The easiest way to make envelopes at home is to start with thin lavash, cut it into squares, fill it, and fold it so as to live up to the name. Then the lavash can be baked in the oven or fried in oil in a pan. Or served as is, in its "raw" form.
The five most commonly used ingredients in envelope recipes:
| Product | Calories per 100g | Protein g per 100g | Fats g per 100g | Carbohydrates g per 100g |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puff pastry | 400 | 6 | 25.9 | 34.8 |
| Eggs | 157 | 12.7 | 10.9 | 0.7 |
| Sugar | 398 | 0 | 0 | 99.7 |
| Cottage cheese | 156 | 16.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Flour | 325 | 12 | 1 | 67 |
The second, no less simple way is to use ready-made puff pastry. It also needs to be cut into squares after being rolled out first. And then folded into envelopes. To do this, all four corners of the square are folded inward and fastened in the center. You do not necessarily have to seal the edges of the corners. These gaps will not get in the way of anything — while baking, the dough will rise slightly and the filling will stay inside. Provided, of course, you do not use something runny.
The third kind of envelope recipes is made with shortcrust dough. In the form of cookies or little cakes. They can be folded in various ways. They can have a filling or none at all. In the latter case, the pastries are dusted with sugar.
The filling for the envelopes is chosen according to personal taste and preferences. It can be: cottage cheese, cheese, mushrooms, vegetables, fruit, dried fruit, boiled condensed milk, jam, preserves, fruit butter, jelly, chocolate, chocolate spread, meat or fish mince, boiled eggs, rice, herbs, and so on.
The most popular fillings are cottage cheese and apples.
The five lowest-calorie envelope recipes:
| Name of the dish | Cooking time | Calories per 100g | User Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottage cheese and apple lavash envelopes | 20 min | 130 | +141 |
| Puff pastry envelopes with chicken and mushrooms | 30 min | 196 | +169 |
| Lavash envelopes with filling | 50 min | 201 | +175 |
| Puff pastry apple envelopes without eggs | 40 min | 205 | +1 |
| Puff pastry envelopes in the oven with cheese, chicken, and potatoes | 1 hour | 206 | +29 |
A very tasty apple filling for envelopes is made like this. Butter is melted in a hot pan. Sugar is added to it (brown works too) and you wait for it to caramelize. As soon as bubbles appear, apples cut into small pieces (thin slices work too) are added to the mixture. It is better to cut the peel off the apples. Everything is simmered until the apples soften and take on a light golden hue. The result is real caramel apples with a matching flavor.