Cottage cheese pie with potatoes
Description
The pastry is simple and quick to prepare. The taste of this pie is similar to Ossetian pie. You can use any filling, but the one I'm suggesting, in my opinion, turns out exceptionally well. So unusual and so delicious! Let me tell and show you how.
Instructions
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Step 1
Pour kefir into a cup or another container. Add 1 teaspoon of baking powder or unslaked food-grade baking soda. Let it sit for 20 minutes.
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Step 2
Sift the flour. Add the rested kefir and 1 teaspoon of salt to the flour. Knead the dough. I do this in a bread machine, but you can also knead the dough by hand.
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Step 3
The dough contains neither butter nor eggs. It will be like this: dense and completely non-sticky to the hands.
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Step 4
Wash 2 potatoes. Place them into a "maika" bag (a thin plastic bag). Tie it closed. Put the bag with potatoes into the microwave and cook on high power for 10–12 minutes. After this time, the potatoes will be ready. You'll get almost baked potatoes in their skins. Let the potatoes cool, then peel and grate them. Mix the potatoes with cottage cheese. Add salt to taste—it should taste similar to salty brine cheese. You can also add some chopped herbs.
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Step 5
Divide the dough into 4-6 parts. Lightly dust the table with flour.
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Step 6
Roll one piece of dough into a small circle. Place 1/6 of the filling in the center. Gather the edges up into a circle, release the air, and firmly seal them together. You'll get a dough pouch with the filling inside.
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Step 7
First use your fingers, then a rolling pin, to roll out the dough with the filling into a flatbread. Roll slowly and gently, without pressing hard. The dough should not let the filling escape to the outside.
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Step 8
Cut one large onion in half. Skewer half of the onion onto a fork. Dip the onion into vegetable oil. Then use the onion to grease the frying pan. The oil layer should be very thin, and the oil must not pool in the pan. Now place the flatbread into the pan. Fry for 1-2 minutes on an almost dry pan.
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Step 9
Flip the flatbread onto the other skillet—and fry again.
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Step 10
So prepare all the pies.