Chuvash Khupla
Description
The baking is simple and quick. The pie recipe is extremely easy: make a regular yeast dough and the simplest filling, then bake it in the oven; the step‑by‑step recipe is there to help you. Cook with pleasure.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients.
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Step 2
Pour a glass of warm milk into a bowl, add salt, sugar, yeast, and pour in two tablespoons of vegetable oil.
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Step 3
Crack one egg.
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Step 4
Mix until smooth.
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Step 5
Sift the flour, knead the dough.
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Step 6
Cover the dough with plastic wrap and let it rise for two hours; during the rise, give it one or two folds.
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Step 7
Finely chop the chicken meat.
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Step 8
Finely chop the onion.
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Step 9
Dice the potatoes into small cubes, season with salt and pepper.
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Step 10
Mix the filling.
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Step 11
Grease the pan with vegetable oil.
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Step 12
The dough has doubled in volume.
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Step 13
Place the dough on a work surface of the table dusted with flour, and divide it into three unequal parts.
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Step 14
Place the first layer of dough in the pan.
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Step 15
Place the filling, the edges of the dough should be higher than the filling.
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Step 16
Roll out the middle layer of dough into a circle.
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Step 17
Place a round of dough over the filling.
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Step 18
Pinch the edges of the dough tightly, make a hole in the center, cover it with a piece of dough brushed with vegetable oil; through this hole you can check the doneness of the filling, add broth or water if needed.
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Step 19
Cut decorations from a small piece of dough.
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Step 20
Place the decorations on top of the cake.
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Step 21
Brush the top of the pie with a mixture of egg yolk and a tablespoon of milk; you can also brush it simply with milk or vegetable oil. Place the pie in the oven to bake at 180 °C for 1 hour 15 minutes. Check the doneness of the filling through a hole in the pie. If the crust starts to brown too much, you can cover it with foil or parchment.
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Step 22
Remove the finished pie from the oven.
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Step 23
Remove the pie from the pan; you can smooth the edges with a spatula or a scraper.
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Step 24
Place the pie on a dish.
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Step 25
You can cut the pie in the usual way into serving-sized pieces, or you can trim the crust.
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Step 26
And serve the filling separately with a piece of golden crust.