Samsa made from puff pastry

Samsa is a pies made from unleavened or puff pastry. The filling is traditionally chopped onions with meat, but there are other options, for example, with chicken or cheese. This pastry is typical for the national cuisine of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. It is very tasty, aromatic and easy to prepare, so you can safely please yourself and your family with it.

Samsa made from ready-made puff pastry with minced meat and onions in the oven

Finely chopped onion, salt, pepper are added to the minced meat and everything is mixed well. The puff pastry is rolled out and cut into squares. The filling is placed in each and the whole thing is pinched into a square or triangle. Samsa is brushed with egg and baked for 30-40 minutes.

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   Samsa made from puff pastry is easy to prepare. Immediately preheat the oven to 180 degrees.Add finely chopped onion, salt and black pepper to taste to the minced meat and mix everything thoroughly. If desired, you can add a little water to make the filling more juicy.
2. 
   Using a rolling pin, roll out the puff pastry into a square shape and cut it into 9 equal squares with a knife.
3. 
   Place the filling in the center of each piece of dough and pinch the edges tightly to form squares or triangles. It is important to do this so that the juice does not leak out during baking.
4. 
   Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and place the samsa there, seams down. Brush the top well with egg to brown the pastries.
5. 
   Bake the samsa for about 30-40 minutes until the dough has risen and browned. Transfer the finished dish to a plate, let it cool slightly and serve as a snack or tea. Bon appetit!

Puff pastry samsa with chicken in the oven

Add onions, salt, ground black pepper to finely chopped chicken fillet and mix everything well. Pieces are cut from the puff pastry, each of which is stretched, the filling is placed there and everything is fastened with a triangle. Samsa is brushed with egg and baked.

Cooking time: 40 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Portions – 6.

Ingredients:

• Puff pastry – 500 gr.
• Chicken fillet – 2 pcs.
• Onions – 15 pcs.
• Salt – 1.5 tsp.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Chicken egg – 1 pc.
• Sesame – 1.5 tsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Wash the chicken fillet thoroughly under running water, dry it on a paper towel and finely chop it. Peel the onions and chop them finely.

Step 2. Mix the onion with the chicken, add salt, ground black pepper and mix thoroughly.

Step 3.Cut a piece of the required size from the puff pastry and stretch it with your fingers to the desired size.

Step 4. Place the chicken filling in the center and pinch the edges tightly. Samsa should come out in the form of an envelope.

Step 5. Transfer everything to a baking sheet greased with butter, place the samosa there, seam side down, brush it with egg and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

Step 6. Preheat the oven to 200^OC and bake for 30 minutes. Let the finished samsa cool slightly, then transfer it to a plate and serve. Bon appetit!

Puff pastry samsa with potatoes

First, puff pastry is prepared, rolled into a roll and cut into small pieces. Each of them is rolled out into a flat cake, and a filling of potatoes, onions, coriander and salt is placed in the center. Next, everything is pinched tightly, the samsa is transferred to a baking sheet, brushed with egg and baked.

Cooking time: 3 hours 40 minutes

Cooking time: 3 hours.

Portions – 11.

Ingredients:

For the test:

• Wheat flour – 300 gr.
• Chicken egg – 1 pc.
• Cold water – 150 ml.
• Butter – 100 gr.
• Vinegar 9% – 0.5 tsp.
• Salt – 0.25 tsp.

For filling:

• Potatoes – 500 gr.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Ground coriander - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.

For the top:

• Chicken egg – 1 pc.
• Sesame – 1.5 tsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Sift wheat flour into a deep container. Thus, it will be saturated with oxygen, and the baked goods will come out more airy during the baking process.

Step 2. Break the egg into a separate container and beat it. Then add vinegar, salt, cold water and mix well. Make a well in the flour, pour in the liquid ingredients and begin kneading the dough.

Step 3. First we do it with a spoon, and then with our hands.It should be tight, but not too tight.

Step 4. Divide the dough into two equal parts and roll one of them into a thin layer about 0.5 cm thick. Grease it with a layer of softened butter, leaving a little space around the edges. Cover everything on top with a second layer of dough and grease it with the remaining oil.

Step 5. Roll the puff pastry into a roll, then wrap it into a tight “snail”. Let it sit in the refrigerator for two hours.

Step 6. Let's start preparing the filling. Peel the onion and cut into small cubes.

Step 7. Wash the potatoes, peel them and also cut them into very small cubes. Transfer the onions and potatoes into a suitable container, add salt and ground coriander to them and mix well.

Step 8. After the required time, take the dough out of the refrigerator and roll it into a layer at least 0.5 cm thick. Then we roll it again and cut it into small pieces, depending on the size of the samsa. We put it in the refrigerator and take out the pieces one by one so that the dough does not start to melt.

Step 9. Place a piece of dough on the table on its side so that the layers are parallel to its surface. Then we roll it into a round cake, and put the potato filling in the center.

Step 10. Pinch the edges of the dough so that you get a triangle. Place the pieces on a baking sheet lined with parchment, seam side down. Brush the top with beaten egg and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

Step 11. Preheat the oven to 190-200^OC and bake the samsa for 40-45 minutes. Let the finished baked goods cool slightly and serve. Bon appetit!

How to cook puff samsa with pumpkin?

Onions are fried in a frying pan in fat tail fat.Next, it is added to the chopped pumpkin along with cumin, salt, sugar and red hot pepper. We put the filling on a puff pastry cake and pinch everything together tightly. Samsa is brushed with egg, sprinkled with sesame seeds and baked for 40 minutes.

Cooking time: 1 hour.

Cooking time: 1 hour.

Portions – 16.

Ingredients:

• Homemade puff pastry – 750 gr.
• Pumpkin – 600 gr.
• Onions – 2 pcs.
• Fat tail fat – 100 gr.
• Zira – 1 tsp.
• Salt – 1 tsp.
• Granulated sugar – 1 tsp.
• Ground red hot pepper – 1/3 tsp.
• Vegetable oil – 1 tbsp.
• Egg yolk – 1 pc.
• Black sesame – 1 tsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Heat a tablespoon of vegetable oil in a frying pan and melt pieces of fat tail fat in it.

Step 2. Remove the lard from the frying pan and add finely chopped onions. Saute it until it becomes soft.

Step 3. Defrost the puff pastry and cut it into pieces of the same size.

Step 4. Cut the pumpkin into small cubes, add salt, granulated sugar, cumin, red hot pepper and sautéed onions. Mix everything thoroughly and our filling is ready.

Step 5. Roll out each piece of dough into a flat cake 12-13 cm in diameter. Place 1.5 tbsp in the center. pumpkin filling, tightly pinch the dough overlapping. The samsa should be rectangular in shape.

Step 6. Transfer the blanks to a baking sheet lined with parchment, grease them with egg yolk, sprinkle with sesame seeds, and place in a preheated room at 170^OPlace in the oven and bake for 40-45 minutes.

Step 7. Let the finished samsa cool a little, and then serve it to the table. Bon appetit!

Samsa with puff pastry cheese

Pieces of puff pastry are rolled out into flat cakes, hard cheese is placed inside, and the edges of the dough are tightly pinched and triangles are formed. The blanks are transferred to a silicone mat, brushed with beaten egg and everything is baked at 180 degrees until done for 30 minutes.

Cooking time: 40 min.

Cooking time: 10 min.

Portions – 8.

Ingredients:

• Puff pastry – 500 gr.
• Hard cheese – 200 gr.
• Chicken egg – 1 pc.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Before starting cooking, take the puff pastry out of the freezer and let it defrost at room temperature. Cut the dough into small pieces and roll each into a small flat cake.

Step 2. Cut the hard cheese into small rectangles or grate it on a coarse grater and place it in the center of the rolled out flatbread.

Step 3. Now glue the edges of the puff pastry together so that you end up with a triangle. It is important to pinch the dough tightly so that the cheese does not leak out during baking.

Step 4. Transfer our blanks to a silicone mat. Break the egg into a small container, beat it with a fork and, using a silicone brush, brush the samsa with it for a golden brown crust.

Step 5. Preheat the oven to 180^OC and bake our products for 30 minutes. Let the finished samsa cool slightly, then serve it to the table with tea or as a snack. Bon appetit!

Puff samsa with pork at home

The puff pastry is rolled out into a layer, rolled into a roll, and cut into pieces. Each one is rolled out into a flatbread, in the center of which a filling of pork tenderloin, onions, salt and pepper is placed. The edges of the dough are tightly pinched, the samosa is brushed with egg and baked for 35-40 minutes.

Cooking time: 2 hours.

Cooking time: 40 min.

Portions – 12.

Ingredients:

For the test:

• Chicken egg – 2 pcs.
• Wheat flour – 500 gr.
• Hot water – 1 tbsp.
• Butter – 100 gr.
• Salt – 1 tsp.

For filling:

• Pork tenderloin – 500 gr.
• Onions – 350 gr.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Sesame - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Sift flour through a sieve into a deep container. Next, make a hole in the flour and pour hot water into it, in which we dissolve the salt. Then add the egg and start kneading the dough. First we do this with a spatula, and then with our hands for about 8-10 minutes. Form the dough into a ball, lightly press it down, put it in a bag and put it in the refrigerator for 1 hour.

Step 2. At this time, prepare the filling. Cut the pork tenderloin into small cubes. Cut the peeled onions in the same way. Mix the meat with onions, add salt and pepper to taste, mix again with your hands, cover with cling film and let stand at room temperature.

Step 3. Sprinkle the work surface with flour and place the dough there. Roll it out into a thin rectangular layer and brush it evenly with melted butter.

Step 4. Roll everything into a tight roll, cut it in half, put it on a cutting board, wrap it in cling film and put it in the freezer for 40 minutes. Then we take out the rolls and cut each into 6 equal parts.

Step 5. Lightly press down each piece and carefully roll them into thin cakes.

Step 6. Place the pork and onion filling in the center. Then pinch the edges of the dough tightly to form triangles. We transfer our blanks to a baking sheet, seam side down.

Step 7. Brush samsa with egg yolk, sprinkle with sesame seeds and bake in preheated to 180^OIn the oven for 20 minutes. Then move the baking sheet to the middle or upper level and bake for another 15-20 minutes. Give the finished samsa a little time to cool and serve. Bon appetit!

Samsa from ready-made yeast dough

The yeast dough is rolled out, divided into equal parts, each of which is rolled into a flat cake. The center is filled with meat, onions, spices and potatoes. The edges are tightly pinched, the samsa is brushed with yolk, sprinkled with pepper and baked for 30 minutes at 200 degrees.

Cooking time: 1 hour.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Portions – 10.

Ingredients:

• Meat – 800 gr.
• Onions – 2 pcs.
• Yeast puff pastry – 1 package.
• Zira - to taste.
• Coriander - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Egg yolk – 1 pc.
• Boiled potatoes – 1 pc.

Cooking process:

Step 1. It is best to use beef or lamb as meat. Cut it into small pieces and transfer it to a suitable container. Then add finely chopped onion, grated boiled potatoes, salt, ground black pepper, cumin, coriander and mix everything thoroughly.

Step 2. Roll out the yeast dough and cut into pieces of the same size. We roll each of them into a thin flat cake and put the filling of meat, potatoes and onions in the center.

Step 3. Fold the edges of the dough towards the center to form triangles. It is important to seal them tightly so that the juice does not leak out during baking. Place the samsa on a baking sheet, seam side down, grease the surface with yolk and sprinkle with pepper.

Step 4. Preheat the oven to 200^OC and bake everything for 30 minutes.

Step 5. Let the finished samsa cool slightly, then transfer it to a plate and serve.Bon appetit!

Homemade samsa with beef made from puff pastry

The puff pastry is rolled into a roll and cut into pieces, which are rolled into flat cakes. Beef filling, onions, parsley, garlic, pepper and spices are placed in the center. The edges of the dough are pinched tightly, forming a triangle. Samsa is brushed with egg and baked for 30 minutes.

Cooking time: 2 hours 10 minutes

Cooking time: 40 min.

Portions – 16.

Ingredients:

• Beef – 500 gr.
• Granulated sugar – 1 tsp.
• Onions – 3 pcs.
• Garlic – 1 clove.
• Red onion – 0.5 pcs.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Ground red pepper - to taste.
• Zira - to taste.
• Khmeli-suneli - to taste.
• Ground cardamom - to taste.
• Sesame - to taste.
• Fresh parsley - to taste.

For the test:

• Butter – 100 gr.
• Wheat flour – 4 tbsp.
• Chicken eggs – 2 pcs.
• Salt – 1.5 tsp.
• Water – 1 tbsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Heat the water slightly and pour it into a deep container. Add the egg, butter and mix everything, whisking a little to make a fluffy mass. Then add 2 cups of flour and mix. Next, gradually add the rest of the flour and knead the elastic dough.

Step 2. Cut the dough into 4 equal parts. Roll out one piece on a work surface and brush with a small amount of butter using a brush.

Step 3. Cover the top with another layer and grease it again with oil. We do the same with the remaining dough. Next, roll everything up and put it in the freezer for 10 minutes.

Step 4. At this time, prepare the filling. Chop the beef very finely or pass it through a meat grinder with a large grid. Then add red onion, chopped parsley, garlic, salt, sugar and all other spices to the meat, cut into half rings.

Step 5.We take the roll out of the freezer, cut it into equal pieces, and roll each of them into a flat cake. We do this so that the dough remains thicker in the center.

Step 6. Place a tablespoon of meat filling in the center and tightly pinch the edges of the dough to form a triangle.

Step 7. Place the samsa on a baking sheet, seam side down, and place it in a preheated room at 190^OC oven for 20 minutes. Then take it out of the oven, brush with egg, sprinkle with sesame seeds and bake until golden brown for another 10 minutes. Let the finished samsa cool slightly and serve it to the table. Bon appetit!

Real Uzbek samsa made from yeast-free dough

The puff pastry is cut into pieces, each of which is rolled out into a flat cake. A filling of lamb, onion, water, salt, pepper and cumin is placed in the center. The edges of the dough are pinched tightly, forming a triangle. The samsa is placed on a baking sheet, brushed with egg and baked for 40 minutes.

Cooking time: 1 hour 40 minutes

Cooking time: 30 min.

Portions – 8.

Ingredients:

For the test:

• Wheat flour – 3 tbsp.
• Salt – 1 tsp.
• Granulated sugar – 1 tsp.
• Chicken egg – 1 pc.
• Boiling water – 1 tbsp.
• Butter – 200 gr.
• Cornstarch - for rolling out dough.

For filling:

• Lamb – 1 kg.
• Onions – 500 gr.
• Water – 0.5 tbsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Zira – 1 tsp.
• Sesame – 1 tsp.
• Yolk – 1 pc.
• Milk – 1 tbsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Sift the flour, add salt, granulated sugar, egg and pour boiling water. Knead the dough and let it stand for 30 minutes. Next, divide it into 4 parts and roll each thinly using cornstarch. Grease each layer with butter, place them on top of each other, roll them into a roll and put them in the freezer.

Step 2.Finely chop the lamb and onion with a knife or pass through a meat grinder with a large grid. Grind the spices in a mortar and add them to the minced meat. Then pour water and knead everything with your hands.

Step 3. Take the puff pastry out of the freezer and cut it into equal-sized pucks. Then roll the dough into flat cakes.

Step 4. Place the lamb filling in the center and pinch the edges of the dough tightly to form a triangle.

Step 5. Cover a baking sheet with parchment and place the samsa there, seam side down. Brush everything with yolk mixed with a spoonful of milk and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

Step 6. Preheat the oven to 180^OC and bake our products for 40 minutes. Give the finished samsa a little time to cool and serve. Bon appetit!

Puff pastry samsa with meat and pumpkin

The puff pastry is rolled out into flat cakes, and a filling of minced meat, onion, pumpkin, salt and black pepper is placed in the center. Next, the edges are tightly pinched to form triangles. Samsa is brushed with egg, sprinkled with sesame seeds and baked for 30 minutes at 200 degrees.

Cooking time: 2 hours 20 minutes

Cooking time: 30 min.

Portions – 10.

Ingredients:

For the test:

• Wheat flour – 450-500 gr.
• Salt – 8 gr.
• Warm water – 250 ml.
• Butter – 50 gr.

For filling:

• Minced meat – 500 gr.
• Onions – 3 pcs.
• Pumpkin – 200 gr.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Chicken egg – 1 pc.
• Sesame - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. We start by preparing the dough. Sift the wheat flour through a sieve. Dissolve salt in warm water and pour it into flour. Knead the soft dough and let it rest for 30 minutes.

Step 2. At this time, prepare the filling. Peel the onion and pumpkin and cut into small cubes.Next, add minced meat, salt and ground black pepper and mix everything well.

Step 3. After the required time, divide the dough into three parts, each of which is rolled out into a thin layer.

Step 4. Coat two layers with melted butter, stack them on top of each other and cover with a third one, which does not need to be greased.

Step 5. Roll everything into a tight roll and put it in the refrigerator for 40 minutes.

Step 6. After a while, cut the dough roll into pucks, each of which we roll into a flat cake.

Step 7. Place the meat filling with pumpkin in the center and tightly pinch the edges of the dough so that a triangle comes out.

Step 8. Transfer the samsa to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, seam side down. Brush with egg, sprinkle with sesame seeds and bake for 30 minutes at 200^OC. Give the finished products a little time to cool and serve. Bon appetit!