It’s hard to find a housewife who hasn’t spoiled her loved ones and guests with fragrant, fluffy pies at least once in her life. There is an opinion that preparing such a delicacy takes at least several hours, since the dough must rise several times. Perhaps, in the old days, skillful housewives baked pies this way, but the dynamic rhythm of the 21st century dictates new rules. A modern housewife cannot afford to spend the whole day making pies, so excellent recipes for quick pies have appeared, which, as a rule, are prepared with kefir.
Kefir pies - general principles and methods of preparation
Despite the fact that the basis of the pies is kefir, it is not at all necessary that they will all be similar. This delicacy may differ in shape, have different fillings, and be baked in the oven or in a frying pan. When making pies, the flight of imagination can be limitless; the main thing is to take the process seriously, remembering that the dough does not tolerate carelessness. The technology for making kefir pies is quite simple: the ingredients are mixed, the dough is kneaded, then cut into small pieces from which flat cakes are made. The filling (sweet, meat, fish, mushroom, vegetable, etc.) is prepared separately and the filling is wrapped in a flat cake. The pies are ready for a few minutes, then they are fried in a frying pan or in the oven (10 minutes after the start of baking in the oven, the pies should be brushed with beaten egg).
Kefir pies - food preparation
When choosing products to be used when baking pies, it is important that they are fresh; otherwise, if there are no health problems after eating such a dish, the dough will not rise, which means the pies will not turn out airy. You should be careful when choosing flour; it is recommended to give preference to the highest grade product. The quality of flour is quite easy to determine, you need to throw a pinch into the water, if the white color remains, the product is excellent. Good dry flour does not roll into lumps, but crunches pleasantly between your fingers. Sometimes first grade flour is used to make pies; this is not prohibited, but it is still better to use a higher quality product. As for kefir, there are no special recommendations; you just need to take into account that a product with a high percentage of fat content will make the pies more filling, and in addition, the dough will rise faster. When preparing kefir, it should be at room temperature; it is better not to use it straight from the refrigerator, let it sit for a while. An ingredient such as yeast is very important (if it is included in the recipe); the fresher the product, the better.
Quick liver pies with kefir
Pies can be not only a dessert, but a complete snack if they are filled with meat fillings. A wonderful taste is obtained by wrapping liver fried with onions in dough. We offer a recipe for an excellent dish.
Ingredients
For the test:
— ½ liter of kefir or sour homemade milk;
- 1 egg;
- ½ kilogram of flour;
- 2 teaspoons of salt;
- 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil or melted margarine;
- 1 level teaspoon of soda.
For filling:
- 1 kilogram of pork liver;
- 3 onions;
- 300 grams of fresh lard;
- black pepper;
- 1 bay leaf;
- salt.
Cooking method
Pour kefir into a container, add soda (do not extinguish), egg, salt, oil, stir everything thoroughly. Slowly add flour, it shouldn’t stick too tightly to your hands, but it shouldn’t turn out too stiff either, otherwise it won’t fit well.
We wash the liver, cut it into pieces, boil (during the cooking process, add bay leaf, allspice and salt). The finished liver should be passed through a meat grinder, and the same should be done with lard (the procedure can be repeated twice). If there are mushrooms, they will add a more flavorful flavor to the filling. You can add boiled grated potatoes. When the dough and filling are ready, combine the two components. Fry the pies in vegetable oil in a frying pan.
Kefir pies with rice and egg
Rice and eggs are a traditional filling for pies, but this does not detract from its merits. Delight your household with a tasty and nutritious dish.
Ingredients
For the test:
- 400 grams of flour;
- 300 milliliters of kefir;
- 50 milliliters of sour cream;
- 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
- 1 teaspoon of soda;
- 2 teaspoons of sugar;
- 1 teaspoon of salt.
For filling:
- 4 eggs;
- 100 grams of rice;
- 1 onion;
- a few green onions;
- 2 teaspoons ground black pepper.
Cooking method
Add salt, soda (slaked with vinegar), and sugar to the flour. Make a well in the flour, add kefir, butter and sour cream. Mix the dough. After it is ready, cover it with film or a towel and let it stand for half an hour. The onion should be chopped and fried in vegetable oil, the rice should be boiled until half cooked, and the eggs should be hard-boiled. Mix the ingredients (don't forget to chop the eggs finely), add salt and spices. Wrap the filling in the dough and bake the pies in a frying pan.
Kefir pies made from puffed yeast dough
Yeast pies are especially fluffy and aromatic. We offer a simple recipe for this dish.
Ingredients:
- 1 glass of kefir;
- 1 packet of dry yeast;
- ½ cup vegetable oil;
- 3 cups flour;
- 1 teaspoon of salt;
- 1 teaspoon of sugar;
- 1 egg (for greasing);
- jam or jam.
Cooking method
Kefir and vegetable oil should be mixed and heated a little, add salt and sugar. Mix the sifted flour with yeast, pour the kefir mixture into it. Knead the dough thoroughly and leave in a warm place for half an hour. The dough should be light and soft. We form the pies, carefully wrapping the jam or jam filling (if the jam is too liquid, you can add a little flour). Place the pies on a baking sheet, seam side up, let rise for 10 minutes, brush with egg and bake in the oven for 20-30 minutes.
— It’s better to place pies on a frying pan with the seam side down, and on a baking sheet with the seam side up.
— It is very important not to brew fresh yeast; it must be stirred in warm water, milk or kefir.
— If only first or second grade flour is available, add a little starch to it before preparing the pies.
— In order for the pies in the oven to turn out smooth and beautiful, the temperature should be raised gradually, while placing the baking sheet in an already heated cabinet.
It just so happens that I don’t cook pies often. But these thin fried pies with potatoes and dill on kefir I will definitely make them again, I really liked them. This recipe uses very successful kefir dough for fried pies, which is easy to prepare and easy to work with.
If you think that making fried pies will take you a lot of time, then I will disappoint you. This is wrong. Kefir dough for fried pies is prepared in literally five minutes, and I’m not exaggerating. This is not a yeast dough that needs time to rise. The filling for today's fried pies is potatoes with dill. From time to time, a decent portion of mashed potatoes remains from yesterday's dinner, and here it is, my dear, and will serve as a filling for fried pies. And to make fried pies with kefir potatoes even tastier, add fresh dill to the mashed potatoes; it goes very well with potatoes. If dill is not your option, then you can supplement the potatoes with fried onions or finely chopped fried lard. You can also mix mashed potatoes with pre-fried minced meat. There are a great many options for such fillings, I have listed only a few of them that came to mind first.
To serve these thin fried pies with kefir potatoes, stock up on sour cream. It will replace your sauce and make these fried pies even tastier. Another idea is to make a double batch of pies and freeze some of them. And when you miss this dish again, just fry the pies without even defrosting them first. This is very convenient and practical in case of time shortage.
Cooking time: 45 minutes
Number of servings – 13 pcs.Ingredients:
- 250 ml kefir
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp baking powder (without slide)
- 1 tsp salt (without slide) + 0.5 tsp. salt
- 0.4 tsp ground black pepper
- 2 tbsp. sunflower oil + 50 ml for frying
- 350 g flour
- 350 g mashed potatoes
- fresh dill
Recipe for potato pies with kefir
Mix 250 ml of kefir with one egg, a teaspoon of salt and a teaspoon of baking powder. Level teaspoons. Also add two tablespoons of sunflower oil to the kefir.
In total we need to add 350 g of flour, but we will add it in parts. First add half the flour, mix everything with a spoon or fork. Then add another part of the flour and leave about 50 g of flour unused. We'll need it a little later. Knead the dough with hands greased with sunflower oil. It will turn out very soft and tender. The dough may be slightly sticky to your hands and surface, but that's okay.
The kefir dough for fried pies is ready. Cover it with cling film, which will protect the dough from chapping, and move on to preparing the filling for potato pies.
I have 350 g of mashed potatoes. This is exactly how many potatoes are needed to make fried pies from the resulting amount of dough. Add salt, pepper and finely chopped dill to the potatoes. Mix the filling thoroughly.
Let's get back to the test. Sprinkle the work surface thoroughly with flour (this is where we will need the remaining 50 g of flour) and roll out about half of the dough (it is more convenient to work with parts rather than all the dough at once). The thickness of the rolled layer is 5 mm. Using a mug, cut out circles from the rolled out dough.
Visually divide the circles into two parts. Place the filling on one part. I measured out the filling with a dessert spoon (I took the filling with a small heap).
Cover the filled circles with the remaining circles and pinch the edges of the pies tightly. Thus, we got some circles with filling, which so far bear little resemblance to pies.
Now we form pies from these indistinct circles with filling. This is done literally with one movement of the rolling pin. Lightly pressing the pie, we go over it with a rolling pin from bottom to top, once is enough. It turns out to be such a neat oblong-shaped pie.
And don't forget that we still have dough left. We add scraps from the first rolling to it and continue the process.
I got exactly 13 pies. All neat and identical, and without much effort on my part.
Heat about 50 ml of sunflower oil in a frying pan and fry the pies in batches of 3-4 pieces until golden brown on both sides. Approximate frying time is 2.5-3 minutes on each side.
I actually had the filling ready in advance. I fried pies with potatoes, onions and minced meat. I used ready-made mashed potatoes and put the meat raw. Worried that it won't bake while frying the pies? Additionally, brown it in a frying pan in vegetable oil. If you plan to prepare the filling from scratch, place the potatoes on the stove before kneading the dough so that they have time to not only cook, but also cool completely. Salt the potatoes after the water boils. Cook for about 40 minutes. Make a puree by adding some of the remaining cooking liquid to the potatoes. Season with seasonings and salt to taste. Season with butter if desired. Finely chop the onion. Fry until golden brown. Mix with puree and meat. The filling is ready, let it cool and start making pies.
Instead of minced meat, you can add boiled/fried beef or chicken liver, twisted in a meat grinder, to the potatoes. Delicious pies are also made with stewed cabbage, boiled meat, and peas. Also, this kefir dough goes well with sweet fillings - jam/preserves, apple, cherry, apricot.
Pie recipes
If you follow our method of making dough for kefir pies, you will achieve excellent results. These can always be put on the table
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Wheat flour appeared in Rus' in the 12th century, and from this period its inhabitants began to bake pies. Various products were used for the filling. They didn’t bother with such pies for long then - they used either sourdough or sour milk. With the advent of yeast, the technology became a little more complicated. Lately, people have started to whip it up with the desired filling.
Kefir pies are an excellent alternative to yeast dough
“Pies from childhood” is how many of us succinctly call this dish. We remember the taste of a favorite period in the life of each of us, and pies prepared with special love by the hands of our own mother or grandmother cannot be erased from memory. We remember the taste of the filling without particularly remembering the taste of the dough. And in vain we do this, because it is this that gives a special aroma to such a simple pie delicacy.
Yeast dough has many limitations. People with certain diseases are strictly prohibited from eating such food. There are many such patients, no matter how hard it is to admit, even from school. Therefore, dough for kefir pies without yeast is preferable from the point of view of a healthy diet.
Another important advantage of using kefir is the speed of their preparation. Even a novice housewife can prepare kefir pies quickly and effortlessly according to our recipe.
Which filling should you choose?
You can use whatever filling you have on hand or that suits your mood. It's good if it's not too rare.
- If this apple pies, then you will need half a kilo of the main ingredient (you can even use a frozen product). Don't forget to put 2 tablespoons of high-quality vegetable oil and one and a half tablespoons of powdered sugar. Chop the apples and simmer in a frying pan until the juice evaporates, add powder and butter. Leave the filling on low heat for a little longer and then put it in a container to cool.
- If potato filling– boil the main component, add butter, make a thin puree.
- If you decide to put it in pies egg and cabbage, then first cut the latter into small pieces, then fry in a frying pan in vegetable oil. Place the finished mixture on a plate and add the chopped egg.
- Prepare the filling in the same way with eggs and onions. In the first case, you can take both pickled and ordinary. When frying white cabbage, do not forget to add carrots, boiling them in advance. Remember that you should not overuse table salt.
The filling can be the most primitive - for example, peas. But we always pay due attention to its preparation. It should turn out delicious. Various kinds of thick jams will be a pleasant help for the thrifty housewife.
What a wise housewife should remember
In order for any dish to come out easily, tasty and the first time, you need to follow simple rules. Pies are no exception. How to prepare dough for kefir pies?
Quick dough for kefir pies in a frying pan
Ingredients:
You shouldn’t overdo it with flour; you can add a little later when you start forming the pies before starting the frying process.
In what order do we add the ingredients?
- The egg is beaten first. Add sugar gradually.
- Add kefir, salt and soda to the resulting mass.
- Add flour to the mixture like this: add it using a tablespoon. At each stage of adding a portion of flour, we try to mix the resulting mass until it has a thick consistency. As a result, our dough is very similar to that required for making pancakes.
Particular attention should be paid to the kneading process. Quick dough for pies without yeast loves your hands, so don’t be embarrassed to devote ten minutes to this task, no less. With this approach, the dough will turn out light and fluffy.
Secrets of kefir dough
Food prepared with kefir reacts very poorly to drafts, so we avoid them by closing the windows in the kitchen. It should rest for at least an hour, this is the time during which it will rise slightly.
To remove the dough from the container where you mixed the mixture, you need to take a tablespoon and take it out in portions for one pie, placing it on your hand, generously sprinkled with flour. We periodically moisten the spoon in ordinary water - this manipulation makes it easier to work with the dough. A portion of flour should be flattened on your palm with your hand and just enough filling should be added so that the future pie has an organic appearance. We carefully wrap it, pinch the edges and carefully place it on the table, which should also be sprinkled with flour first.
Experienced housewives add very little vegetable oil to the dough - no more than 10 g.
Method of frying pies
Kefir pies in a frying pan. First of all, heat a frying pan with vegetable oil; it is usually poured to the level middle of the pie. Fry as usual, periodically turning on both sides, until golden brown. Remember that we make small pies: When frying, they tend to increase significantly in size.
Russian cuisine has always been famous for homemade baked goods. One of the simple recipes is delicious kefir pies, the filling of which can be filled with any ingredients. Many housewives are intimidated by baking because of the complexity of the yeast mixture and the waste of time. In such cases, cookbooks offer a universal kefir dough that can be prepared in a matter of minutes.
Dough for pies with kefir
Kefir pies can be prepared in different ways: on a baking sheet in the oven and on the stove in a frying pan. Each option is good, and in both cases you will get a fragrant and fluffy pastry. When choosing a recipe using kefir, you don’t have to be afraid to experiment with the filling; any filling will do – meat, vegetable, fish or sweet. If the pastry is baked in the oven, it is recommended to grease the top with yolk to obtain a beautiful crust.
Kefir pies recipe
Does the thought of yeast dough put you off making pies? There are a lot of recipes for homemade kefir baking without yeast. There is no need to wait for the mass to rise. If you don’t want to cook in the oven, then just take a frying pan and fry the pies on both sides in oil. Check out the interesting step-by-step recipes below using cabbage, onions, potatoes, meat and berries.
In a frying pan
- Cooking time: 60 minutes.
- Number of servings: 20 persons.
- Calorie content of the dish: 272 kcal.
- Purpose: for dessert.
Kefir dough for pies in a frying pan is prepared simply and quickly. Even a novice housewife can do this task. You can choose any filling for fried pies: cabbage, potatoes, apples or something else. A little tip: for a sweet filling, you need to add more sugar to the batch. Pies in a frying pan turn out fluffy, rosy and very tasty.
Ingredients:
- egg - 1 pc.;
- kefir 2% - 200 ml;
- flour - 0.5 kg;
- salt - 1 tsp;
- sugar -1 tbsp;
- sunflower oil - 2 tbsp;
- soda – ½ tsp.
Cooking method:
- The eggs are beaten. Next add salt and sugar.
- Pour in the oil and fermented milk product. Beat with a mixer until smooth.
- Add soda slaked with vinegar to the kefir mass.
- Add flour in small portions, stir constantly until you get the desired consistency.
- Divide the kneaded mass into small balls. You can start making pies.
- Fry the products over medium heat until golden brown.
In the oven
- Cooking time: 80 minutes.
- Number of servings: 20 persons.
- Calorie content of the dish: 194 kcal.
- Purpose: for dessert.
A simple recipe for kefir dough for pies should be in every housewife's cookbook. Homemade baked goods will turn out airy and rosy. To prepare the dough, it is better to take yesterday’s kefir. You can choose any filling: meat, fish, or apple filling is perfect. This recipe uses cabbage. While stewing the vegetable, you can add a spoonful of tomato paste.
Ingredients:
- flour – 600 g;
- kefir – 250 ml;
- egg – 1 pc.;
- sunflower oil – 3 tbsp;
- salt, soda - ½ tsp each;
- onion – 1 pc.;
- cabbage – 400 g;
- pepper, spices.
Cooking method:
- First, pour kefir into a deep container. Add soda, wait for reaction (5-6 minutes).
- Add salt with vegetable oil.
- Stirring constantly, add flour. A properly prepared mass should not stick to your hands.
- Transfer the kefir dough for pies to a plate and cover with cling film for half an hour.
- Chop the cabbage, add salt, and mash with your hands.
- Place cabbage in a frying pan and simmer covered for 15 minutes.
- Fry the pre-chopped onion with cabbage for another 5 minutes. Add pepper and seasonings.
- Next, the pies are formed. To do this, the mass should be divided into several balls and slightly flattened. Place the filling in the middle of the flatbread, then make a seam at the top.
- Set the oven temperature to 180 degrees. Grease a baking tray and place the pies. Brush the top with egg. Bake for 30-40 minutes.
With egg and onion
- Cooking time: 90 minutes.
- Number of servings: 20 pies.
- Calorie content of the dish: 287 kcal.
- Purpose: for dessert.
The technology for kneading kefir dough is simple - combine all the ingredients and let it stand. In the meantime, you can start filling. These pies were once popular, but after a while they were replaced by more sophisticated baking options, but in vain - the baked goods turn out tasty and satisfying. The pies must be fried on both sides under the lid. Try serving homemade cakes with sour cream.
Ingredients:
- flour – 0.5 kg;
- egg – 1 pc.+3 pcs. for stuffing;
- kefir 2% – 1 tbsp.;
- sugar, salt, soda - 1 tsp each;
- green onion;
- Sunflower oil – 100 ml.
Cooking method:
- To prepare the dough, mix a glass of fermented milk product with an egg, add soda and salt, mix. Then sugar is added.
- Mix flour with mixture. Knead the dough to the desired consistency - it should be soft and tender. The kefir dough for pies is ready.
- Wash the green onions, dry them and finely chop them.
- Boil eggs, cut into small cubes. Mix with onion and add a little salt.
- Divide the mass into small balls.
- Make a flat cake from each ball and place the filling in the center.
- Fold the flatbread in half and make tucks.
- Place the pies seam side down on a heated frying pan. Fry both sides for 3-4 minutes.
With cabbage
- Cooking time: 115 minutes.
- Number of servings: 20 persons.
- Calorie content of the dish: 120 kcal.
- Purpose: for dessert.
Every housewife wants to please her family with delicious homemade buns, especially when there is such a simple and quick recipe. The dough for fried kefir pies is prepared without yeast. As a filling, take fresh cabbage and onions. With this filling, the pies will become less caloric.
Ingredients:
- kefir 2% – 1 tbsp.;
- egg – 1 pc.;
- flour – 2 tbsp;
- salt, soda - ½ tsp each;
- sugar – 1 tsp;
- sunflower oil – 2 tsp.
- mayonnaise – 1 tbsp;
- fresh cabbage – 0.5 heads;
- white onion – 1 pc.;
- ground pepper.
Cooking method:
- Add soda to the fermented milk product, after a while salt, sugar, eggs, mayonnaise. Mix everything well.
- Add flour in portions, knead into a loose dough.
- Roll the mass into a bun. Place in a bag and put in a warm place for 2 hours.
- Finely chop the cabbage. Chop the onion into small cubes. Simmer in a frying pan with hot oil. Add salt and pepper.
- Divide the dough into koloboks, knead each of them with your hands, turning them into a flat cake. Fill with cabbage and seal the edges.
- Fry in vegetable oil on both sides for 2-3 minutes.
With cherry
- Number of servings: 20-22 persons.
- Calorie content of the dish: 189 kcal.
- Purpose: for dessert.
One of the simplest delicious dishes is cherry pies. During the harvest, you can prepare a delicious delicacy every day. Feel free to use frozen berries, but they must be thawed first. The baked goods will be just as fragrant. Don't forget to remove the pits from the cherries. Not a single guest can resist this treat, and family and friends will ask you to make delicious buns again and again.
Ingredients:
- flour – 0.75 kg;
- kefir – 0.5 l;
- cherry – 1 kg;
- sugar – 150 g;
- eggs – 2 pcs.;
- vegetable oil – 100 ml;
- baking soda – 2 g;
- salt – 0.5 tsp.
Cooking method:
- Mix the fermented milk product with eggs, add salt and sugar.
- Add flour to the mixture, add 2 grams of soda.
- Knead the dough. It should turn out fluffy and soft.
- Remove pits from cherries and add sugar.
- Pinch off a piece of dough and make a flat cake, place berries in the middle.
- To prevent the juice from leaking out of the berries, you need to make several pieces at a time and fry them immediately after modeling.
- Fry the pies covered.
With potato
- Cooking time: 110 minutes.
- Calorie content of the dish: 167 kcal.
- Purpose: for dessert.
Lush, piping hot pies will delight every guest and family member. Potato filling is a classic option, but this does not make the baked goods bland. To make the pies tastier, you need to add finely chopped onions. Granulated sugar may not be added. This simple step-by-step recipe should be kept in every housewife's cookbook.
Ingredients:
- wheat flour – 0.7 kg;
- kefir 2% – 0.5 l;
- egg – 1 pc.;
- medium potatoes – 0.8 kg;
- onions – 2 pcs.;
- salt, soda - ½ tsp each;
- sugar – 1 tsp;
- vegetable oil - for frying.
Cooking method:
- First you need to prepare the filling. Peel and boil the potatoes. Finely chop the onion and sauté until golden brown. Mash the potatoes and mix with onions.
- Beat eggs into kefir, add salt, soda and sugar.
- Sift the flour, add portions to the resulting mass.
- Knead the dough until it has a soft consistency. Cover the dish with a towel and set aside for a while.
- Mix the mass, divide into 3 parts, roll them into sausages. Then cut into future pies.
- Make a flat cake from each part, put the filling, and seal the pie.
- Fry the pastry in a frying pan until golden brown on each side.
With meat
- Cooking time: 100 minutes.
- Number of servings: 22 persons.
- Calorie content of the dish: 214 kcal.
- Purpose: for dessert.
The dough for fried kefir pies goes well with meat fillings. This recipe describes a step-by-step recipe for baking with beef. No yeast is added to the dough, which simplifies the culinary process, and the result is airy, satisfying dough. Baked goods can be eaten with first courses, and can also be used to supplement and diversify your daily menu.
Ingredients:
- flour – 0.5 kg
- kefir 2% – 200 ml;
- chicken egg – 2 pcs.;
- salt – 1 tsp;
- sugar – 1 tbsp;
- soda – ½ tsp.
- beef meat – 0.5 kg;
- onions – 3 pcs.;
- egg – 2 pcs.;
- sunflower oil – 3 tbsp;
- salt pepper;
- dill – 50 g.
Cooking method:
- Sift the flour, add salt, add soda and sugar. Mix everything.
- Pour in a glass of kefir, add sunflower oil.
- Beat in the eggs.
- Knead the dough until it becomes soft and does not stick to your hands. Cover with a cloth and leave for half an hour.
- Grind the meat in a meat grinder. Fry.
- Boil the eggs, chop finely.
- Finely chop the onion and sauté until golden brown.
- Mix meat with onion, add salt, add ground pepper, combine with egg and finely chopped herbs.
- Roll the dough into sausages, cut into pieces, then make flat cakes. Place the filling in the center and pinch the edge.
- Pour oil into a frying pan, heat it, fry the pies under the lid.
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