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They started making pies in Rus' a long time ago and at first they baked them in large sizes due to the lack of a lot of time and utensils. At the same time, the products were never cut, but broken by hand, and the men always got the first piece. Housewives began frying small baked goods in a frying pan later, to make it more convenient to use them in the field while working or to bring them as gifts to children.

More often, yeast dough was used for the dish, which over time began to be alternated with a shortbread, butter or puff pastry base. The shape of the pies differed among families. Some people preferred baking with a boat, while others preferred to cook square, round or open-top products. Nowadays, old recipes for cheesecakes, pies, and kulebyak are very popular, which chefs have slightly modified or left in their original form so that housewives can delight their families.

Classic recipe in a frying pan

You can fry pies in a frying pan from yeast dough with different fillings. But there are some nuances that should be taken into account. For example, if you choose a raw food option, you should increase the cooking time on the stove. The described recipe with meat should not be confused with the famous belyashi. The main difference, besides the shape, is that in the Tatar dish a hole is specially left in the middle of one of the sides.

How to fry pies in a frying pan - the classic recipe below.

By the juice released (it should become transparent), you can easily determine the readiness of the dish.

Composition of ingredients

Product set:

• wheat flour - about 1 kg;
• water – 1 glass;
• raw pressed yeast – 20 g;
• salt – 2 tsp;
• sugar – 1 tbsp. l.;
• minced beef – 1 kg;
• onions – 2 heads;
• milk or water - 1/3 cup;
• vegetable oil – 50 ml for dough and 100 ml for frying.

What can be added and changed in the composition

Instead of ground beef, you can use mixed, chicken or pork. Milk is required to soften the meat composition and make the filling juicy, and for more flavorful products you must also add ground black pepper.

Step-by-step cooking process

Step by step process:

1. You need to start by preparing the dough, which will take more time. First you should put the dough by mixing warm water with sugar, yeast and 2 tbsp in a large cup. l. flour. Cover the mixture with a kitchen towel or cling film and leave at room temperature for 20 minutes.

2. The appearance of bubbles on the surface will indicate activation of the yeast. At this point you need to add 1 tsp. salt, vegetable oil and begin to add sifted flour in parts.
3. The kneaded dough should be soft and easily come off your hands. The base needs to be covered with a towel and left in a warm place until the volume increases 2-3 times. You should knead it and let it come up again.
4. During this time, you can have time to prepare the filling, for which you need to peel the onion, finely chop it and put it in a separate cup. Next, you need to salt it (1 tsp is enough) and mash it a little until a small amount of salt appears.
5. You need to add minced beef, a little milk or water to the vegetable and mix it into a homogeneous mass.
6. The risen dough must be divided into lumps of the same size, each made into a flat cake and the filling placed in the middle.
7. You need to pinch the edges of the base well, form a pie of any shape with your hands and press it a little with your palm.

It is necessary to fry the products in a frying pan heated with oil, setting the heat to minimum and devoting at least 7-8 minutes to each side. In this case, you should always lay out the workpieces with the seam down first.

Decoration and serving rules

To get rid of excess fat, you should first hold the pies on napkins or a wire rack. A dish with meat is usually served with hot tea or hot fresh milk.

In the oven

Pies can not only be fried in a frying pan.

Baked products in the oven give an unforgettable aroma if you use butter dough as a base. You can form open or uncovered dishes.

Composition of ingredients

Dough composition:

• milk – 140 ml;
• dry yeast – 15 g;
• flour – 120 g;
• sugar – 1 tbsp. l.

For the test:

• butter – 50 g;
• sugar – 1 tbsp. l.;
• flour 300 g;
• egg – 2 pcs.;
• salt 5 g.

For filling:

• mashed potatoes – 300 g.

What can be added and changed in the composition

Instead of butter, many housewives add high-fat margarine. It is permissible to use any filling at the rate of 25 g per 1 pie, but it is better in a finished form, so as not to end up with raw products. For a sweet dish, you can add a little vanilla to the dough for flavor.

Step-by-step cooking process

Detailed description of the recipe:

1. To prepare a good dough, you must first warm the milk a little (no more than 30⁰C) and dilute dry yeast with granulated sugar in it.

2. Now you need to add flour and stir so that there are no lumps in the composition.
3. Cover the cup with a towel and leave in a warm place for 15-20 minutes. The mass should increase by 2 times, bubbles and a mesh will appear on the surface. This will mean that the yeast activation was successful.
4. Without wasting time, you need to melt the butter, cool it a little and beat an egg into this bowl, add sugar and salt. At this stage it is important that all crystals are completely dissolved.
5. All that remains is to add the prepared dough and flour. It is necessary to knead a homogeneous dough, cover it with cling film and let it rise only once. The size should increase approximately 2 times.
6. The base needs to be divided into equal pieces, each rolled out to a thickness of about 5 mm. Place the filling in the middle of the cakes and pinch the edges of the dough well on top.
7. The baking sheet should be greased or covered with parchment paper, distribute the products on top, leaving at least 2 cm between them. Leave the pies to increase in volume for 15 minutes. in a warm place, covered with a towel.
8. During this time, you need to preheat the oven to 180⁰C. The prepared products must first be greased with yolk, and then sent to the oven for 15-20 minutes.

Ready.

Decoration and serving rules

You should not immediately remove the products from the sheet; at this stage, you can apply a little melted butter to them and let them rest for 5 minutes. You can eat the dish either hot or cold with milk, tea or jelly, or as a snack with soup instead of bread.

From puff pastry

You can fry pies in a puff pastry pan if you take into account some of the cooking nuances. They will be described in this recipe. If someone prefers more fluffy products, then they should still use the oven to work with such a base, which, like the butter version, is more suitable for baking.

Composition of ingredients

• yeast puff pastry – 400 g;
• tomato paste – 50 ml;
• white cabbage – 350 g;
• vegetable oil – 50 ml;
• salt – ½ tsp.

What can be added and changed in the composition

To make pies from puff pastry in a frying pan, you need to choose a ready-to-eat filling. Stewed cabbage can be replaced with cottage cheese, sweet fruits, rice with eggs or fried meat, fish, and mushrooms.

If you are not satisfied with the purchased version of the base, then it is permissible to prepare high-quality dough yourself.

Step-by-step cooking process

Cooking process:

1. The puff pastry must be removed from the refrigerator in advance and thawed until it becomes pliable to work with, but the butter in it remains solid.
2. While the base is on the table, you need to make the filling, for which you should finely chop the white cabbage, removing the green and dirty leaves from it in advance, and rinsing it with cold water.

3. Place the vegetable in a frying pan with heated vegetable oil, fry a little over high heat, stirring all the time, and after 4 minutes. reduce the flame, add salt, add tomato paste and bring to readiness under the lid. Set the dishes aside and cool completely.
4. By this time the dough should be ready to use. The layer needs to be divided into rectangles with a side size of approximately 8 cm, each of them should be rolled out a little, giving the shape of squares.
5. Distribute 1 tbsp in the middle of each piece. l. stuffing with stewed cabbage, fold the dough into triangles and pinch the edges tightly with a fork.
6. Place a thick frying pan over medium heat and heat. It should be noted that it is better not to pour oil, as there is enough of it in the puff pastry and the baked goods will turn out too greasy.
7. Fry 3-4 pies at a time under a lid, making sure to cover the dish with a lid. Each side of the product requires 2-3 minutes.

Decoration and serving rules

This dish is best served hot with sour cream sauce and a cup of tea.

Cabbage filling for fried pies

The cabbage filling for this recipe can be used immediately, or you can prepare extra and store it in the freezer. After defrosting, the quality of the filling does not change.

What ingredients will you need?

The cabbage filling includes:

You can also add 2-3 large carrots to the minced meat; they need to be cleaned of dirt and grated. Or bell pepper. It must be washed, seeds removed and cut into small cubes.

Step-by-step cooking process

The process of preparing fresh cabbage filling consists of the following steps:

1. The fork must be cut into 2 parts and the stalk removed. After this, the cabbage needs to be chopped in a food processor or cut with a knife. Cabbage pieces should not be more than 3 cm in length.
2. Cut the onion into half rings.

3. Pour vegetable oil into a saucepan, add granulated sugar and onion. Fry over low heat until softened. After this, add salt and mix. If carrots or bell peppers are used, they should be added at this stage.
4. Then you need to put the shredded cabbage in a saucepan, pour boiling water over it and add salt. Place the pan with the contents over medium heat and cook for about 5 minutes. After this, the cabbage should be placed in a colander and rinsed in cold water.
5. Next, squeeze the onion out of the water and place it in a saucepan with the onion.
6. After this, place the saucepan on low heat and add softened butter. Simmer until the butter melts.
7. Remove the saucepan from the heat and cool the contents.
8. Next you need to finely chop the boiled eggs, dill and onions. Place them in a saucepan and stir. After this, if necessary, add salt and ground pepper. Mix the ingredients again.

Let the minced meat cool. It is recommended to prepare the pies in the same way as when preparing them with eggs and onions.

Quick recipe with kefir

If you don’t have time to prepare the dough or go to the store to buy it, then you can use a simple recipe for a kefir base that goes with any filling.

This time the baking option is described with rice and egg.

Composition of ingredients

Ingredients for the dough:

• kefir – 1 tbsp.;
• soda – 1 tsp;
• sugar – 1 tbsp. l.;
• flour - about 2.5 tbsp;
• vegetable oil – 3 tbsp. l.

For the filling:

• rice – 100 g;
• eggs – 2 pcs.;
• butter – 1 tbsp. l.

What can be added and changed in the composition

You can add fresh herbs or a small amount of turmeric to the filling.

Step-by-step cooking process

Step by step guide:

1. In this case, the dough can be prepared quickly, but the filling will need to be cooled. Therefore, you should first rinse the rice well and pour 2 tbsp. cold water and boil until fully cooked. Mix the porridge with butter, cool, remove the lid and set aside.

2. Separately, you need to boil hard-boiled eggs in a saucepan, cool them too, and then peel them. You need to chop them and mix them with rice, not forgetting to salt them.
3. Next, you should warm up the kefir a little if it was not left at room temperature. You need to add sugar, a little salt and soda.
4. After mixing the composition, you need to leave it for 10 minutes.
5. After the allotted time, the mass will foam a little, indicating that the soda has been extinguished. You should sift the flour and add it in parts, kneading the dough, which should stick a little to your hands.
6. You need to let it sit for a while in a plastic bag while the filling cools.
7. Now the base should be divided into equal pieces, from which you should first form flat cakes, then put the finished rice with eggs in the middle and fasten the edges.
8. Having slightly flattened the pies with your palm, you need to fry them in a frying pan heated over medium heat with vegetable oil.

Decoration and serving rules

Place finished products on a wire rack or paper towels to remove any remaining fat. It is best served hot on a beautiful platter with your favorite drink. You can place sour cream sauce next to your guests.

Fish filling for pies

Fish filling can be prepared from fresh, boiled or canned fish with the addition of various additional ingredients.

What ingredients will you need?

To prepare minced fish you will need the following ingredients:

If desired, you can add boiled rice or potatoes to the filling.

Step-by-step cooking process

Preparation of fish filling consists of the following steps:

1. Cut the onion into large cubes. Place in a low frying pan and fry over medium heat. When the onion becomes transparent, you need to add flour, about 1 g of salt and fry until the onion is browned. To prevent the flour from burning, the onion must be stirred regularly.
2. The fish needs to be cleaned of scales, skin and bones, selecting the fillet. Next, the fish can be prepared in two ways:

• Place the fish fillet in a saucepan, add water and cook over medium heat. When the water boils, you need to add salt (1-2 g), pepper and laurel leaves. Cook until done. After this, remove the fillet from the broth, cool and cut into small pieces;
• Cut the fish fillet into small pieces, place in a heated frying pan with oil, sprinkle with salt and ground pepper. Fry the fillet until done.

Combine the prepared fish pieces with fried onions. Add salt and ground pepper if necessary. To simplify the process of preparing the filling, you can use canned fish. Simply remove it from the brine, remove the bones and mash the fillet with a fork. Additionally, you will also need fried onions. The pies can be decorated in the classic version or in the form of pies.

Lazy pies

Not all housewives know how to fry pies in a frying pan, but this recipe can be executed by anyone - even those who stand at the kitchen table for the first time.

The ease of execution lies in the fact that the filling will be immediately mixed with the dough and there will be no need to sculpt the products by hand.

Composition of ingredients

Ingredients:

• flour – 1.5 tbsp;
• sugar – 1 tsp;
• soda – 0.5 tsp;
• eggs – 4 pcs.;
• kefir – 300 ml;
• green onion feather - 1 bunch;
• vegetable oil for frying.

What can be added and changed in the composition

In this recipe, you can replace the filling in the form of boiled eggs and green onions with stewed cabbage. Instead of kefir, yogurt or sour cream diluted with water is suitable.

Step-by-step cooking process

Detailed description of the recipe:

1. Room temperature kefir should be mixed with baking soda and allowed to stand for a while, covered.
2. At this time, you need to boil 2 hard-boiled eggs, cool, pour cold tap water, and then peel and chop into medium-sized cubes.
3. The remaining eggs should be added to the fermented milk composition along with salt and sugar.
4. After all the crystals have dissolved, you need to add flour and knead the base, which has a consistency similar to pancake dough.
5. The green onions need to be sorted out to get rid of the spoiled product, then rinsed and dried a little. Next, you need to chop it and combine it first with boiled eggs, and then with the dough.
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6. A frying pan with a small amount of vegetable oil, which will need to be added during frying, needs to be heated over medium heat.
7. Place the dough into a hot bowl using a large spoon. As soon as the first layer is slightly fried, add the base on top so that the products look like pies.
8. At this stage, it is necessary to continue cooking under the lid.
9. After the crust appears golden brown, you need to turn the products over and fry until done.

Decoration and serving rules

Such pies often turn out greasy. To avoid this, it is better to first transfer them from the frying pan onto kitchen napkins, collecting excess fat. Serve hot with sour cream and a glass of freshly brewed tea.

Potato and crackling filling

Cracklings are small fried pieces of lard. To prepare the filling, it is recommended to combine them with boiled potatoes. The filling can also be prepared from raw tubers and raw lard.

What ingredients will you need?

The greaves filling includes:

Additionally, you can add 25 ml of fatty sour cream to the puree; it will give the filling a creamy taste and sourness.

Step-by-step cooking process

Making the crackling filling is done in stages:

1. Cut the potatoes into 4 parts, place in a saucepan and cover with water. Boil over medium heat until done. After this, pour the potato broth into a separate bowl; the potatoes can be left in the pan to cool.
2. Then the cooled potatoes need to be crushed using a potato masher, add the egg and salt, and continue to crush.
3. Next, you need to add potato broth (and sour cream if desired) to the potato mixture so that the puree acquires the desired consistency.
4. Cut the lard into cubes no larger than 1x1 cm.
5. After this, put the lard in a frying pan and simmer over low heat. Fry until it turns red. Next, you need to place the greaves in a dish.
6. Then the fried lard needs to be crushed using a meat grinder and put into puree. You can also add greaves as a whole to the puree.
7. Excess rendered fat must be drained from the pan. Leave approximately 50 ml.
8. Next, you need to cut the onion into small cubes and fry in a frying pan with fat until golden brown.
9. After this, you also need to put the onion in the puree, also add ground pepper and mix the contents well. Be sure to cool.

When preparing the filling, it is important that the puree is not too liquid, as it will spread over the dough and flow out of the pies. It is recommended to wrap the pies according to the classic version.

Sweet pies

The method of making sweet pies is not very different from the classic version. In addition to the fact that a version of yeast dough without dough will be used, the necessary actions with jam are described so that the filling does not spread.

Composition of ingredients

Compound:

• warm water – 300 ml;
• flour – 400 g;
• vegetable oil – 3 tbsp. l.;
• salt – 1/3 tsp;
• dry yeast – 1 tsp;
• sugar – 1 tbsp. l.;
• jam – 400 g;
• starch – 1 tsp.

What can be added and changed in the composition

Instead of jam, you can use fresh fruits or berries sprinkled with granulated sugar. For flavoring, some cooks add a little vanillin to the dough or cinnamon to the apple filling.

Step-by-step cooking process

Cooking process:

1. The flour should be sifted well to saturate it with oxygen.

2. Separately, yeast, salt and sugar must be diluted in warm water, and vegetable oil must be added. Now you need to combine with the prepared dry ingredient and knead the dough. You should not save time on this, as you need to achieve a smooth consistency right away.
3. The surface of the work surface should be greased with vegetable oil and pieces of the base, divided into equal parts, should be placed at a short distance.
4. Leave to rise, covered with a piece of cling film, for 1.5 hours.
5. At this time you need to prepare the jam. It requires adding starch, which will thicken the filling during heat treatment.
6. The pieces of dough that have doubled in size should be kneaded with your hands, giving the shape of flat cakes. Place an equal amount of jam in the middle of each and firmly connect the edges of the dough.
7. You need to fry in a sufficient amount of vegetable oil, heated in a frying pan until golden brown, and put it immediately on napkins, and then only on a plate.

Decoration and serving rules

Children love this dish very much, and you should be careful when serving it, because it’s easy to get burned by the hot jam inside the product. It’s better to invite everyone for tea after 10 minutes. after roasting.

Meat filling for puff pastries

Fillings for fried pies can be used to make puff pastries.

Minced meat is universal, from which you can make not only a filling for baked goods, but also cutlets, casseroles and other dishes.

What ingredients will you need?

To prepare minced meat for puff pastries, you need to prepare:

If you use minced poultry, then you need to add 20 g of melted butter to it, otherwise the filling will turn out dry.

Step-by-step cooking process

The process of preparing meat filling consists of the following steps:

1. Grind the minced meat again to make the mass more homogeneous.
2. Cut the onion into small cubes, place in a frying pan with oil and fry until tender.
3. Place the minced meat in a frying pan with the onions, add ground pepper and salt. Mix well. The ingredients should be distributed evenly.
4. Next, the filling needs to be fried over low heat for about 15 minutes.

When the filling has cooled, it can be used to make puff pastries. Design options are described in the previous recipe. Baking conditions are similar. To add a piquant taste, the inside of the puff pastry (before laying out the minced meat) can be greased with a thin layer of mustard. And sprinkle sesame seeds on top (already rolled puff pastries).

If minced meat is used to prepare fried pies on yeast dough, then boiled rice (about 150 g) can also be added to it.

On choux pastry

You can fry pies in a frying pan using choux pastry every day, just changing the filling.

The products will look like stuffed pancakes in the original design.

Composition of ingredients

Set of products for the base:

• water – 200 ml;
• flour – 350 g;
• refined oil – 80 ml;
• salt – 1/3 tsp.

For the filling:

• boiled eggs – 6 pcs.;
• green onions – 1 bunch;
• butter – 20 g.

What can be added and changed in the composition

You can use any filling, but you should know that for the raw version it is better to make the pies in the usual way, but flatten them well before frying.

Step-by-step cooking process

Step by step cooking guide:

1. You should start with a dough, for which you pour water with vegetable oil and put it on fire.
2. At this time, you need to mix the flour with salt and immediately pour the boiling mixture over it. Now you need not to be scared, but immediately start kneading the dough.
3. While it is hot, you need to use a spoon and spatula, and once warm, bring it to a smooth state by hand. And set aside under film.
4. For the filling, peel the hard-boiled eggs and chop them. Next, add the herbs chopped with a knife, add salt, pour in melted butter and mix well.
5. The dough must be divided into equal pieces, each rolled into a thin layer, similar to a pancake.

6. You need to put the filling in the middle, cover it first with the edges of the circle, and then roll it up into a tube.
7. In a thick-walled frying pan, heat the vegetable oil for deep frying and fry the products over medium heat until golden brown on both sides.

Decoration and serving rules

Having blotted the pies with napkins after cooking, you can beautifully place them on a dish and serve. Many people use them with chicken broth and strong tea.

Yeast pies in a frying pan with rice

Fillings for fried pies with added rice can be prepared with meat, fish or eggs.

The choice of ingredients is optional.

What ingredients will you need?

To prepare the meat-based rice filling you will need:

Depending on the type of meat you choose, you can additionally use spices for chicken, pork or fish.

Step-by-step cooking process

The meat-based rice filling is prepared in stages:

1. Place the rice in a saucepan, add water and cook over medium heat until the grains soften. Add salt 10 minutes before cooking. After this, the rice must be rinsed and the water completely drained. Place rice in a dish.
2. Cut the onion into small cubes and fry in vegetable oil until the onion becomes transparent. Place the fried onions in a dish with the rice, leave the oil in the pan.
3. Cut the meat into cubes approximately 1x1 cm in size and place in the remaining meat in the pan. Fry until done (about 25-3 minutes). Add pepper and salt 3-5 minutes before removing from heat.
4. The finished meat should be placed in a dish with rice and onions. Mix the ingredients well. Check the amount of salt and pepper.

The minced meat must be cooled before use. This type of minced meat can be used to make pies in the classic version (the process is described in the recipe for filling with eggs and onions), and can also be used to make whites or pies.

Calorie content

Pies fried in a frying pan cannot be considered a dietary dish. Their high energy value is given not only by the flour and filling, but also by the oil used for cooking.

The tables show the indicators per 100 g of the classic recipe for products with mashed potatoes:

Useful tips

Before you start making pies, you should learn a few rules and tips:

• Regardless of the choice of base options, it is always necessary to sift the flour. Saturated with oxygen, it will give the products a magnificent shape.
• You can fry pies faster if you use ready-to-eat filling.
• Opened products can be cooked in a frying pan if cooked under a lid over low heat.
• To prevent the yeast dough from sticking to your hands when kneading, just grease your palms with vegetable oil.
• It is always better to fry pies in a thick-walled frying pan to avoid burning.