The filling for sorrel pies can include completely different components. Moreover, such products can be prepared from yeast dough, and from puff pastry, and even from kefir base.
In this article, we will tell you how to quickly and easily make sorrel pies fried and baked in an oven.
Which of the following dishes is more delicious and satisfying - it's up to you.
Sorrel pastry stuffed with sugar
In the preparation of the filling in question there is nothing complicated. It is done in a matter of minutes. For this we need:
- freshly picked sorrel without stems - about 450 g;
- medium-sized granulated sugar - ½ cup.
Making a delicious sorrel filling
The filling for sorrel pies with sugar is the most popular among cooks. This is due to the fact that for its preparation you need a small set of products, which is processed in just a few minutes.
Freshly picked sorrel leaves are carefully sorted out (tear off the stems, clean up the damaged elements), and then they are laid out in a colander and washed thoroughly under strong pressure of warm water.
After that, the plant is shaken off strongly, placed on a cutting board and finely chopped with a sharp knife.
Grinding the product, put it into a large enameled bowl, add granulated sugar and mix well with a spoon. At this, the filling for the sorrel pies is considered completely ready. It can be used for its intended purpose until the ingredients give their juice (within 10-12 minutes).
How to prepare savory filling for pies?
We will tell about how to make sweet sorrel pies. Now I want to present you a recipe for unsweetened toppings for fried flour products. For its implementation we will need:
- freshly torn sorrel leaves - about 300 g;
- boiled chicken eggs - 3 pcs.;
- fresh green onions - medium bunch;
- coarse salt - apply to your taste;
- good quality butter - about 35 g.
Filling process
Unsweetened filling for sorrel pies is easy and simple. Chicken eggs are boiled in salt water, and then cooled in cold water, peeled and rubbed on a large grater. After that, carefully sort out the fresh leaves of sorrel and feathers of green onions. They are thoroughly washed in a colander, shaken off and finely chopped with a sharp knife.
After processing all of these components, they are laid out in a deep bowl and seasoned with coarse salt. Melted butter is also added to the products (stoked in a steam bath). Such dressing will make pies more fragrant, tasty and high-calorie.
After mixing the components, they are left aside while preparing the base.
How to make fried sorrel pies?
If you want to cook fried pies, then for this it is better to use yeast dough. For his kneading we will need the following products:
- dry yeast in granules - 4 g;
- raw chicken egg - 1 pc.;
- drinking warm water - 500 ml;
- white sugar - 12 g;
- fine salt - 3 g;
- light wheat flour - add to the density of the base;
- refined vegetable oil - used for heat treatment of pies.
Making yeast dough
About how to make the filling for sorrel pies, we described above. However, this knowledge is not enough to prepare delicious and fragrant fried products.
So how to knead yeast dough? For this, warm drinking water is poured into a deep pan and sugar is completely dissolved in it. Then dry yeast is added to the dishes and left alone for ¼ hours.
After receiving a sweet unclear liquid, a chicken egg and table salt are spread to it. By mixing the components with your hands, wheat flour is gradually poured into the dishes.
Kneading a homogeneous dough, cover it and leave at 30 degrees for 80 minutes. At the same time, every ¼ hour, the base is thoroughly washed with hands.
We form and fry products in a pan
Sweet sorrel pies are prepared according to the same principle as savory products. After the dough is suitable, a piece is torn from it, rolled out into a circle with a diameter of 10 centimeters, spread the oxal filling and nicely pinch the edges.
Having formed the semi-finished products, they are placed in a preheated pan with vegetable oil and fried on both sides until a slight blush appears (about 14-16 minutes).
We bring products to the dining table
After the pies become rosy, they are laid out on a plate. Then proceed to a similar heat treatment of the remaining products.
When all the pies are fried, they are served at the table with sweet tea or some other drink. By the way, in addition to such products, tomato sauce or ketchup can also be presented.
Bake sweet cakes in the oven
It is good to cook sweet pies with sorrel in the oven from puff pastry. At the same time, it is not necessary to knead it. It is enough to go to the nearest store and purchase a ready-made base.
So, for the independent preparation of sweet puff pastries, we need:
- puff pastry dough (take yeast-free) - 1 package;
- sweet oxal filling - optional;
- wheat flour - at the discretion;
- chicken egg - 1 small piece.
We form products
Before baking sorrel pies in the oven, they should be properly shaped. To do this, completely thaw puff pastry spread on the table and sprinkle with flour. The base is thinly rolled using a rolling pin, and then cut into small rectangles.
Sweet oxal filling in the amount of 1-2 dessert spoons is placed in each product. After this, the edges of the dough are strongly jammed so that during the heat treatment it does not open and the contents do not go beyond the base.
How to bake products in the oven?
Puff pastries with sorrel in the oven are baked quite quickly. After the semi-finished products are prepared, they are laid out on a baking sheet (it is not necessary to lubricate with oil).
To obtain more appetizing and beautiful products, a raw chicken egg is beaten on their surface, beaten with a fork. In this form, semi-finished products are sent to the oven and baked for half an hour (you can a little longer).
As a result of a short heat treatment, puff pastries should noticeably increase in size, become ruddy, soft and very tasty.
Presenting the flour dish to the dining table
After baking puff pastries in the oven, they are carefully removed and placed on a large plate. You can use such products with any sweet drink (tea, coffee, cocoa, soda, juice, etc.).
Special care should be taken when eating hot cakes. This is due to the fact that under the influence of high temperatures, the sugar in the filling melts and, combined with sorrel juice, forms a syrup. If such a hot sweetness gets on the mucous membrane of the mouth or skin, then you will certainly get a small burn.
To summarize
Now you know how to cook sweet and unsweetened sorrel pies using yeast and puff pastry. Using the described recipes, you are sure to make a tasty and satisfying snack that can be consumed both at home, and to take with you to work, study.