Homemade pies are a primordially Russian dish, and there are a great many recipes for its preparation. Pastries with meat and cabbage are popular. But it is not necessary to choose one filling, because pies with these two ingredients will turn out to be very tasty and juicy.
The most important thing in making pies is to make the dough correctly. For this dish, only yeast milk or kefir is suitable. For him you will need 2 cups of kefir, 7 cups of flour, 0.5 cups of oil (vegetable), 1 tbsp. sugar, 2 bags of dry yeast, 11 g each and 1 tsp. salt,.
To make the dough fluffy and airy, the kefir is heated, sugar, oil and salt are added to it, mixed and yeast is poured. The flour is sifted into a large bowl and kefir is poured into it, the dough is kneaded, covered with a towel and placed in a warm place so that the mass rises. It is important to remember that the room must be warm and free of drafts. Usually, 1 hour is enough for the dough to double in volume.
At this time, the filling is prepared. To do this, you will need 1.5 kg of cabbage, 1 onion and carrots, salt, 500 g of minced meat, if desired - fresh dill and black pepper.
Onions are cut into cubes, carrots are chopped on a fine grater, and cabbage is chopped. Vegetables are fried for 20 minutes, minced meat, salt and pepper are added to them, left in a pan for another 20 minutes. And when the fire is off, sprinkle the filling with chopped herbs.
When the dough has come, it is laid out on the table, lightly sprinkled with flour. Before sculpting pies, you need to turn on the oven so that it has time to warm up. The baking temperature is 180 degrees. To make pies, pinch off small pieces from the dough, make balls out of them, roll them out, put a little filling and pinch so that the cabbage and meat are inside.
Lay parchment paper on a baking sheet and lay out the pies. On top they are smeared with a beaten egg and placed in the oven for 20 minutes. And before serving, baked goods are greased with butter.
Pies with meat and cabbage are served for breakfast and lunch, you can have a tea party with them. By the way, for a change, you can add different spices to the filling: coriander, marjoram, etc., as well as a chopped chicken egg.
