Yeast pies with red currants

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 2 hr 30 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   Required ingredients for the dough

2. STEP 2

   

   Lightly beat eggs with sugar

3. STEP 3

   

   Add salt and beat a little more

4. STEP 4

   

   Now add kefir (instead of kefir you can take yogurt, whey or just milk and water 50:50)

5. STEP 5

   

   Mix dry instant yeast with flour

6. STEP 6

   

   Now we combine the dry and liquid components

7. STEP 7

   

   Lastly, add vegetable oil (or melted butter) to the dough.

8. STEP 8

   

   Using a spoon and then using your hands, knead the dough. You need to knead for 10-15 minutes, as they say, “until it stops sticking to your hands.” I usually trust this process to a bread maker, it helps me a lot with this!

9. STEP 9

   

   Well kneaded dough is smooth, even and elastic

10. STEP 10

    

    Now all he has to do is come within 1 hour. To do this, cover the dough with a towel and place it in a warm place.

11. STEP 11

    

    Here are all the ingredients for the filling. Any currant is suitable for the recipe: red, black, white or a mixture of currants - it will be even tastier! By the way, frozen currants, in my opinion, do not lose their appearance or taste at all, so in winter we can also make such pies and feel the taste of summer!

12. STEP 12

    

    Currants, wash, sort, remove branches

13. STEP 13

    

    After an hour, the dough came together very well, even though we didn’t use any dough, but mixed dry yeast directly with flour - after all, our yeast is fast-acting dry

14. STEP 14

    

    The photo shows how airy it turned out

15. STEP 15

    

    Now divide the dough into small balls. From the indicated ingredients I got 25 pieces.

16. STEP 16

    

    That's all ready for making pies

17. STEP 17

    

    We knead each ball of dough with our hands into a flat cake or roll it out with a rolling pin - whichever is more convenient for you! Add some currants

18. STEP 18

    

    On top - 1-2 teaspoons. l. Sahara

19. STEP 19

    

    Carefully pinch the edges and place the seam side up so that the filling does not leak out.

20. STEP 20

    

    Place the pies on baking parchment greased with a little vegetable oil

21. STEP 21

    

    To grease the pies, lightly beat the egg, you can also add 1-2 tablespoons of water

22. STEP 22

    

    Brush the pies with egg and they will take on a beautiful shiny golden appearance when baked.

23. STEP 23

    

    Place in the oven to prove for about 15 minutes at minimum temperature. During this time the pies will rise well

24. STEP 24

    

    Then bake at 180 degrees until golden brown. Baking time depends on your oven. On my gas oven it takes 30-40 minutes, on an electric oven it takes faster

25. STEP 25

    

    Lightly sprinkle the finished pies with some water, cover with a towel and let cool. The aroma is simply magnificent!

26. STEP 26

    

    Enjoy your tea!

Comments on the recipe

Ira

09.10.2023

4.8

nasstin, excellent pies! Soft, fluffy with an incredibly healthy sweet filling, slightly sour. Thank you very much for the recipe for delicious berry pies!