Since ancient times in Russia, it was customary to cook various dishes from peas: grated peas, broken peas, grated peas, pea cheese, pea noodles and, of course, pies with peas. No wonder the people say: "Under the king of peas." The pies are simple to make, they can be baked in a pan as well as in the oven.
Product layout
- vegetable oil - for frying, - milk or water - 1 glass, - flour - 2-3 cups, - dry yeast - 1 tbsp. the spoon, - sugar - 1 tbsp. the spoon, - egg - 1 pc.
- salt - to taste, - onions - 1 pc., - bacon or lard - 100 g, - peas - 1 glass.
Preparation
It is necessary to soak the peas in water for 2 hours in advance to increase the volume of the product and make it easier to cook. In the meantime, you can start kneading the dough. First, knead the dough: slightly warm milk or water, dissolve dry yeast, add sugar, 2 tablespoons of flour, cover the dough and remove for 0.5 hours in a warm place. If there is no yeast, instead of milk and water, you should use a glass of kefir and 1 teaspoon of baking soda. The dough rises well in both cases.
Dough
Next, you need to knead the dough, adding salt, egg and the remaining flour to the dough. It is recommended to sift the flour to make the pies airy. You should get an elastic dough. Then again hide it in a warm place for 2 or 1, 5 hours. The dough should double in size.
Filling
When the dough is still infused, and the peas have already absorbed the required amount of moisture, you can start preparing the filling. To do this, you need to boil the peas. To do this, fill it with new water and put it on fire. After boiling, reduce the fire and note the cooking time of the pea porridge: about 45 minutes - 1 hour.
While the peas are boiling, you need to prepare the frying. To this end, you need to take bacon or bacon, cut it into cubes and put on a hot skillet. Next, peel and cut the onion into small pieces. When the lard gives a lot of fat, you can add the onion there and saute it until golden brown. Some housewives, if desired, still fry one grated carrot in the same place, but this is a matter of taste. After the peas are completely cooked, drain the excess water and make mashed potatoes with a crush. Add frying to the puree, salt to taste, stir thoroughly and leave to thicken. Many amateurs add spices there.
Cooking pies
Then you can start sculpting pies. To do this, get the dough from a secluded place, dump it on the table, sprinkled with flour and knead a little, mixing flour there, because the risen dough will become a little thinner. From the elastic dough, you need to tear off pieces the size of a chicken egg and roll it with a rolling pin into a cake. In each workpiece, you need to put the filling, about a tablespoon, and pinch the edges from above.
After making a certain number of pies that fit in the pan, they can be fried immediately. Just remember to put the pan on the fire, add about half of the vegetable oil there and heat it. It is necessary to fry the pies under the lid, otherwise they will not rise well. When one side of the pies is browned, you need to turn them over to the other side. If you want to bake the pies in the oven, then the pies must be dazzled and put all at once on a baking sheet. Before that, you need to turn on the oven and preheat it to 200 ° C. Before baking, it is advisable to grease the pies with an egg on top with a brush or duck feather and bake for 20-30 minutes. The pies are delicious!
