Caucasian dishes are not only tasty, but also healthy due to the use of a large variety of greens. Delight your loved ones by treating them to a wonderful dish - an Ossetian pie with herbs and cheese. To prepare it, you need the simplest ingredients and a little free time.
Heat 50 g butter. In half a glass of warmed (but not hot) kefir, dilute 2/3 tablespoon of dry yeast. Pour half a glass of kefir into another glass and dissolve 1/2 teaspoon of salt in it. Pour two glasses of sifted flour into a suitable dish, make a depression in it and pour all the kefir into it, add the heated oil and mix well. Leave the dough to rise in a warm place for 2 hours. If it came up earlier, wrinkle it slightly and let it stand further, this will give it splendor.
One of the main ingredients of the Ossetian pie is greens. You can use green onions, dill, parsley, celery, thyme, rosemary, etc. - you will need about 300 g of various herbs. Shortly before the dough is finished, wash the herbs and chop finely. Add 150 g of Adyghe cheese and 100 g of sour cream to it, mix well. The pie filling is ready.
Pour the matched dough onto a floured table and knead with a little flour. It is better to grease your hands with a small amount of sunflower oil. Divide the kneaded dough into two pieces in a 2: 1 ratio. Roll out a thick pancake from the first (large) portion of the dough and cover the tart pan with it. The size of the pancake should be such that it covers the bottom of the mold and its sides.
Put the filling on the first pancake (in the form), distribute it evenly. Roll out a second pancake from the rest of the dough, place it on the pie and join the edges of both pancakes in a circle. Make a small hole in the center for the steam to escape. The cake can be garnished with thin strips of dough, laid crosswise on top in the form of a net.
Ossetian pie should be baked for 20-25 minutes in an already preheated oven at a temperature of 200 ° C. Check the readiness visually by the color of the top crust, it should be an appetizing ruddy color, but not faded or burnt. After removing the cake from the oven, brush the outside with butter to add a shine. After that, let cool for 15 minutes, cover with a towel, and serve. You can decorate the hole in the center of the cake with a few sprigs of greenery.
