Cooking pies with the liver - the secrets of lush and delicious pastries

To prepare delicious pies, several components are necessary: ​​a proven recipe, properly kneaded dough and successful filling. Of course, I want the pastries to look beautiful - the traditional form of pies does not surprise anyone. The recipe for the test for pies, the rules of sculpting and the finer points of cooking - later in the article.

How to knead the dough for pies

It would seem that here is complicated? Everyone knows that it is necessary to sprinkle the table with flour, and grease your hands with oil - then the dough will not stick to your hands and work surface. But there are a few more secrets that experienced housewives are advised to use.

• Well sifted flour saturated with oxygen, and thanks to this, baking rises well in the oven.
• Cool or heat all ingredients to the same temperature.
• Yeast for the test must be diluted in a glass of warm water (not in boiling water). Cold water will prevent yeast from coming up quickly.
• When baking, the proofing of the dough is very important. After sculpting, put the pies on a baking sheet, cover with a cloth and leave for an hour, and only then send to the oven. The dough will rise and the products will come out lush - especially if there is yeast in the recipe.
• Beautiful yellow color cakes are given sugar, butter and egg yolks.
• If the house does not have a warm corner, where dough can rise, send it to a slightly preheated but turned off oven.

To make the pies lush and airy, preheat the oven to 100 ° and raise the temperature gradually to 180-200 °.

Yeast-free dough

First of all, we will learn how to cook dough for pies without yeast. The filling for liver pies should be prepared in advance, because working with the dough will not take more than half an hour.

You will need:

• 0.5 kilograms of sifted flour;
• 2 eggs;
• a glass of chilled boiled water;
• 0.5 tablespoons of salt;
• 1 tablespoon of sugar.

Cooking

1. Pour water, egg yolks into a separate bowl, add salt and sugar and beat until smooth.
2. From the flour, form a slide with a depression in the center and pour in the resulting mixture.
3. For 15-20 minutes, leave it to infuse at room temperature. Done - now you can start sculpting.

Yeast dough

The second common recipe for a baking base is a quick yeast pastry dough for pies, which is also good for frying in a pan.

You will need:

• 0.5 kilograms of sifted flour;
• a glass of warm milk;
• 2 eggs (yolks);
• a teaspoon of sugar, salt and dry yeast;
• 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil.

Cooking

1. Mix milk with yeast and wait for the mixture to froth.
2. Pour in sugar, salt, pour in vegetable oil and egg yolks, after stirring, add flour.
3. Knead the dough, form a ball out of it and send to rise in a warm place.
4. After it doubles, the mass must be kneaded again and sent to reach.
5. When the dough becomes lush again, you can begin to sculpt.
6. If you want the patties with liver in the oven to appear rosy, grease them with egg yolk and do not spare sugar for the dough.

Filling for liver pies

Lovers of liver pies are presented with a step-by-step recipe with a photo that will teach you how to make delicious mincemeat for pies - just a few minutes and at your disposal a juicy liver filling with onions and rice, so delicious that you can’t drag the family from pies for your ears.

As a basis for pies, you can use any liver - chicken, goose, lamb, beef or pork.Next are the popular toppings for baking (based on 500 grams of flour).

• Pies with liver and egg. Ingredients: liver, 1 onion, 3 tablespoons of sunflower oil, flour, milk, salt and pepper to taste. Peel and remove the liver, cut into slices, roll in flour and send to the pan. Then pass it through a meat grinder. Boil and chop eggs, finely chopped onion and fry. Combine all ingredients and mix.
• Pies with liver and rice. Ingredients: liver, 1 carrot, 1 onion, 250 grams of disgusting rice, salt and pepper to taste. Separately, fry the liver, chopped carrots and onions. Pass them through a meat grinder or blender, combine, add rice and mix.
• Patties with liver and potatoes. Ingredients: liver, 500 grams of peeled potato, 1 onion, 2-3 cloves of garlic. Boil the liver and potatoes. Chop the potatoes, chop the liver with a blender or a meat grinder. Add fried onions and garlic, mix.

How to sculpt pies correctly

Pies should be not only tasty, but also beautiful. How to sculpt pies? In addition to the traditional cylindrical, there are several other ways to shape the pastries.

• The boat. Roll out small pieces of dough and pinch around the edges, stretching a little, grease the center of the boat with oil and lay out the filling.
• Square / Triangular. Cut the dough into a square. To achieve a square shape, wrap the edges in the center and fasten together, for a triangular shape - fold the square in half.
• Star / flower. Put the filling in the center of the dough. The edges can be bent in a way convenient for you - in the form of a star, “spinner” or any other figure. The only caveat - the sides should remain above the level of the filling.

That's all you need to know about making hearty liver pies. Experiment with form, filling and delight your family with beautiful, tasty and healthy dishes!

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