vegetable oil into the pan and heat it properly. If you are going to bake pies, place them on a greased or parchment-covered baking sheet and place in a preheated oven. Now all that remains is to wait until your pies are ready and make sure that they do not burn.
