Meat pies

This soft homemade cake is loved by many. Ruddy, airy, with a glossy crust and juicy meat filling - the pies are ideal for a hearty snack. They are convenient to take on the road and give to your child at school. We offer recipes for pies with yeast and yeast-free dough.

Yeast dough pies with meat in the oven

We knead the dough with yeast - after baking it turns out soft, like fluff. You can use any minced meat for the filling. The main thing is that it is not too greasy. For juiciness, add onions.

1. 
   How to bake delicious meat pies? To prepare the dough, pour warm water into a bowl, add sugar and yeast. Dissolve. Add 3 tablespoons of flour and stir until smooth. Cover the bowl with the mixture with a towel and leave in a warm place for twenty minutes to activate the yeast.
2. 
   During this time, a “cap” of foam should rise on the surface of the dough.
3. 
   After this, add eggs, warm milk, salt and a couple of tablespoons of flour to the dough. Mix.
4. 
   Add melted butter, mix and add sifted flour in parts.
5. 
   First, mix with a spoon, then put the dough on the table and start kneading with your hands. The dough should be soft. Roll it into a ball, cover with a towel and leave in a warm place to proof for one hour. The volume of the mass should double.
6. 
   To prepare the filling for the minced meat, add finely chopped onions, salt and ground black pepper to taste. In a separate container, beat the egg, pour half of the resulting egg liquid into the minced meat. Mix everything well.
7. 
   Place the risen dough on a work surface sprinkled with flour. Divide the dough into two parts. Roll two sausages and cut each into pieces, from which we will form pies. For convenience, your hands can be lubricated with vegetable oil. Roll each piece into a flat cake and place the meat filling in the center. Pinch the edges tightly. Place the formed pies, seam side down, on a baking sheet lined with oiled parchment. Cover the pies with a towel and leave them to rise for half an hour before baking.
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   Lubricate the surface of the risen pies with the remaining egg mixture using a silicone brush and place in an oven preheated to 190 degrees. Bake for twenty-five minutes until golden brown. Transfer the finished pies from the baking sheet to a plate and let cool slightly before serving.

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Meat pies fried in a frying pan

We offer a simple recipe for fried meat pies. The dough is straight yeast, the filling is minced meat with herbs. We form the pies in the form of triangles - it looks unusual and very appetizing.

Cooking time: 40 min. excluding proofing time

Cooking time: 30 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Flour – 3 tbsp.
• Eggs – 1 pc.
• Milk – 1 tbsp.
• Salt – 2 tsp.
• Granulated sugar – 1 tsp.
• Dry yeast – 10 gr.
• Minced meat – 400 g.
• Fresh greens - 1-2 bunches.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.

Cooking process:

1. To prepare the dough, mix warm milk, sugar and dry yeast in a small container. Stir until completely dissolved. Leave in a warm place for ten minutes to activate - foam should appear on the surface. Sift the flour into a bowl, break the egg, add salt. Pour in milk with yeast. Mix. The dough should be quite soft. Roll it into a ball and leave it in a warm place for one hour. The volume of the mass should double.

2. For the filling, place the minced meat in a bowl, add chopped onions, salt and ground black pepper to taste. You can use any greens you like. A win-win option is dill and parsley. We wash the greens, dry them, chop them finely and add them to the minced meat.Mix everything well.

3. Place the dough on a work surface sprinkled with flour. Form the dough into a sausage and cut it into small pieces. If necessary, add flour to prevent your hands from sticking to the dough. Roll each piece into a thin flat cake and place a ball of minced meat in the center.

4. Raise the opposite edges of the cake and pinch them in the shape of a triangle.

5. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan until hot. Place the formed pies in it, seam side down. When the crust is golden brown on the bottom, turn the pies over to the other side and fry until done. Keep the fire medium-low.

6. Place the finished pies out of the frying pan onto a paper towel so that excess oil is absorbed. Place the dried pies on a plate and serve hot or warm.

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How to bake delicious meat and potato pies?

Very quick pies despite the fact that they are prepared with yeast dough. In addition to meat, we will add potatoes to the filling. It must first be boiled until soft. Use seasonings for the filling according to your own taste.

Cooking time: 40 min.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• For the test:
• Butter – 100 gr.
• Milk – 150 ml.
• Salt – 1/2 tsp.
• Granulated sugar – 1 tsp.
• Dry yeast – 5 gr.
• Flour – 300 gr.
• For filling:
• Minced meat – 200 g.
• Potatoes – 500 gr.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Vegetable oil – 1 tsp.
• Butter – 30 gr.
• Milk – 50-100 ml.
• Seasoning for meat - to taste.
• Egg - for greasing.

Cooking process:

1. Let's start with the filling.In a frying pan in vegetable oil, fry the chopped onions until transparent. Add minced meat, salt, ground black pepper and other seasonings to taste, mix and continue to fry everything together until the liquid evaporates.

2. Peel the potatoes, boil them, drain the broth and mash them into a puree. Add milk and butter, mix. Transfer the resulting puree to the fried minced meat and mix.

3. To prepare the dough, pour milk, melted butter into a bowl, add dry yeast, salt and granulated sugar. Mix.

4. Add the sifted flour in portions and gradually knead the soft, shaped dough.

5. Divide the dough into three equal parts. Roll each into a rectangle two millimeters thick. Place the filling on the edge and roll it up. We pinch the seam.

6. Next, use the side of your palm to press on the roll, thus separating the future pies. Using your fingers, we then separate the pies in the dented places, as in the photo. Pinch the edges of the pies more tightly after separating them.

7. Place the pies on oiled parchment on a baking sheet. Brush the surface with beaten egg using a silicone brush. Place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees. Bake for twenty-five to thirty minutes until golden brown.

8. Transfer the finished hot pies from the baking sheet to a serving plate.

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Quick pies with meat made from puff pastry

Fluffy yeast pies are very tasty. But an equally tasty option can be made from puff pastry. The products are crumbly, light, with a crispy crust. In addition to the taste and visual difference, there is also a significant difference in cooking time.From ready-made puff pastry, these pies are prepared in literally ten minutes!

Cooking time: 30 min.

Cooking time: 20 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Puff pastry – 250 gr.
• Egg yolk – 1 pc.
• Minced pork and beef – 200 gr.
• Bread crumbs – 1 tbsp.
• Provençal herbs – 1 tsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Place the puff pastry on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator to defrost gently. While it is defrosting, prepare the filling. Place minced meat, bread crumbs, salt, ground black pepper, Provençal herbs and salt to taste in a bowl. Mix everything well.

2. Place the defrosted puff pastry on a floured surface. Roll out slightly. Cut into strips twelve to fourteen centimeters wide.

3. Place minced meat along the length of each strip, as in the photo. Roll it up.

4. Cut the rolls into pieces approximately five centimeters long. We prick the top with a knife in several places.

5. Transfer the formed pies to oiled parchment on a baking sheet. Lubricate the surface with beaten yolk using a silicone brush.

6. Place the pies in an oven preheated to 180 degrees. Bake for twenty-five minutes until golden brown.

7. Transfer the finished rosy pies from the baking sheet to a beautiful dish and serve hot.

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A simple and delicious recipe for making pies with meat and cabbage

Who doesn't love cabbage pies? The juicy, aromatic filling goes perfectly with the soft dough and golden brown crust. These pies can be eaten warm or cold, or reheated without losing their taste.

Cooking time: 40 min.excluding proofing time

Cooking time: 30 min.

Servings – 6.

Ingredients:

• For the test:
• Water – 1.2 l.
• Flour – 900-1000 gr.
• Salt – 1.5 tsp.
• Granulated sugar – 1 tbsp.
• Dry yeast – 1 pack (11 g).
• Vegetable oil – 5 tbsp.
• For filling:
• Minced pork – 500 g.
• Cabbage - 1 small head.
• Onions – 1-2 pcs.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.

Cooking process:

1. In a large bowl, combine warm water, vegetable oil, sugar, salt and dry yeast. Mix. Add sifted flour and gradually knead into a soft pliable dough. Leave it in a warm place for thirty to forty minutes to rise. Then knead it and let it rise again.

2. Next, place the dough on a work surface sprinkled with flour. We form a rope of dough and cut it into small pieces. If necessary, add flour to prevent your hands from sticking to the dough. We will form each piece of dough into a pie.

3. For the filling, finely shred the cabbage and finely chop the onion. Fry the chopped onions in a frying pan until translucent, add the cabbage and fry for another five to ten minutes over medium heat. Salt and pepper to taste, stir, reduce heat and cook the cabbage under the lid until cooked. In another frying pan, fry the minced pork also with onions. Salt and pepper to taste. After frying, combine the cabbage and meat and mix.

4. Roll each piece of dough into a flat cake, and put meat and cabbage filling in the middle. Raise the edges above the filling and pinch tightly.

5. In a frying pan, heat enough vegetable oil until hot. Place the formed pies in it.When a golden brown crust has formed on the bottom, turn the pies over to the other side and fry until golden brown. Keep the fire medium-low. The pies are fried quickly, approximately one minute per side.

6. Dry the finished pies on a paper towel to remove excess oil. Serve hot or cool.

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How to make homemade meat and rice pies?

The classic filling for pies is minced meat with rice. It is not only tasty, but also very filling. For juiciness, be sure to add onions, after frying them in a frying pan. Knead the dough using yeast dough. We will bake these pies in the oven.

Cooking time: 60 min. excluding proofing time

Cooking time: 30 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• For filling:
• Boiled beef – 400-500 gr.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Rice – 1/3 cup.
• Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• For the test:
• Flour – 4 tbsp.
• Milk – 1 tbsp.
• Salt – 1 tsp.
• Granulated sugar – 1 tsp.
• Vegetable oil – 2-3 tbsp.
• Dry yeast – 11 gr.
• Eggs – 1 pc.

Cooking process:

1. Wash the rice and boil in salted water for twenty minutes. After cooking, place the cereal in a colander and let the water drain.

2. Peel and chop the onions. Fry it in a frying pan with the addition of vegetable oil.

3. Scroll the boiled beef through a meat grinder with a fine grid.

4. Add fried onions to the chopped meat.

5. Next add boiled rice and mix.

6. Add salt and ground black pepper to taste and mix.

7. To prepare the dough, mix warm milk, sugar and dry yeast in a jug.Sift the flour into a bowl and pour the milk and yeast into it.

8. Stir and leave in a warm place for fifteen minutes to rise.

9. Then pour the egg beaten with salt into the dough.

10. Pour in vegetable oil.

11. Stir.

12. Knead the formed soft dough and knead it with your hands on the work surface.

13. We immediately start cutting the dough; there is no need to leave it for proofing.

14. Cut the dough into equal sized pieces.

15. Roll each piece into a flat cake five millimeters thick.

16. Make the size of the cakes at your discretion, depending on the size of the pie you want to end up with.

17. Place the filling in the center of the flatbread.

18. Raise the opposite edges of the cake and pinch them.

19. We form each pie in this way.

20. Place the formed pies on a baking sheet lined with oiled parchment, at a distance from each other, seam side down.

21. Cover with a towel and leave for half an hour. Then grease the surface with yolk mixed with a pinch of sugar and a spoonful of water.

22. Place the baking sheet with the pies in an oven preheated to 180 degrees and bake for twenty-five to thirty minutes.

23. Cool the finished pies slightly and transfer to a plate. You can serve these pies with soups, broth, borscht, or simply with tea or coffee.

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Homemade Tatar meat pies

Cooking Tatar pies with meat. Their peculiarity is that raw potatoes are added to the filling, and the pie is formed in such a way that it remains open. Bake these pies in the oven and serve hot. The filling in them is very juicy.

Cooking time: 50 min.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Servings – 6.

Ingredients:

• Flour – 2 tbsp.
• Eggs – 2 pcs.
• Butter – 100 gr.
• Kefir – 1 tbsp.
• Potatoes – 5 pcs.
• Meat – 300 gr.
• Onions – 3 pcs.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper – 10 gr.
• Salt – 10 gr.
• Soda – 2 gr.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.

Cooking process:

1. Sift the flour into a large bowl and cut the butter into pieces. Grind into crumbs. Add salt and soda, mix. Pour in kefir and break the eggs. Knead a homogeneous smooth dough. The consistency should be softer than dumplings. After kneading, leave it to stand for one hour.

2. For the filling, peel the potatoes and grate them on a coarse grater. Grind the meat through a meat grinder. Cut the onion into small pieces. In a bowl, mix minced meat, onion and grated potatoes. Add salt and ground black pepper to taste. Mix.

3. Place the rested dough on a work surface sprinkled with flour. Cut it into small pieces. Roll out each piece of dough into a small flat cake and place the filling in the center. We pinch the edges of the cake, leaving a hole above the filling, as in the photo. Let's form the rest of the pies.

4. Place the formed pies on a baking sheet lined with oiled parchment. Place in an oven preheated to 190 degrees. Bake for twenty minutes. After this time, take out a baking sheet and put a small piece of butter in each pie. Let it bake for another twenty minutes.

5. Then brush the pies with egg, add a little broth into the hole, return to the oven and bake for another ten to fifteen minutes. We take the finished pies out of the oven, transfer them to a dish and cover with a towel so that they soften and become limp. After about fifteen minutes they can be served.

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Lush meat pies with kefir

The dough for such pies is kneaded without yeast. It is loose and quite porous, as it is prepared with kefir. For the filling, we take already boiled meat, since the pies are fried quickly, and the filling may not have time to prepare.

Cooking time: 40 min. excluding proofing time

Cooking time: 30 min.

Servings – 6.

Ingredients:

• Kefir 1% - 1.2 l.
• Granulated sugar – 2-3 tbsp.
• Flour – 800-900 gr.
• Salt – 1-2 tsp.
• Soda – 2 tsp.
• Pork – 600 gr.
• Onions – 2-3 pcs.
• Salt for filling - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Vegetable oil – 2-3 tbsp.

Cooking process:

1. Pour kefir and vegetable oil into a bowl. Add salt, sugar and soda, mix.

2. Add sifted flour and knead soft elastic dough.

3. Place the dough in a bowl, cover with cling film and leave in the cold for an hour and a half.

4. For the filling, pre-boil the pork for one and a half hours.

5. Peel the onions, chop and fry in oil until golden.

6. Pass the boiled meat through a meat grinder with a fine grid. Mix the meat mixture with the fried onions, add salt and ground black pepper to taste. Mix.

7. Cut the rested dough into thirty-two pieces. Roll each piece of dough into a flat cake with a diameter of eight to ten centimeters. Place the prepared filling in the middle.

8. Raise the edges above the filling and pinch tightly. We form pies from the entire dough, using all the filling.

9. In a frying pan, heat odorless vegetable oil until hot. Place the formed pies in it, seam side down. Close the lid. We maintain the stove temperature at medium-low.When the crust is browned on the bottom, turn the pies over to the other side and fry until golden brown.

10. Place the finished pies on a paper towel so that it absorbs excess oil. Serve hot or cool.

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Delicious pies with meat and mushrooms

Meat and mushrooms are another classic combination when it comes to filling pies. In this case, we suggest using champignons and chicken - these products do not require long-term temperature treatment. And we take puff pastry. These pies are prepared very quickly and are perfect as an “urgent” treat for tea.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Cooking time: 20 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Yeast-free puff pastry – 600 gr.
• Champignons – 300 gr.
• Chicken meat – 300 gr.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Butter – 60 gr.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Sour cream 15% - 2 tbsp.
• Egg - for greasing.

Cooking process:

1. Boil chicken meat until soft. Drain the broth, remove the skin and bones from the meat. Cool.

2. Wash the champignons and dry them.

3. Cut into small pieces.

4. Peel the onions and chop them with a knife.

5. Heat the butter in a frying pan, fry the champignons in it until soft, then add the onions and fry everything together until the liquid has completely evaporated. Add salt and ground black pepper, add sour cream, mix and fry for a few more minutes.

6. Pass the boiled chicken through a meat grinder and add to the mushroom mince. Mix the filling well.

7. Defrost the puff pastry. Then lay it out on a floured surface. Roll out slightly. Cut into squares of desired size.

8.Place the prepared filling on the squares, as in the photo.

9. We form triangles by connecting opposite corners. Press down the edges with a fork. Transfer the formed pies to a baking sheet lined with oiled parchment. Brush the surface of the pies with egg.

10. Place the baking sheet with the pies in an oven preheated to 220 degrees. Bake for fifteen to twenty minutes until golden brown. Transfer the finished pies to a serving dish and serve hot or warm.

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How to bake pies with meat and eggs in the oven?

If you want to make pies more filling, add boiled eggs to the meat filling. It is not only tasty, but also nutritious. For aroma, color and juiciness, we will also add greens. We suggest kneading the dough for such pies with yeast. The pies baked in the oven are very soft, with a delicate golden crust.

Cooking time: 60 min. excluding proofing time

Cooking time: 30 min.

Servings – 6.

Ingredients:

• For the test:
• Milk – 250 ml.
• Flour – 500 gr.
• Vegetable oil – 1/4 tbsp.
• Dry yeast – 1 tsp.
• Granulated sugar – 3 tbsp.
• Eggs – 1 pc.
• Salt – 1 tsp.
• For filling:
• Minced meat – 400 g.
• Boiled eggs – 2 pcs.
• Red onion – 1 pc.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Butter – 1 tbsp.
• Parsley – 3 branches.

Cooking process:

1. To prepare the dough, pour milk into a bowl. Dissolve half the volume of sugar and yeast in it. Add one tablespoon of flour, mix and leave in a warm place for twenty minutes to activate the yeast. Separately, beat the egg with the remaining sugar and sift the flour and salt.Pour the egg into the suitable dough, add half the amount of flour and add vegetable oil, mix. Place the dough on the table, pour in the remaining flour and knead with your hands. Then we form the dough into a ball, place it in a bowl, cover it with film and put it in a warm place for an hour and a half.

2. The volume of the dough should double. When it fits, knead it and immediately move on to forming the pies.

3. While the dough is proofing, prepare the filling. Peel and chop the onions. Melt the butter in a frying pan and fry the onion in it until soft.

4. Next, add the minced meat to the frying pan with the onions and mix well. Fry until the minced meat is ready. At the end of frying, add salt and ground black pepper to taste.

5. Peel the hard-boiled eggs and chop them into small cubes with a knife. Wash the parsley, dry and chop. Add chopped eggs and herbs to the fried minced meat and mix. If the filling is still hot, let it cool.

6. Place the risen dough on a work surface sprinkled with flour. Divide the dough into small pieces to form each into a pie. Roll each part into a ball and knead into a flat cake. Place the prepared filling in the center.

7. Pinch the opposite edges of the cake tightly. Place the formed pies, seam side up, on a baking sheet lined with oiled parchment.

8. Leave the products for fifteen minutes to rise before baking. Then brush the surface with beaten egg for gloss.

9. Place the baking sheet with the pies in an oven preheated to 200 degrees. Bake for twenty to twenty-five minutes until golden brown. Serve the finished pies hot or warm.

Bon appetit!