Small snack Meat Pies

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make small pies? Measure out the necessary ingredients for making the dough. Butter, kefir and egg should be cold.

2. Step 2:

   

   Cut cold butter into cubes.

3. Step 3:

   

   Sift the flour through a fine sieve into a deep bowl. Put the pieces of butter in the flour.

4. Step 4:

   

   Grind flour and butter with your hands into crumbs. To speed up the process, you can beat the flour and butter in a blender.

5. Step 5:

   

   Combine kefir with egg, sugar and salt and shake until smooth.

6. Step 6:

   

   Pour the kefir mixture into the flour mixture and knead a homogeneous soft dough. Due to the large amount of butter, the dough turns out to be very pliable and elastic.

7. Step 7:

   

   Roll the dough into a ball. It should be thick and keep its shape well.

8. Step 8:

   

   Wrap the dough in a bag or plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator for 3-4 hours. During this time, the dough will cool down and will not tear when rolling out. If you cook the dough in the evening, then it will cool down more and before rolling it should be allowed to stand at room temperature for 20-30 minutes. It will become more elastic and will stretch easier.

9. Step 9:

   

   Prepare the necessary ingredients for the filling. You can use any minced meat. To make the pies juicy, it is better to use mixed minced meat. I have minced chicken and mixed pork and beef.

11. Step 10:

    

    In a bowl, combine minced meat and chicken, mayonnaise, pour in vegetable oil, add spices.

12. Step 11:

    

    Mix everything well. In addition to these ingredients, you can add finely chopped onion to the minced meat.

13. Step 12:

    

    Divide the dough into 3-4 parts.

14. Step 13:

    

    Roll out each piece on a floured table into a thin circle and use a glass to cut out circles from the dough.

15. Step 14:

    

    Put 1 tablespoon of meat filling on each piece of dough

16. Step 15:

    

    Pinch the edges of the dough thoroughly.

17. Step 16:

    

    If you wish, you can make a beautiful pinch from the pies by collecting the edges of the dough for a toothpick.

18. Step 17:

    

    Put the resulting pies on a baking sheet covered with parchment and greased with vegetable oil. If desired, you can grease the pies with beaten egg. I did not lubricate, because there is a lot of butter in the dough. Bake the pies for about 30 minutes in a preheated 180 ° C oven.

19. Step 18:

    

    Remove the toothpicks from the finished pies and serve them to the table. Enjoy your meal!