Moldavian placinds with cottage cheese

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make Moldavian placinds with cottage cheese? Prepare the products. First for the test. Take refined, odorless oil. Vinegar — table, 9%. Pre-sift the flour, this will not only remove possible debris, but also saturate it with oxygen, which will make the baking more airy.

2. Step 2:

   

   How to make dough? Take a large bowl for kneading dough, combine drinking water, vegetable oil, salt and table vinegar in it. Mix the products with a whisk.

3. Step 3:

   

   Pour the sifted flour into the water with vinegar. Knead a smooth, homogeneous, non-sticky dough. Be prepared for the fact that flour may need more or less than indicated in the recipe. Focus not on the amount of flour, but on the desired consistency of the dough.

4. Step 4:

   

   Assemble the dough into a ball, cover with a kitchen towel and leave for 15 minutes to "rest". During this time, the flour will absorb all the liquid, gluten will develop in it, which is responsible for the elasticity of the dough — it will be easier to work with it.

5. Step 5:

   

   Then do the filling. Prepare the products for her. Choose cottage cheese, if possible, not dry and not granular, the fat content can be any, I have 5%. Take any greens to taste, I have parsley and dill. Like spices, add your favorites.

6. Step 6:

   

   How to make the filling? Boil the eggs hard-boiled. How to cook hard-boiled eggs? So that the eggs do not crack when cooking, put them in cold water and put them to cook on a small fire. Boil the eggs for 9 minutes after boiling, then pour cold water and cool. From a sharp temperature drop, the shell will be better cleaned. Then peel the eggs and chop them finely. You can also grate them on a coarse grater.

7. Step 7:

   

   Wash the greens, dry them and chop them finely.

9. Step 8:

   

   In a bowl, combine cottage cheese, eggs, chopped herbs. Season the filling with salt and pepper.

10. Step 9:

    

    Then mix thoroughly. The filling is ready.

11. Step 10:

    

    Meanwhile, the dough has already lain down, divide it into 4 parts.

12. Step 11:

    

    Roll out each piece of dough into a circle as thin as possible. The dough is very pliable, but you need to make sure that the work surface and the rolling pin are well dusted with flour. Otherwise, the dough will stick and may break. While there is no filling, it's not scary — you can roll it out again, but if there is a filling, then you will have to seal up the torn places.

13. Step 12:

    

    Place the filling in the center of the rolled flatbread in a thin, even layer. Fold the edges of the dough into a square envelope, pinch the seams well. Press the tortilla with your hands so that the edges connect better and the filling spreads well inside the pie.

14. Step 13:

    

    In a frying pan, heat the vegetable oil over moderate heat. Fry the placinds on it until golden brown on both sides. First, lay the pies seam down, then turn over to the other side.

15. Step 14:

    

    Here are such hearty juicy golden placinds turned out. Enjoy your meal!