Pies are considered traditional Russian delicacies, our great-grandmothers were famous for their signature recipes and pies, and other dishes. In those days, the hostesses spent the whole day baking holiday treats. Modern girls are more fortunate, because there are many quick and easy recipes for baking. And if there is no fresh fish at hand, you can make a pie of canned fish. In the oven, for example.
How to knead the perfect dough?
The basis of any pie is, of course, the dough. It comes in many different types and tastes: yeast, friable, puff, in milk, on kefir, etc. There is one golden rule for baking. For pies with a sweet filling, it is better to cook a rich yeast dough, and for savory pastries, absolutely anyone will do. The main thing is to know a few secrets on how to knead the perfect dough.
Once upon a time, people believed that it was able to feel both the mood of a person and the warmth of his hands, so when mixing him, they tried to think only about good things. Indeed, the best dough is obtained when it is prepared slowly, calmly. The secret is that you need to knead and beat the future base as long as possible until it stops sticking to the hands and edges of the bowl.
What fish to choose for the filling?
For closed pies in the form of a filling, juicy fish with dense and fatty meat, such as halibut, salmon, trout or sturgeon, is ideal. However, fresh fish is not always sold in stores, so the best option for a dinner treat is a canned fish pie. Bake in the oven or fry in a pan - each housewife has the right to choose the method that she likes more.
For the filling of such a dish, you can choose the following types of canned fish:
- saury in oil - with it the cake will turn out soft and tender;
- tuna in its own juice - suitable for those on a diet;
- pink salmon in aromatic oil - will add a feeling of “friability”;
- mackerel - will add more piquancy and aroma.
Yeast Dough Pie Recipe
The treat prepared according to this recipe turns out to be lush, soft and very appetizing. So, how to bake a canned fish pie? Yeast dough (in the oven "raised" at a low temperature) is the most important component. It doesn’t matter how juicy your filling has come out - without the right proportion of flour and other products, the cake will not turn out as tasty as it was intended.
So, the necessary ingredients for cooking: premium grade flour - 4 tbsp., Yeast - 1 pack (about 7-10 g), sugar - 2 tsp, sunflower oil - 5-6 tbsp. l., salt - 1 tsp. - this is for the test; for the filling you need tuna - 1 cons. can, rice - 70 g, 2 large onions, spices and herbs.
Step 1. Knead the dough as follows: stir sugar and yeast in 1 cup of warm water, add oil and salt, then pour it into a large container and sift the flour there. Knead the resulting mass thoroughly until a homogeneous dough is formed, leave in a warm oven so that it rises.
Step 2. Prepare the filling. To do this, finely chop the onion, boil the rice until half cooked, peel the tuna from the skin and seeds. Mix all ingredients, add pepper and herbs.
Step 3. Divide the dough into two parts, form from each layer 2 cm thick. You can choose any shape, but it’s more convenient to work with the classic rectangular one.
Step 4. Grease a baking sheet with butter, carefully put the bottom layer of the base, then put the filling on it, flatten and cover it with a second portion of the dough.
Step 5. A yeast cake with canned fish, the recipe of which, as you can see, is very simple, is cooked at a temperature of 190-200 ° C for about 1 hour (plus or minus 10 minutes).
The easiest recipe for beginner housewives
If there is no opportunity or time to knead the dough, you can use the finished purchase. Fortunately, now in any store they offer a wide range of different types: puff, yeast and yeast-free, butter and even lean - for those on a diet. So, how to make canned fish pie in the oven in the easiest way?
For one small-sized pie, you will need the following ingredients: Caira in oil canned fish - 1 jar, ready-made puff pastry - 1 package and hard cheese, for example, maasdam or parmesan.
Step 1. Thaw the dough, if it is whole, then divide it into two parts and dissolve each into a thin layer.
Step 2. Lubricate the baking dish with butter, put half of the dough and flatten along the edges of the baking sheet or mold.
Step 3. Pour saury directly with butter into the mold, and cover with a layer of dough on top, trying to bend the edges down to completely close the baking.
Step 4. Bake at 180 ° C for about 10 minutes, then remove from the oven, sprinkle with grated cheese and put back in about 15 minutes.
Unusual canned fish pie
A recipe with a photo is the best guide for housewives. Below we will describe in detail the entire cooking process, so feel free to start cooking this particular baking. Cooked in accordance with all the rules, it turns out incredibly soft and tender.
For the pie you need a pastry, which is prepared as follows:
- It is necessary to take 100 g of friable cottage cheese and grind it by adding the same amount of butter.
- Break 1 chicken egg in the same container, mix thoroughly. Sift 1 cup flour, add a pinch of sugar, salt and baking powder.
- Knead the mass until a homogeneous dough is obtained. Then leave it for 20 minutes in a warm place.
At this time, you can do the filling:
- Pass a small carrot through a grater, chop 1 onion, then pass these ingredients in a frying pan in butter.
- Boil 2 hard boiled eggs, cut into cubes and mix with carrots and onions.
- This canned fish pie, a photo of which can be found below, is made from tuna without the addition of aromatic oils. One jar of fish needs to be mixed with the other ingredients of the filling and add greens to them (dill looks best).
How to bake a pie of canned fish in the oven?
The process of making the cake itself is very simple: you need to divide the dough into two parts, form layers of approximately the same thickness and size, put the filling on one of them, close the second layer of dough on top, grease the baking with egg white (you can sprinkle with sesame seeds), and then send to oven for about 40 minutes. It is important to constantly monitor the cake, if necessary, move it to another level, closer or away from the fire. Readiness can be determined by three signs: the first is the aroma, the second is the ruddy appearance, and the third (classic way) is to try to hook the cake with a toothpick. If he is ready, then there will be no sticky crumbs on the stick.
Such a treat can be eaten even by those on a diet, because it lacks yeast and margarine. Instead, they use fat-free cottage cheese, thanks to which the cake is crumbly - it just melts in your mouth!
Single Layer Cake Recipe
Such pastries are fragrant, crispy, and the appearance is a bit like pizza. We offer a time-tested and experienced by many hostesses how to cook an open pie of canned fish in the oven.
For the test you will need: butter - 150 g, sour cream - 3 tbsp. l., flour - 1.5 cups (about 350 g), a cultivator and salt. Knead in the following way:
Step 1. Melt the butter and add sour cream to it.
Step 2. Sift the flour into the same bowl, add the baking powder and mix well. Knead the dough, it turns out to be shortbread.
After the base is ready, it should be baked in the oven until rosy edges appear. It’s better to do it this way: to form a circle 1 cm thick from the dough, grease the shape or the baking sheet with oil, lay out the base (you can bend the edges by making “sides”) and send to the oven for 5-7 minutes.
The following products are necessary for the filling: pollock fish fillet or canned tuna in its own juice, mushrooms, onions, spices and lemon.
Step 1. Cut the onions and mushrooms into small pieces, spasser them in a pan.
Step 2. Cut the fish into cubes, sprinkle with lemon juice and mix with onions and mushrooms.
Step 3. Put the filling on a semi-finished base, put in the oven and bake at a temperature of 180 ° C for about 30 minutes.
Some tips
- A yeast cake with canned fish will turn out to be softer and more lush if you use only fresh yeast for the test, from which pleasant notes of alcohol come.
- An open pie before baking can be poured with sour cream and cheese sauce. It is prepared very simply: mix grated hard cheese with sour cream, diluted with a small amount of warm water.
- When baking, try to observe the process without opening the door. Otherwise, the temperature in the oven drops immediately, and the dough does not rise well enough.
The finished treat is served on a large tray, it can be cut into portioned pieces and distributed also on small saucers. Historically, in Russia, various pastries - kulebyaki, pies, chickens and pies - were eaten by hand. However, it is now customary to use cutlery. With pies, for example, you must also serve special tongs or a spatula so that each guest has the opportunity to put an additional portion in his plate.