Anyone who loves Russian cuisine knows that it is famous for its pies and pies with fish, which have been cooked in Russia since ancient times. They were prepared by everyone and everywhere: on weekdays and holidays, in rich mansions and poor huts.
They love to cook such pies now. There are plenty of fish in our stores, but you can make the dough for them yourself.
A special feature of the fish pie dough is that spices are added to it. Each hostess can pick them up herself. Usually it is cardamom, cumin, flax seed, nutmeg (powder), herbs are also added, more often dill. For fish pie, you can use different types of dough - shortbread, yeast, puff. Batter - for a jellied pie.
Dough for pies on kefir
One of the most commonly used is kefir dough.
- 2 glasses of kefir
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp. l. Sahara
- 2 tsp soda
- 125 g butter (lard, margarine)
- flour on demand
- 1 tsp salt
- spices to taste and desire
Dough preparation
- Pour kefir into a bowl. It should be warm. Pour soda into it and let it sizzle. Add sugar, salt and egg. Beat very well. You can do this with a mixer or blender.
- Soften the oil. This product can be replaced with lard, spread, margarine. Add to kefir. Stir.
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Sift the flour. Knead the dough of such consistency so that it is soft. You can make a pie. From the same dough, you can make pies in the oven.
Dough for pies and pies with fish
Yeast dough for fish pie
From yeast dough, you can bake both an open fish pie, and closed or semi-closed. To make the cake not very fluffy, roll out the dough as thin as possible. Pies of this dough are very tasty in the oven.
- 20 g yeast (raw)
- 1.5 tbsp. l. Sahara
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups milk
- 50 g butter (margarine)
- a pinch of salt
- flour as needed
Steps for making yeast dough for fish pie
- Dissolve yeast in a little warm milk with sugar. Add egg, salt, melted butter or margarine to them. Pour in the rest of the milk and stir well.
- Be sure to sift the flour and knead the batter. Let it stand for a while (20-30 minutes) in a warm place. Add flour and knead the dough, which should not stick to your hands.
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Remove to a warm place for a couple of hours. It is imperative to monitor him, periodically apply. The dough is suitable both for making a pie in the oven and for pies.
Dough for pies and pies with fish
Dough for pies with fish on cottage cheese
This dough is suitable for baking in the oven and in oil in a frying pan.
- 200-250 g of cottage cheese (can be sour)
- 10-12 st. l. flour (it may be necessary to add)
- 1 tbsp. l. Sahara
- 0.5 tsp baking soda
- a pinch of salt
- you can put a pinch of spices to taste
Cooking dough with cottage cheese
- In a bowl for kneading the dough, knead the cottage cheese with sugar into a homogeneous, smooth mass.
- Quench the baking soda with lemon juice. If the curd is sour, then you can skip this. Add it to the curd. Send salt there.
- Add flour and knead the dough. It should be soft, but not stick to your hands. It is possible that there may not be enough flour. It depends on the curd.
- Prepare pies. Bake in oil or in the oven.
