Dough for pies as an art

It has long been known and there is no doubt that the fact that such pies, as long as bake in Russia, there is nowhere else in the world. What only did not use the hostess to create a lush, "live" dough for pies. Sour milk, sour cream, yeast, beer, bran-yeast starter ... Even in the Great Lent, when the use of most products was strictly regulated, the skilled housewives indulged in home-made lean pies, pies, pies, the taste of which is no worse than the quick ones.

Lean dough for pies is a special art. The hostess who has mastered it, will always be able to cook delicious pastries, using for her the simplest, but very useful products. Let's learn how to make this dough.

To put the most simple lean dough for pies, we need:

• Slightly more kilogram of flour;
• 2 cups of heated water;
• Two-thirds of a glass of fragrant vegetable oil;
• 40 g yeast;
• Salt - about one teaspoon.

First we put the spit. For this, yeast is dissolved in half a glass of warm water, we add a spoonful of flour. When this mixture is well foamed, we mix all the ingredients, mix it well, heat it up, leave it in a warm place. When the dough starts to rise, well it is kneaded. So you need to repeat two or three times. Only after this you can make a pie.

We put a baking dish on a warm plate, lubricate it with oil, leave it to heat up. Lean dough for pies, however, like any other, you need to spread on a heated form.

From the bulk of the dough we separate a small piece, we form the bottom for the pie. For this, the dough is rolled into a layer about a centimeter thick. Carefully transfer it to the baking sheet for baking, lay out the filling. For a closed cake we roll out one more layer, but it's thinner, we cover it with stuffing. To steam during baking does not rip the pie, fork with a few punctures.

"Cover" of the pie can be decorated with figures cut out of their test: leaves, relief strips, stars or flowers. Surface lubricate strong tea leaves, send the cake to the oven, the temperature of which is 180 ° C. Readiness is verified using a wooden knitting needle. We take out the prepared pie, moisten its surface with warm water with the help of a culinary brush, cover it and give it a "rest". You can please loved ones.

A few words about the filling. This pie dough is suitable for any lean stuffing. It can be prepared, for example, from buckwheat porridge with mushrooms, stewed cabbage, peas, rice and onions. But I'm a sweet tooth, so most of all I like lean pie with a poppy filling. For its preparation I twist a well-cooked poppy with sugar in a blender. Sometimes I add a little nuts or lemon juice. It turns out fragrant, delicious. And sugar can be replaced with honey.

To make the dough for the pies especially white, plastic, instead of the usual water, rice decoction is recommended . And from cooked rice, you can make a filling: fry the onions, mushrooms, mix them with rice, add spices.

Lean dough for pies or pies can be prepared according to a different recipe, without using yeast. The fresh dough is prepared this way.

We put on the cutting table a hill of three glasses of flour, we make a hole in it. We start pouring into this hole a steep salted boiling water (one and a half cups), stirring the flour with a spatula. The dough is kneaded for a long time, so that it begins to fall away from the hands. Then we roll into a bowl, sprinkle with flour, wrap it, leave for half an hour. After that, we knead the dough, adding flour if necessary. We form pies, put them on a warm baking sheet, cover with a towel and give "distance" about a quarter of an hour. Lubricate the surface with vegetable oil, then send them to a very hot oven. A few minutes, and you can please your home with your culinary delights.