Pie with chicken and potatoes from yeast dough

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Prepare all the necessary ingredients for the dough. Take large, selected eggs. Use flour of the highest grade.

2. Step 2:

   

   Heat the milk to a temperature of 37-40 ° C. Add sugar, salt and yeast to the warm milk. Leave the yeast for 15 minutes to activate. A lush foam cap should appear on the surface. This means that the yeast is active and can be cooked further. If the caps did not appear, then either the yeast is spoiled, or the milk has overheated.

3. Step 3:

   

   In a deep bowl, whisk eggs with vegetable oil with a fork or whisk.

4. Step 4:

   

   Pour activated yeast into the eggs.

5. Step 5:

   

   Sift the flour and gradually, by spoonful, add to the dough. Mix it up.

6. Step 6:

   

   Knead the soft elastic dough with your hands, adding a little more flour if necessary. At first, the dough sticks strongly to your hands, but as you knead, the stickiness will become minimal.

7. Step 7:

   

   Cover the dough bowl with a towel and leave for 1 hour to rise.

8. Step 8:

   

   While the dough is rising, prepare the filling. For juiciness, you can add finely chopped and fried onions in vegetable oil to the filling. Or fry carrots with onions.

9. Step 9:

   

   Wash and dry the chicken fillet. Cut the chicken into small cubes so that it is well baked.

10. Step 10:

    

    Peel the carrots and cut them into small cubes.

11. Step 11:

    

    Peel the potatoes and also cut into small cubes. It is important to chop the potatoes finely, because depending on the variety, it needs more time to bring them to readiness. And when the chicken and carrots are ready, the potatoes remain firm. Therefore, the smaller you cut, the better.

13. Step 12:

    

    In a bowl, mix the chicken fillet, potatoes, carrots, mayonnaise, curry, paprika and ground pepper. Mix everything thoroughly. You can replace the mayonnaise with sour cream.

14. Step 13:

    

    Knead the risen dough and divide it into two unequal parts.

15. Step 14:

    

    Roll out most of the dough so that it is enough for the bottom and walls of the baking dish.

16. Step 15:

    

    Put the rolled dough in a greased baking dish and make the sides. The baking dish here needs a large one - with a diameter of 26-30 cm, a small baking tray is also suitable.

17. Step 16:

    

    Put the filling on the dough and smooth it out.

18. Step 17:

    

    Roll out the second part of the dough according to the diameter of the mold.

19. Step 18:

    

    Put the dough on top of the filling and pinch the edges. In the middle of the pie, make a small hole for steam to escape.

20. Step 19:

    

    Lubrication.

21. Step 20:

    

    Combine the egg with the milk and whisk until smooth.

22. Step 21:

    

    Grease the top of the pie with beaten egg. Bake the pie in a preheated oven to 190°In the oven for about 1 hour. If the dough has started to blush, and the pie is not ready yet, cover the pie with a double sheet of foil.

23. Step 22:

    

    Remove the finished pie from the oven, cover with a towel and let stand for 5-7 minutes. Then remove the pie from the mold and cut into pieces. Enjoy your meal!