Fish pie in the oven made from yeast dough

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 2 hr 30 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to bake a fish pie in the oven? Measure out the required ingredients for the yeast dough. Warm the milk slightly.

2. STEP 2

   

   Melt the butter over low heat, cool until warm.

3. STEP 3

   

   Sift the flour through a sieve to enrich it with oxygen. Then the dough will rise well and easily and the baked goods will turn out fluffy.

4. STEP 4

   

   In a small bowl, combine the yeast, 0.5 tsp. sugar and about 50 ml of warm milk. Mix everything well and leave for 10 minutes to activate the yeast. A foam “cap” will appear on the surface.

5. STEP 5

   

   In a wide, stable container, whisk the eggs with salt and the remaining (1.5 tsp) sugar until smooth.

6. STEP 6

   

   Pour in the remaining warm milk and stir.

7. STEP 7

   

   Add activated yeast mixture and stir lightly.

8. STEP 8

   

   Add melted, non-hot butter, stir.

9. STEP 9

   

   Add about 3/4 of the sifted flour, mix first with a spoon. Do not pour out all the flour at once so that the dough does not turn out too dense. You may need more or less flour depending on its properties and quality.

10. STEP 10

    

    Add the rest of the flour in small portions, while mixing the dough with your hands and controlling its consistency.

11. STEP 11

    

    Knead into a soft, pliable dough. Cover the bowl with the dough with cling film or a towel and leave for 70-80 minutes in a warm place to rise.

12. STEP 12

    

    Prepare the pie filling. You can take any fish fillet, both red and white. Choose seasonings and spices to taste.

13. STEP 13

    

    Wash the fish fillet and dry well. Cut the fillet into small pieces.

14. STEP 14

    

    Cut the pre-peeled onions into thin half rings.

15. STEP 15

    

    Combine fish fillet with onion. Salt, add coriander (or any spices and seasonings to taste). Stir.

16. STEP 16

    

    The dough has risen well. It increased in volume approximately 2.5 times. Rising time will depend on ambient temperature and yeast activity.

17. STEP 17

    

    Gently knead the dough and place it on a table sprinkled with flour. To form a fish-shaped pie, roll out the dough into an oval layer 0.5-1 cm thick. It was more convenient for me to transfer the workpiece to parchment at this stage, so as not to disturb the formed pie later.

18. STEP 18

    

    Place the prepared filling in the shape of an oval slide in the middle of the layer.

19. STEP 19

    

    To make the filling more juicy and tasty, place pieces of butter on it.

20. STEP 20

    

    On both sides of the filling, make oblique cuts along the length of the filling.

21. STEP 21

    

    Fold the leading edge of the dough over each other to form the head of the fish.

22. STEP 22

    

    Wrap the cut side strips of dough one by one over the filling, overlapping them and lightly pressing them from the sides.

23. STEP 23

    

    Thus, wrap all the strips of dough. The filling should be completely closed by them.

24. STEP 24

    

    Form a tail from the bottom of the layer. To do this, fold the sides of the dough over each other and press lightly. I cut the tail into 2 parts and made strips with a knife.

25. STEP 25

    

    A fish eye can be made from an olive ring. Cover the formed cake with a light towel and leave to proof for 15 minutes.

26. STEP 26

    

    In a bowl, mix the yolk and a spoonful of milk.

27. STEP 27

    

    Brush the top of the fish pie with yolk so that it gets a nice golden brown color during baking.

28. STEP 28

    

    Bake the pie in an oven preheated to 180C for 30-35 minutes. Baking time will depend on the thickness of the filling layer, as well as on the individual operating characteristics of a particular oven. If the top of the pie browns prematurely, cover it with foil.

29. STEP 29

    

    Serve the fish pie warm. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Diana

28.11.2023

5

Great option for dinner! Here's another fish pie. Nourishing and very tasty!

Yana

28.11.2023

4.7

The filling was made from tilapia with a lot of paprika (we love it), lightly fried onions and half a carrot. Now it’s cooled down and we’ll try it) the recipe is very cute!)

BLUE-EYED

28.11.2023

4.7

Julia, you made a very beautiful and delicious cake!

Ira

28.11.2023

5

Wow!!! what a wonderful fish it turned out to be! Julia thank you for the super idea for decorating the fish pie!!! I'll definitely cook it like this!

Elizabeth

28.11.2023

4.6

Super recipe) It turned out to be a herring 😅Delicious)))It’s quite suitable as a holiday dish, you just need design practice 😁

Irina

28.11.2023

4.5

Hurray, it worked)) Check out my fish)))) Thanks for the recipe, it’s very clear and everything is written in detail. This is my first pie made from non-sweet dough. Made it with trout