Pirozhki with cottage cheese and raisins
Description
Similar pies with cottage cheese and raisins were baked for me by my grandmother when I was little. As a child, I simply adored them, but for a long time I couldn’t recreate them until I found a suitable recipe somewhere on the internet. The whole difficulty here is in the yeast dough, but there is no need to be afraid of it—if you do everything correctly, the pies will turn out excellent :) I wish you good luck.
Instructions
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Step 1
In a large bowl, mix 60 ml of warm water, a teaspoon of sugar, a teaspoon of flour, and the yeast. Stir, cover with a towel, and leave in a warm place for 20 minutes.
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Step 2
If the yeast is good, it will rise like in the photo. If it doesn’t rise, you can stop cooking—nothing will work out. However, if the yeast is good, everything will be OK.
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Step 3
Mix the warm milk with half of the flour.
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Step 4
Add our risen yeast to it.
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Step 5
Whisk thoroughly until the mixture reaches the consistency shown in the photo.
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Step 6
Cover the bowl with the resulting mixture with a towel and leave it in a warm place for 1 hour.
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Step 7
While the dough is resting, let’s work on the filling. Rub all the cottage cheese through a sieve.
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Step 8
Add an egg to the cottage cheese and mix well.
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Step 9
Add a tablespoon of butter, vanillin, and powdered sugar to the cottage cheese. Mix well.
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Step 10
The raisins need to be soaked in boiling water. Let them sit in the boiling water for about 5 minutes.
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Step 11
Add the raisins to the curd mixture, stir — and our filling is ready.
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Step 12
In an hour, the dough should have risen at least twofold.
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Step 13
Sift the remaining flour into the dough, add a teaspoon of salt, and mix.
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Step 14
Then add 100 grams of butter to the dough and beat in one egg.
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Step 15
Knead the dough until it stops sticking to your hands and the bowl.
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Step 16
Divide the resulting dough into equal pieces — based on the listed ingredients, you should get about 20 portions. Shape these portions into balls.
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Step 17
Cover the balls with a towel and leave for 10 minutes. The balls will slightly increase in volume.
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Step 18
Now roll each ball into a flat round (this can even be done by hand), and place a little filling in the center of the round.
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Step 19
Shape the bun by pinching the edges together. Lightly brush each bun with a mixture of one egg and cream.
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Step 20
If desired, you can sprinkle with sesame seeds (this is already my passion). Bake for 20 minutes in an oven preheated to 200 degrees.
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Step 21
Done!