Carrot pies in the oven

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to bake yeast cakes with carrots? I recommend cooking the filling in the evening. Firstly, the task of making pies the next day will be simplified, and secondly, the carrot filling, after standing overnight in the refrigerator, will be well infused and soaked with citrus aromas.

2. Step 2:

   

   Grate the peeled carrot on a coarse grater.

3. Step 3:

   

   Rinse the orange thoroughly, preferably even with a brush. Rub the zest from about a quarter of the fruit, only the brightest layer of it, without affecting the white, otherwise it will be bitter.

4. Step 4:

   

   Squeeze the juice out of the whole orange. Remove all the bones. Add the zest and ground cinnamon to the juice, mix.

5. Step 5:

   

   Put the carrots in a heated frying pan and immediately close the lid. Simmer the carrots over moderate heat for about 1.5–2 minutes, stir so as not to burn. Add the spicy orange juice, mix thoroughly and continue cooking for another 1-2 minutes until the carrots are completely soft. Since the carrot varieties are different, the filling may not be sweet enough. Taste it and add regular or cane sugar to your liking.

6. Step 6:

   

   How to make yeast dough? Prepare the necessary ingredients. Sift the flour to saturate it with oxygen. Take refined, odorless vegetable oil. Take the chicken egg out of the refrigerator in advance, it should be at room temperature. Use filtered water.

7. Step 7:

   

   Prepare the sourdough. In a suitable container, pour warm (about 38 degrees) water. In hotter water, yeast will die, and in cold water it will not activate. Put a couple of tablespoons of flour, a spoonful of sugar in the water, mix. Pour in the yeast and mix again. Cover the bowl and leave for 15-20 minutes in a warm place without drafts.

8. Step 8:

   

   After the specified time, a foam cap will appear on the surface of the sponge - this means that the yeast has activated. Sift the flour to saturate it with oxygen. The splendor of baking depends on it.

10. Step 9:

    

    Add the egg, salt, remaining sugar, vegetable oil and sourdough to the flour. Knead the dough. It will be sticky, but that's how it should be. Try not to add flour anymore. When kneading, focus on the desired consistency of the dough. When the dough becomes smooth and homogeneous, it will not stick to your hands, assemble it into a ball, put it in a bowl. Leave for 1.5-2 hours.

11. Step 10:

    

    The dough will noticeably increase in volume during this time. Put it on a work surface dusted with flour and knead it well. If the dough sticks too much to your hands, moisten your hands with vegetable oil.

12. Step 11:

    

    Divide the dough into portions (10-12 pieces), leave to rest for 1-2 minutes, covered with a towel.

13. Step 12:

    

    Roll each piece of dough into a ball. Spread out at some distance from each other with a smooth surface to the top. Cover with a film or towel and leave to rest for 8-10 minutes.

14. Step 13:

    

    Roll out each ball of dough with a rolling pin or just with your hands into a flat cake about 5 mm thick. Put about 2 tbsp of filling in the middle. Pinch the edges, starting from the middle to the edges. Make sure that the filling does not get into the seam, otherwise the pies will burst when baking. Press the seam of the pie, flattening it at the same time.

15. Step 14:

    

    Place the pies seam down on a baking sheet at some distance from each other. Pre-cover the baking sheet with baking paper. Cover and leave for another 20 minutes. If you want, the seam of the blanks can be made curly, then put the pies seam up. Lubricate the top of the products with a mixture of yolk and milk (1 tbsp. l). Preheat the oven to 200 degrees in advance. Bake the pies for about 20-30 minutes until a beautiful blush appears. The time depends on the oven.

16. Step 15:

    

    Remove the baking tray with the finished pastries from the oven, cool it by covering the baking sheet with a towel. These carrot cakes are delicious hot and cold. Serve them with coffee or tea, as well as with milk, kefir, yogurt, sour cream or as a side dish to meat.