Pie in a slow cooker with meat: recipe

Meat pies are well-deserved, and not only among men. You can take them to work and have a great meal. At home, these pies are served for lunch or dinner. After all, they can replace a full meal. However, not everyone knows how to make a pie in a slow cooker with meat. But this miracle helper will help him to do no worse, and maybe better. Moreover, the hostess will spend time only on preparing the test and toppings.

Yeast cake with meat

Perhaps there is no more perfect combination than a hearty meat filling and airy yeast dough. Such a pie is really worth the effort and time spent on it. Indeed, in order to cook it, you need not only to prepare the filling, but also to make the dough. And it will take at least 3-4 hours. However, at least one signature recipe for a yeast pie with meat must be in your cooking piggy bank. If this was not found, you can use this.

Ingredients

For the test you will need:

• one chicken egg;
• 2 teaspoons of fresh yeast;
• 250 ml of milk at room temperature;
• 100 grams of granulated sugar;
• a pinch of salt;
• a tablespoon of vegetable oil;
• 7 tablespoons of butter;
• 2-2.5 cups flour.

For the filling you need to take:

• 700 grams of lean meat (beef, pork);
• onion head;
• 5 tablespoons of butter;
• 3 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
• ground pepper;
• salt.

It is worth noting for those who will first bake such a pie with meat, the yeast dough will be lush only from products at room temperature. Therefore, they all need to be taken out of the refrigerator so that they are warmed up. This applies to both eggs and milk.

Cooking order

1. First you need to prepare the dough for the test. To do this, you need to crumble the yeast into warm milk and leave until a small hat appears. On average, it takes about 30 minutes. If dry yeast is used instead of fresh yeast, then they will need 3 times less.
2. Separately mix the egg, two types of butter (cream melt), sugar and salt. You can do this with a fork, but do not need to beat. The cake will rise without it. Pour diluted yeast into this mass. Mix everything well.
3. Then you need to add the sifted flour, but not all at once. After all, it may need a little more or less. Knead soft elastic dough with your hands. It should keep its shape well and lag behind the walls of the dishes.
4. Put it in a cup or pan. Cover with a towel and leave to approach in a warm place until it increases in volume by 2 times. It may take about 1.5-2 hours.
5. Then gently knead the dough and let it rise again. It will take a little less time, 1-1.5 hours. It is worth noting that in a slow cooker you can not only bake the meat pie itself. Yeast dough may also be suitable in it, for example, in the "Yogurt" or "Preheat" mode.
6. While the dough is coming up, you can prepare the meat filling. Chop onions finely and fry in vegetable oil until it becomes transparent.
7. Skip boiled meat through a meat grinder (by the way, you can also cook it in a slow cooker using the "Stew" mode). Add to the onion along with melted butter so that the filling is not too dry. Pepper and salt to taste.
8. Divide the dough that has already approached into 2 unequal parts. Mash 2/3 of it in your hands, roll out and lay out the bottom of the multicooker, making sides. Add the prepared filling and cover with the rest of the dough.
9. Select the "Baking" mode in the menu and cook for 60 minutes. Then turn over using a double boiler, bake for another 20 minutes. It's so simple to make a yeast cake in a slow cooker with meat.

Swiss meat pie

But what if there is no time for long preparation of the test? You can take ready-made, as in this recipe. All that remains is to make a delicious filling with the addition of meat products, and the puff pie with meat is ready! The hostess will only have to accept rave reviews from the family and friends who have looked at the light.

Ingredients

• 500 grams of puff pastry (preferably from 2 layers);
• 300 grams of any meat with fat (ham, brisket and so on);
• 300 grams of potatoes;
• 200 grams of hard cheese;
• 2 large onions;
• 2 apples
• 2 hard pears;
• ground pepper.

Do not be afraid that sweet fruits are added to the filling. They will make it only more tender and juicier. In this case, you get a really tasty pie with meat in a slow cooker.

Cooking

1. If the dough is frozen, get it in advance from the freezer. It should completely thaw. It will be very convenient if it is from 2 layers. If this is not so, cut into 2 parts - for the top and bottom.
2. Now prepare the filling. Cut the breast or ham into thin strips and fry in a dry pan for 5-7 minutes, so that the fat is only slightly melted. Transfer to a plate.
3. Then fry the onions, chopped into small cubes. Partially or completely, it can be replaced with leek. Once it has become soft, remove the pan from the heat.
4. Boil potatoes in their skins in advance. Cool and clean. Grate. It is very important not to digest it so that it retains its shape.
5. Simply cut the apples, pears and cheese into cubes. You do not need to mix them yet.
6. Fold one layer of dough and cut a circle out of it to fit the multicooker bowl, leaving a little on the sides. Put in it. Do not discard the dough.
7. Now lay out the filling in layers: potatoes, onions, apples and pears, meat and cheese. Sprinkle on top with ground pepper, preferably even freshly ground.
8. Cover with the second round of dough. Along the edge to make beautiful borders from scraps. And bake for 60 minutes on the one hand and 20 on the other this layer cake with meat. The recipe is more than simple, and the taste is original and unbroken.

By the way, it’s very convenient to bake puff pies in a multicooker by folding it with a “snail”. To do this, roll the dough well. Put the filling in the indicated sequence and roll it up. Then just start spreading from edge to center, holding the other end.

Lavash meat pie

Perhaps this is one of those recipes when you get a delicious pie in a slow cooker with meat with almost no effort. No need to bother with the dough and cook the filling for a long time. A great option when there is absolutely no time and effort. And the result will please even the most demanding gourmets. Is this what most housewives dream of?

Ingredients

• 200-300 grams of thin pita bread;
• 500 grams of minced meat;
• carrot;
• onion;
• 1.5-2 cups of kefir;
• 1 egg
• 100 grams of cheese;
• bunch of green onions.

For the filling, you can take absolutely any meat - chicken, pork, beef and even a mixture of them. Those who are used to doing everything themselves can cook the minced meat on their own. But with a good purchase it will turn out no worse. And you can take cheese that is at home. A very interesting taste is obtained with Adyghe cheese or mozzarella.

Cooking process

1. Chop onions finely, grate the carrots. Fry them with minced meat in vegetable oil until tender. If desired, spices and salt can be added. Cool completely.
2. In the meantime, it cools down, grate the cheese on a coarse grater. Adyghe simply crumble. Chop green onions into rings. You can still add a little dill, parsley or cilantro.
3. Once the minced meat has cooled, pour cheese and green onions into it. Mix everything well. The filling on this is ready. And the recipe for the test of the pie with meat is not needed here. After all, lavash will be used instead.
4. Lubricate the multicooker bowl with oil. Line with one sheet of pita bread and lay out half the prepared filling.
5. Mix the egg and kefir to fill. If necessary, kefir can be added if it is not enough.
6. Tear the remaining pita bread into small pieces and soak them well in the fill.
7. Put them on a layer of minced meat.
8. Cover the cake with hanging sheets and pour out the remaining fill. If desired, pieces of butter can still be spread on top. This may be necessary if you used beef or chicken. Cook a pie in a slow cooker with meat for 65 minutes in the "Baking" mode.
9. After this time, the cake will be ready. But if you need a golden brown crust on all sides, you can still bake it on the other side for 20 minutes in the "Baking" mode. It remains only to cool it and try.