Moldovan placintas with cottage cheese

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr 20 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make Moldavian placindas with cottage cheese? Prepare your food. First for the test. Take refined, odorless oil. Vinegar - table vinegar, 9%. Sift the flour first; this will not only remove possible debris, but also saturate it with oxygen, which will make the baked goods airier.

2. STEP 2

   

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

3. STEP 3

   

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

4. STEP 4

   

   Gather the dough into a ball, cover with a kitchen towel and let rest for 15 minutes. 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.

5. STEP 5

   

   Next, start filling. Prepare food for her. If possible, choose cottage cheese that is not dry or grainy; the fat content can be any, I have 5%. Take any greens to your taste, I used parsley and dill. Just like the spices, add your favorites.

6. STEP 6

   

   How to make the filling? Boil the eggs hard. How to hard boil eggs? To prevent eggs from cracking during cooking, place them in cold water and cook over low heat. Boil the eggs for 9 minutes after boiling, then cover with cold water and cool. The shell will be better cleaned from a sharp temperature change. Then peel the eggs and chop finely. You can also grate them on a coarse grater.

7. STEP 7

   

   Wash the greens, dry and finely chop.

8. STEP 8

   

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

9. STEP 9

   

   Then mix thoroughly. The filling is ready.

10. STEP 10

    

    Meanwhile, the dough has rested, divide it into 4 parts.

11. STEP 11

    

    Roll 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 rolling pin are well dusted with flour. Otherwise, the dough will stick and may tear. As long as there is no filling, this is not scary - you can roll it out again, but if there is filling, you will have to repair the torn places.

12. STEP 12

    

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

13. STEP 13

    

    Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan over moderate heat. Fry the placintas on it until golden brown on both sides. Place the pies seam side down first, then turn them over to the other side.

14. STEP 14

    

    These are the hearty, juicy golden placintas you got. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Annelly

11.12.2023

4.7

Very tasty pastries. The filling can be different, I found a recipe with pumpkin - relevant!

Testomania

11.12.2023

4.7

Everyone in my family loves Moldavian placintas with cottage cheese! Moreover, I cook them according to the same recipe as this one (I immediately double the amount of ingredients). True, I don’t often add vinegar to the dough, although it makes it more layered. I didn’t dare experiment with the filling, like the author, and made the usual one - salted cottage cheese with herbs (quite often I add an egg to cottage cheese, but raw and more often to sweet cottage cheese). Placindas turn out to be very tasty and filling; they can fully replace breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Great recipe! I recommend!