Friends, today I will share with you one very interesting recipe cake in the form of a snail. For the first time I tried such a pie in Tunisia. It was stuffed with cheese and herbs. The first thing that attracted me was the shape of the pie. Its filling can be anything really. And I propose to prepare hearty option, with meat. The meat will be dietary - minced turkey. The dough in the pie is traditionally puff, and we will decorate it with white and black sesame seeds.
Ingredients:
500 g of ready-made puff pastry (you can take any - yeast or without)
600 gr ground turkey
1 large onion
a few sprigs of fresh thyme
salt and black ground pepper taste
1/2 egg for brushing the pie
a handful of black and white sesame seeds
vegetable oil for frying the filling
Pie preparation:
- Finely chop the onion and fry in vegetable oil for 2 minutes until softened.
- Add the minced meat to the onion, mash it with a spatula and fry over medium heat for about 10 minutes, until the minced meat seizes.
- At the end, salt, pepper to taste, add thyme leaves without stems and mix the filling. By the way, thyme goes well with poultry meat, which is why I use it in many of my recipes. Moreover, it can be grown very easily at home in a pot 😉
- Roll out the dough into a long layer about 12-13 cm wide. I have store-bought dough, and I was lucky that it already comes in the form of a long layer, I just rolled it out a little wide.
- Put the minced meat filling in the middle of the strip of dough along its entire length.
- Roll the dough together with the filling into a roll, as if making cinnamon rolls, according to the same principle. Pinch the edge well so that nothing falls apart during baking.
- And finally, roll the snail out of the resulting “sausage”.
- Preheat the oven to 180 C. Cover the baking sheet with baking paper and put our snail on it, only upside down so that the “seam” remains below. Brush the pie with beaten egg.
- Sprinkle with sesame seed mixture. If you do not have black sesame seeds, you can only get by with white ones, it's not scary.
- Bake the cake for 20 minutes at 180C.
- When the cake is ready, turn off the oven and open the door a little, let the cake sit there for a while until the oven cools completely. Admire how ruddy and plump handsome he is!
- When the cake has cooled down a bit, you can cut it and serve it on the table. Bon appetit, Friends!
minced puff pastry pie recipe with photo
Among us there are those who love sweet pastries, while others like hearty pies with meat, fish or vegetable fillings. For example, this is a dessert for fragrant tea, but a pie with ham, cheese and mushrooms - more of an appetizer, which can be served as a light dinner with vegetable salad. Puff pastry pie with minced meat - it's quick to execute and very tasty savory pastries, which can serve you a full lunch or dinner. Such a cake is very easy to prepare, which becomes a noticeable plus for us, especially for those who spend a lot of time at work and taking care of children, and every free minute counts.
Puff pastry for making pies, you can do it yourself if you have enough time and desire, but a purchased product is also perfect, which is in no way inferior in quality to a home-made product, and sometimes surpasses it. The dough is sold frozen and all that is required is to defrost it in advance.
A few words about the filling for minced puff pastry pie
Using puff pastry, you can quickly and very easily prepare a satisfying meat pie using different varieties meat and adding a variety of ingredients to them as a supplement, not forgetting to use fresh herbs, fragrant spices and seasonings.
With a few ingredients on hand, you can make mince pies such as:
- Classic meat pie with minced meat;
- Pie with minced chicken and zucchini;
- Pie with meat and rice;
- Pie with meat, mushrooms and cheese;
- And many other delicious food combinations.
What is the difference between yeast and yeast-free puff pastry
For cooking closed pies and pies are recommended to use yeast-free dough, in which there are fewer layers, and it will ideally hold the filling inside the pie. And leave the yeast dough for recipes for sweet airy pastries.
When rolling out the dough on the working surface of the table, do not use flour, but sprinkle the table a small amount potato starch. It will not be absorbed into the dough, but will not stick to the surface, allowing you to roll out the layer to the desired thickness.
This option home baking perfect for breakfast or afternoon snack great addition to chicken or meat broth. Simple cooking will not take you much time and effort.
- 450 gr. minced meat;
- 1-2 onions;
- Puff pastry packaging - 2 layers;
- 55 gr. any hard cheese;
- 1-2 cloves of young garlic;
- 125 ml. boiled water;
- 1-2 small eggs;
- A little salt and freshly ground pepper - according to taste;
- A small bunch of parsley and dill;
- Sunflower oil for greasing the mold.
Cooking:
1. Transfer the minced meat to a large bowl, salt it and add freshly ground black pepper, pour boiled water and knead the minced meat well so that it becomes soft and uniform.
2. Cut the onion into small cubes. Pour a little oil into a non-stick frying pan and fry the minced meat, adding chopped onion to it.
3. As soon as the meat is almost ready, add finely chopped fresh herbs, you can also use dry ones.
4. Tap on coarse grater a piece of hard cheese, and on the fine side of the grater - garlic cloves.
5. Mix the slightly warm fried minced meat with garlic and cheese, and mix well again.
6. Roll out both layers of dough to the thickness you need - if you bake on a baking sheet, or the desired size if you use a form. On a greased baking sheet, lay out a layer of rolled out dough, retreating a couple of centimeters from the edges, lay out the meat filling and distribute it evenly over the dough.
7. Cover the filling with a second layer of dough, and pinch the edges so that the cake does not fall apart during baking. Make a hole in the center for steam to escape.
8. Shake the eggs, add a little salt and grease the top of the pie with a silicone brush so that a golden crust forms during baking.
9. The pie is baked for about 20-23 minutes in a preheated oven to 180-200 C.
Serving pastries to the table, you can offer sour cream sauce with herbs and garlic as an addition. The cake should only be cut after it has cooled.
Delicious and easy to make, this cake is perfect for serving friends or indulging family members with delicious pastries.
For cooking you will need:
- 500 gr. yeast-free test;
- 125 gr. hard cheese;
- 250 gr. ground beef;
- 1 large onion;
- 55 gr. good butter;
- 10 large champignons;
- coarse salt and black pepper;
- A little greenery - optional.
Cooking:
1. Finely chop the onion and fry it until golden brown in butter.
2. Cut the champignons into medium-sized pieces and add them to the fried onions, season with salt and spices and simmer so that the mushrooms decrease in volume.
3. Fry the minced meat in another pan, adding quite a bit of oil. Salt and season with spices and simmer until almost cooked.
4. Combine both fillings and mix. After that, heat in a pan and put in a kitchen bowl. While the filling is still warm, grated cheese and fresh herbs are added to it.
5. Roll out the puff pastry into a rectangle, conditionally divide the layer into three parts and cut the sides into small strips. The incisions should be made a little oblique, so that later it would be more convenient to wrap the filling in the pie.
6. The filling is laid out on the central part of the layer, now with the help of cut segments it is necessary to “wrap” the filling with strips of dough, forming a “pigtail”. To better hold them together, you can grease them with melted butter or an egg.
7. Transfer the cake to parchment paper and put in an oven preheated to 200 C for 33-35 minutes.
Such pastries are served as an appetizer, but the pie will come in handy for evening tea drinking.
Puff strudel with meat and Parmesan cheese - video recipe
In the past recipes, we braided the dough into a pigtail, it turned out a delicious meat pie with filling inside. An alternative to it, I can offer a puff roll, where the dough will alternate with the meat filling in a spiral. So very tasty too. Parmesan cheese will add a special touch of taste. If you're interested, be sure to watch the video. because such a pie is prepared very quickly and simply, and it will taste wonderful.
Apart from delicious minced meat potatoes are added to the filling of this pie, so the delicacy can be served as self-dish for lunch or light dinner, offering as an accompaniment a simple vegetable salad with unrefined oil. Such a pie will be very satisfying and tasty.
For cooking you will need:
- Puff pastry packaging;
- 3 potatoes;
- 550 gr. any minced meat;
- A little salt and pepper;
- Onion bulb;
- A little vegetable oil.
Cooking:
1. Peel the potatoes and grate it, for this it is recommended to use a special nozzle for cooking carrots in Korean, but you can also use a simple coarse grater.
2. Finely chop the onion, add to the minced meat along with the grated potatoes, salt well and season the filling with black pepper.
3. Roll out the dough, put the filling in the center, cover with a second layer and pinch the edges. Make punctures on top with a fork so that steam comes out and the layers bake evenly, increasing in volume.
4. Put the cake greased on top with butter or an egg in an oven preheated to 200 C and bake for 25-28 minutes until done.
You can serve it cut into portions with a salad of cucumbers and tomatoes with unrefined butter or sour cream dressing. Bon appetit!
This cake got its name due to its unusual appearance - the filling is wrapped in a roll, which is then rolled up in the form of a large flat spiral and baked until cooked in the oven. Since the cake turns out to be interesting and elegant, it can be prepared for a home holiday, guests will definitely like it and appearance and the juicy content of such a pie.
For cooking you will need:
- 2 packs of puff pastry;
- 550 gr. minced meat;
- 85 gr. steamed rice;
- 1 large onion;
- 1 large egg;
- A little salt and black pepper - to taste;
- Sunflower oil for lubrication.
Cooking:
1. Grind the onion cut into pieces in a blender, add mashed potatoes to the minced meat, salt well and season with pepper, then mix well.
2. Boil the rice in advance until almost cooked, cool and add it to the minced meat, and mix again. At this stage, you can add some fresh or dry herbs, your favorite seasonings to the filling.
3. Roll out each layer of dough in the package, put the filling in the center and roll up small tubes, carefully pinching the edges.
4. In a greased form, lay out the resulting tubes in the form of a spiral one after another, starting from the center and increasing the spiral to the edges. Gradually, all the tubes will fit and cover the baking dish completely.
5. Before baking, grease the surface of the snail with a beaten egg, pierce in several places with a fork and place in a preheated oven to 200 C for 35 minutes.
The finished pie looks very appetizing on the table, especially if you first cut it into portioned pieces. You can also sprinkle the cake with sesame seeds, which will give it an elegant look.
To make the filling more fragrant and tastier, part of the fresh cabbage can be replaced with sauerkraut, the pie will turn out tender and juicy, with pleasant sourness. Choose the type of cabbage that you like according to your taste.
For cooking you will need:
- 450 gr. puff pastry;
- 350 gr. any minced meat;
- 300 gr. white cabbage;
- A little salt and pepper;
- Sunflower oil;
- Spices and herbs - to taste.
Cooking:
1. Fry the minced meat in a frying pan with oil until almost cooked, not forgetting to season it with salt and spices.
2. After that, add finely chopped cabbage and stew it with meat until soft, then cool the filling.
3. Defrost ready dough. Divide it into two parts. Roll out each piece with a rolling pin and place one on a baking sheet lined with baking paper. Put the filling in the center of the first part, level it, cover with a second layer and pinch the edges with a fork, and then tuck them up so that all the juices from cabbage and meat are preserved in the pie.
4. Place the cake for 38-40 minutes to bake in an oven preheated to 180 C, brushing the surface of the cake with oil or a beaten egg before that. So it will turn out beautiful and ruddy.
Carefully cut the finished, slightly cooled pie into portioned pieces and can be served at the table. Believe me, such tasty pie won't stay on it for long.
Juicy puff pastry meat pie with minced meat, tomatoes and cheese crust - video recipe
Recipe guide and helpful tips:
- When defrosting puff pastry, it is enough to take it out of the freezer and leave it for half an hour on the working surface of the table, after which you can start rolling it out. This time is enough for the layers of dough to become soft and obedient for rolling;
- Roll out puff pastry from the center to the edges, then the sequence of layers will not be disturbed, and the cake will turn out to be lush and airy;
- When sending a baking sheet to the oven, it is worth considering that it must be well heated, approximately 200-220 C, then the cake will quickly rise and brown, and all layers of the dough will be baked, become crispy;
- The surface of the cake can be smeared with egg yolk, milk, or strong and sweet tea with bergamot, then the surface will become glossy and shiny, fried and looks appetizing.
In cooking delicious and healthy food, there is always room for creativity and fantasy when simple and regular recipe serves only as a basis, and you can supplement it as your imagination and your own taste tell you.
To prepare a pie in the oven, ready-made puff yeast-free dough is used, which must be pre-thawed. While the dough “reaches” the desired condition, start preparing the ingredients for the filling. Rinse the potato tubers under cool running water and then peel them. half onion peel off the husk (a small onion can be used whole, depending on its size). Rinse fresh dill and pat dry with paper towels.
Peeled potato tubers for the filling of the pie cut into shape small cubes. Transfer the potato slices to a bowl.
chop the onion, fresh dill grind. Add the ingredients to the potato cubes in a bowl.
Transfer the thawed minced meat to a bowl with chopped vegetables. Used in this recipe mixed minced meat from pork and beef. These two types of meat are passed through a meat grinder in equal amounts. Season the filling with salt to taste, then mix thoroughly.
The dough has defrosted. Lay out one layer on the work surface of the table, sprinkled with flour and roll it out. The resulting sheet will serve as the base of the pie, it is laid out on parchment or immediately on a greased baking sheet.
Spread the potato, minced meat and onion filling evenly over the base of the pie.
Similarly, roll out another layer of yeast-free puff pastry and cover the filling with it. Fasten the edges well (snap). Make a small hole in the center to let air out.
Separate the egg into yolk and white. To grease the cake, only the yolk is needed. Add some to it warm water, whip up. Brush the surface of the cake with the mixture.
Place the pie in the oven for baking. It must be preheated to 180 degrees. Bake a pie with minced meat and puff pastry potatoes in the oven for about 35-40 minutes. The readiness of the dough can be checked with a toothpick by piercing the crust of the pie. If the toothpick remains dry, then the cake is ready, but if pieces of dough stick to it, you still need to wait.
Cool the finished puff pie with minced meat and potatoes, cut into portions and serve! Bon appetit!
Cooking Tips
In cooking, there is always room for free creativity, when the recipe is just a hint and the basis for imagination. Modifying and supplementing it, you can get a completely new and unique dish.
- Try replacing chopped cubes with cooked ones. mashed potatoes and the cake will already acquire new shades of taste. By the way, you can use yesterday's puree - it is inconvenient to warm it up, but it will be quite appropriate in a pie, especially if you add it with onion frying.
- By changing the meat for minced meat, you can also get different tastes. Minced poultry will turn out more tender and dietary. You can make minced meat from one type of meat - pork, beef or lamb, or you can make a pie from mixed minced meat. To make the minced meat filling more juicy, you can add more onions to it. This will be especially appropriate when using minced pork or lamb.
- If you grease the cake with egg yolk, after cooking it will delight you with a beautiful crispy golden crust. To make it softer, the yolk can be mixed with vegetable oil or water.
In my opinion, this is one of the most delicious meat pies. I tried different recipes, but this one layer cake with minced meat, not only the most delicious, but also light. The only problem is the chance to overeat. The pie is hearty, but it is very difficult to stop. It makes me want to reach for one more piece.
For the filling, I recommend using two types of meat - lamb and beef. Be sure to include plenty of onions. Then you will get a real oriental layer cake similar in taste to samsa. The recipe also calls for herbs. It doesn't matter if you put spinach, parsley or dill - in any case it will be juicy and tasty.
For the filling, cut the meat into small cubes, add the diced onion and chopped greens. Pepper and salt. Put 4 tbsp. soy sauce or marinade sauce. Stir. With such a filling, you will get a pie similar to Tatar, with chopped minced meat. It will be especially juicy!
Divide the dough into 2 parts. Roll out one piece and place on a baking sheet. I always use sheets of cooking paper, they make it easier to transfer the cake to a dish.
Lay out the filling in an even layer, retreating from the edges by 5 centimeters.
Close the pie with the second rolled out sheet of dough. Blind the edges by lifting the edge of the bottom cake and bending it over the top.
Bake the cake in the oven for 40 minutes at 180 degrees.
This is how juicy the filling of a puff pie with chopped minced meat will be.
This cake is the same, but here I scrolled the filling through a meat grinder and added chopped potatoes. The cake turned out very tender, very satisfying and very tasty. You choose for yourself what kind of minced meat to put - chopped or ground.
Bon appetit!
