Filled envelopes and more - 14 cooking recipes

The easiest way to make envelopes at home is to take thin pita bread as a base, cut it into squares, fill it with filling and roll it so as to justify the name. Then the pita bread can be baked in the oven or fried in oil in a frying pan. Or serve it like this, in a “raw” form.

The second, no less simple way is to use ready-made puff pastry. Which also needs to be cut into squares, having previously been rolled out. And fold them into envelopes. To do this, all four corners of the square are folded inward and secured in the center. It is not necessary to mold the edges of the corners. These holes will not interfere with anything - when baking, the dough will rise slightly, the filling will remain inside. Of course, if you don’t take something liquid.

The third type of recipe, envelopes are prepared using shortcrust pastry. In the form of cookies or cakes. They can be folded in different ways. They can be with or without filling. In the latter case, the baked goods are sprinkled with sugar.

The filling for the envelopes is selected according to personal taste and preferences. This can be: cottage cheese, cheese, mushrooms, vegetables, fruits, dried fruits, boiled condensed milk, jam, jam, jelly, chocolate, chocolate spread, minced meat or fish, boiled eggs, rice, herbs and so on.

The most popular fillings are cottage cheese and apples.

A very tasty apple filling for envelopes is prepared this way. Heat butter in a hot frying pan. They put sugar in it (brown can be) and wait for it to caramelize. As soon as bubbles appear, add apples cut into small pieces (thin slices are fine) to the mixture. It is better to cut off the peel of apples. Simmer everything until the apples soften and take on a light golden hue. The result is real caramel apples with the appropriate taste.