Delicious puff pastry puffs with minced meat - this is a thin crispy dough and a lot of juicy filling. The pastries are delicious both hot and cold.
You can take the puff pastries with you to work or a picnic, or serve them with hot broth.
Puff pastry puffs with minced meat - basic cooking principles
The most labor-intensive process is preparing the puff pastry. Mix it with water. Then they roll it out, lay out pieces of butter fat over the entire area, roll it up into an envelope and roll it out as thin as possible. The procedure is repeated several times. Then the dough must be placed in the refrigerator for several hours. There is also a quick cooking method. To do this, sift the flour into a cup, add butter cut into pieces and pour in ice water. Quickly knead the dough and also put it in the refrigerator. The fastest and easiest way to make puff pastry is to use store-bought puff pastry.
The filling for puff pastries is prepared using any minced meat. Mixed minced meat from several types of meat is best suited for this. For juiciness, add finely chopped onion, salt, pepper and knead well.
The dough is rolled out into a thin layer and cut into small squares. Place the filling in the middle of each and form square or triangular puffs.
For variety, cheese, vegetables, feta cheese, etc. are added to the filling.
Recipe options for cutlets in dough with photos
Cutlets in dough are an alternative substitute for sandwiches . They will be appreciated by both meat eaters and those who want to diversify the menu a little. The dish will also be appreciated by mothers getting their children ready for school - this is a suitable option for a hearty snack for schoolchildren.
These cutlets can be easily made together with children - they are very interested in the process of wrapping the cutlet in strips of dough.
And if you approach the design creatively, you can prepare cutlets for a children’s party, decorating them in an original way or turning them into fairy-tale animals.
Turkish cuisine has its own recipes for cutlets: lula kebab (in the oven, on skewers, on the grill), kefte.
“Pies with cutlets” in the oven (yeast dough)
Cooking time will take a little over 3 hours.
- beef600g.
- carrots (small) 1 pc.
- white cabbage 200g.
- onion 1 pc.
- garlic2 cloves
- potato starch 2 tbsp. l.
- semolina 2 tbsp. l.
- cream (preferably low-fat) 2 tbsp. l.
- vegetable oil 1 tbsp. l.
- seasonings and spices to taste
- salt to taste
- calorie content 155.7 kcal
- proteins8.9g.
- fats8.4g.
- carbohydrates 11.9g.
- curdled milk (can be replaced with yogurt, sour cream, kefir) 250 ml.
- flour 600g.
- egg white 1 pc.
- water100ml.
- sugar 2 tbsp. l.
- salt 1 tsp. l.
- yeast 11g.
- vegetable oil 3 tbsp. l.
- milk 2 tbsp. l.
- vegetable oil to taste
- sugar to taste
Recipe:
- Cooking cutlets. To do this, you need to peel the vegetables and pass them through a meat grinder twice along with the beef. Add starch, semolina, cream, salt and necessary spices to the resulting mixture.
- Mix everything thoroughly and divide the resulting minced meat into 12 lumps of the same size.
- Fry in a frying pan until half cooked.
- Now let's do the dough. Add yeast and sugar (a teaspoon) to the water. Let stand until a small foam cap forms (the time will be 7-10 minutes).
- Mix the curdled milk with egg white, salt, vegetable oil and the remaining amount of sugar, add the appropriate yeast, then add flour in small parts. Knead the dough.
- Leave it for 1 hour in a warm place to rise. If there is no warm place in the house, you can place the dough in a saucepan or other container with a lid and place it in a bowl of warm water.
- When the dough has risen, knead it lightly and divide the dough into 12 equal parts.
- Form each piece of dough into a rectangle (you can make a traditional circle) and wrap the cutlet in it. Leave for another 20 minutes so that the dough rises a little.
- Now our pies need to be coated - to do this, mix the yolk, sugar and milk in a bowl. Brush the tops of the pies with this mixture. Bake in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
Recipes for Russian cutlets: with cottage cheese, shrimp. How to cook cutlets in dough in the oven, watch the video:
In puff pastry (in the oven)
Another wonderful recipe for meat pies - only using puff pastry (also baked in the oven).
- puff pastry 1kg.
- minced meat 1kg.
- onion 1 pc.
- garlic1 clove
- milk 1 tbsp. l.
- yolk 1 pc.
- favorite seasonings 1 tsp. l.
- salt 1 tsp. l.
- calorie content 341.5 kcal
- proteins8.9g.
- fats 23.8g.
- carbohydrates 22g.
Instructions on how to cook:
- Add finely chopped onion, pre-chopped garlic, salt and seasonings to the minced meat. Mix everything well and beat lightly (take small pieces of minced meat with your hands and throw them back into the bowl. Alternatively, just lightly beat the minced meat with your hands). This way it will be juicier and its texture more uniform.
- Roll out the puff pastry (approximately 3 mm thick) and cut into strips 5-6 mm thick. The knife should be sharp enough so that the dough does not drag behind the knife.
- Divide the minced meat into pieces (you should get 15-16 pieces), form them into balls. Each ball needs to be rolled in flour.
- Wrap each meat ball with prepared strips of dough - 2 strips of dough per cutlet.
- Cover the sheet with special baking paper and place the cutlets. Add egg yolk to milk (take 1 tablespoon), mix well until smooth and use a silicone brush to brush the cutlets with this mixture.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and place a baking sheet with cutlets in it. Bake for about 35-40 minutes until lightly golden brown. Bon appetit!
These cutlets can be eaten either hot or cold, and hot chicken broth is ideal when serving them.
Useful information for vegetarians: puree soup from zucchini, fish, broccoli, dietary, champignon. Cooking cutlets in puff pastry like video:
Fried in a frying pan
Cutlets fried in a frying pan will be an excellent variation of this original dish - in some cases, this method will significantly save cooking time. Hearty pies are suitable both as lunch and a delicious dinner.
- water250ml.
- wheat flour 2.5 cups
- dry active yeast 1 tsp. l.
- sugar 1 tsp. l.
- sunflower oil 2 tbsp. l.
- salt 1 pinch
- calorie content 629.2 kcal
- proteins 74.8g.
- fats 26.5g.
- carbohydrates 20.5g.
- pork (loin) 1 kg.
- potatoes 200g.
- onion 100g.
- breadcrumbs 150g.
- butter 50g.
- garlic50g.
- salt 1 pinch
Step-by-step preparation:
- First, let's prepare the cutlets. To do this, grind (twist) pork meat (you can also use ready-made minced meat), add onions, garlic and potatoes to it, mix everything, then add breadcrumbs.
- Form the cutlets into a slightly oblong shape and fry in a frying pan in vegetable oil. Place the fried cutlets in a frying pan, add a little water and seasoning, and simmer over low heat for a while. The cutlets are ready.
- Prepare the dough. Add yeast, sugar and salt, as well as sunflower oil to the heated water. Stir everything and gradually add flour. Mix the dough a little and put it in a warm place to rise.
- Once the dough is ready, you will need to knead it a little more, then release it into several pieces. Lightly roll out each piece or stretch it with your fingers, place a lump of meat into the dough and fold the edges of the dough.
- Fry the cutlet in the dough on both sides in boiling sunflower oil. You can serve it to the table!
Every housewife wants the finished dish to look appetizing and tempting. Of course, the cutlets themselves look beautiful, but a dish with them can be decorated with fresh herbs, lettuce leaves or chopped fresh vegetables.
Recipes for lovers of flour dishes: pizza pide, lahmacun, gozleme, Turkish burek.
This video will help you prepare cutlet pies correctly:
Recipe 5. Puff pastry puffs with minced meat and potatoes
Ingredients
ready puff pastry - kg;
onion head;
potatoes - 2 tubers;
mixed minced meat - half a kilogram.
Cooking method
Chop the peeled onion as finely as possible. Lightly mash the onion with your hands to release the juice. Add to minced meat. Peel the potatoes, wash them and chop them into large chips. Add to the rest of the ingredients. Salt and pepper everything. Mix everything with your hands until smooth.
Place the pre-thawed dough on the countertop, dusting it with flour. Roll it out and cut into equal small squares.
Place the meat filling in the middle of each. Connect the edges tightly. Grease a baking sheet with oil. Place the puff pastries on it and also coat them with oil. Turn on the oven at 200 C. Bake until an appetizing crust appears.
Meat and potato pie recipe
In addition to meat filling, other products can be added to puff pastry pies. This type of baking combines potatoes and minced meat perfectly.
Ingredients:
- 1 kg puff pastry;
- 5 medium-sized potatoes;
- half a kilo of minced meat;
- two onions;
- egg – 1 pc.;
- salt and pepper - added depending on taste;
- 20 g of animal oil.
Cooking time – 50 minutes.
Calorie content (per 100 grams) – 252 kcal.
Simmer potatoes with minced meat and onions until half cooked.
Cover the baking dish with foil and grease with animal oil.
Divide the dough in half. When rolling out, make one part slightly larger than the size of the mold and then place it on the bottom. Place the stewed potatoes with minced meat on top and level them over the entire pan.
Roll out the second half of the dough to fit the mold and place it on top of the potato and meat filling.
Coat the top of the pie with beaten egg and leave to steep for a quarter of an hour. Then place the baked goods in a preheated oven and bake for 20-30 minutes.
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Potato pie with minced meat in the oven
I would like to invite you to try a wonderful potato pie cooked with minced meat in the oven. It turns out very tasty, satisfying, it can be served for lunch or dinner, and you can also treat guests, supplemented with a light salad of fresh vegetables. The pie is easy to prepare. You can use any minced meat at your discretion and taste. Instead of tomato sauce, you can use fresh tomatoes. Try it, very tasty pie!
Ingredients
To prepare a potato pie with minced meat in the oven you will need: potatoes - 3 pcs.; butter - 20 g (for boiled potatoes) + 5 g (for greasing the mold); premium flour - 150 g; onion - 1 pc.; vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. l.; any minced meat (I have pork + chicken) - 500 g; tomato sauce - 2 tbsp. l; salt, ground black pepper, spices for minced meat - to taste; paprika pieces - 1 tsp; hard cheese - 80 g; breadcrumbs for sprinkling the mold.
Cooking steps
- Cut the peeled potatoes into pieces, add water and, putting on fire, bring to a boil, add salt and boil over low heat until tender (for 25-30 minutes). Then drain the water and mash the potatoes.
- Add 20 grams of butter to the crushed potatoes and stir.
- Cool the crushed potatoes until warm, add flour.
- Knead soft, slightly sticky potato dough.
- Finely chop the peeled onion and fry in a frying pan with the addition of vegetable oil until golden brown over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
- Add minced meat, salt, pepper, spices and paprika to the fried onions.
- Mix the minced meat with the onion and fry, breaking up the meat lumps, for 10 minutes. Then add tomato sauce to the minced meat, stir and simmer for about 5 minutes. If you use fresh tomatoes, it is better to place them chopped when you assemble the pie.
- Cover the bottom of a springform pan with a diameter of 18-20 cm with parchment. Grease the bottom and sides of the pan with butter and sprinkle with breadcrumbs.
- Place the potato dough in the mold, forming high sides. Place the slightly cooled minced meat into the mold and smooth it out. You can put fresh tomatoes on the minced meat if you use them.
- Grate the cheese on a coarse or medium grater and sprinkle it over the entire pie filling.
- Bake the pie in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for about 30-40 minutes.
- Incredibly tasty and satisfying potato pie, cooked with minced meat in the oven, serve warm, carefully cutting it into pieces.
Bon appetit!