Ossetian pies with beetroot leaves
Ossetian pies can be eaten every day! Such the dish will never get bored! Every time you change the filling, you do varied menu. Beetroot Pie Recipe Leaves are distinguished not only by taste, but also by huge benefits. There are so many vitamins in beet tops!
Ossetian pie with cheese and beet tops
In Ossetia, women always bake pies. For a man it is considered that “stick your hands in the dough” is a great humiliation. The pie will turn out successful if the dough is thin, and the plentiful and juicy filling is not will fall out.
For cooking you will need:
- Beetroot leaves 250 gr
- Ossetian cheese or suluguni cheese 200 gr
- Yeast dough 500 gr
- Butter 50 gr
- Salt
Cook Ossetian pie with cheese and beet tops it is possible so:
Wash beetroot leaves in cold water and chop coarsely straws. Add grated Ossetian cheese, salt and mix.
Roll the prepared yeast dough into a layer with a thickness of 0.5 see. Lay the filling in the middle, lift the edges of the dough up and collect in a large “dumpling”. The filling should be fully in test. Gently smooth the dough, distributing the filling evenly inside.
Put the cake in a mold or on a greased baking sheet. AT In the center, prick with a fork to release steam. Bake the product in preheated to 190 degrees oven 20-25 minutes.
Grease a hot pie with butter.
Ossetian pies are a ritual dish. In the center table three pies that symbolize the Holy Trinity: the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Not a single feast in Ossetia can do without this baking. Over the set table, they say prayers and eat pies. Firstly.
Ossetian pie with beetroot chicken
For cooking you will need:
Filling:
- Minced chicken 1 kg
- Onions 2-3 medium pcs
- Cilantro greens 6-8 branches
- Beetroot leaves 200 gr
- Chicken egg 1 pc
- Butter 50 gr
- Salt and pepper
Dough:
- Live yeast 1.5 g
- Water 850 ml
- Flour 300 gr
- Salt 1 teaspoon
- Sugar 1.5 tablespoons
- Vegetable oil 50 ml
Make a beetroot pie and chicken it is possible so:
Dilute the yeast with half sugar in 100 ml of warm water. Wait for the foam to form.
Separately dilute 750 ml of water with salt and remaining sugar. Add the diluted yeast, flour and salt. Knead the dough. Then stir in vegetable oil. Cover with a film and put warm place for 2-2.5 hours.
Minced minced meat (very finely chopped chicken meat) mix with chopped onions. Rinse beet leaves in running water and dry it. Cut into small strips. Add minced cilantro to the minced meat, add salt and pepper.
Divide the dough into 2 parts. Roll each one like a pancake half a centimeter thick.
Put chicken stuffing on one cake, spread on top beet leaves. Lubricate the edges with an egg and gently cover the second flat cake. Gently pinch the edges and bake in preheated to 180 degrees oven for 20 minutes.
Remove the cake and grease it with butter. Put back and bake for another 5 minutes.
Cool the finished cake a little, and cut into several pieces. Put on plates and serve.
Tasty ideas:
Serve with this pie sauces: tkemali, aivar or adjika. These recipes can be found on the site. Do you like experiments? Make an Ossetian pie in a slow cooker. The recipe is not complicated, but pies are no less tasty!
