Zur Belish Tatar pie

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 3 hr 50 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make Zur Belish - Tatar pie? Prepare the necessary ingredients. It is better to take beef tenderloin or neck, they are softer. I have veal fillet. Sour cream is suitable for any fat content. Choose the highest quality, natural butter that complies with GOST.

2. STEP 2

   

   First of all, prepare the dough. How to make the dough? Melt the butter in any way convenient for you, I melted it over low heat. Then let it cool slightly.

3. STEP 3

   

   Add salt and soda to sour cream. Stir and let stand for 10 minutes so that the acid contained in the sour cream quenches the soda.

4. STEP 4

   

   Add the cooled butter to the sour cream and stir.

5. STEP 5

   

   Add most of the sifted flour and mix. Add the rest of the flour in small portions, kneading the 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.

6. STEP 6

   

   The dough should be soft, homogeneous, oily to the touch, and not too thick. Therefore, the remaining flour should be added carefully so as not to clog the dough. Wrap the finished dough in cling film and put it in the refrigerator for half an hour.

7. STEP 7

   

   Prepare the filling. How to make the filling? Wash the meat, dry it, cut into small cubes approximately 1*1 cm in size.

8. STEP 8

   

   Peel the potatoes, wash them, cut them into the same cubes as the meat.

9. STEP 9

   

   Peel, wash and finely chop the onions. There should be a lot of onion, it will add juiciness to the filling.

10. STEP 10

    

    Combine meat with vegetables, add salt. Add ground black pepper and stir.

11. STEP 11

    

    Knead the cooled dough a little more and separate about a fifth of it.

12. STEP 12

    

    Roll out most of the dough into a round layer 6-7 mm thick so that the edges of the dough extend beyond the sides of the mold. Grease a baking pan with butter and use a rolling pin to transfer the dough into the pan. Distribute the dough along the contour of the mold (mine d=22 cm).

13. STEP 13

    

    Place the filling on the dough.

14. STEP 14

    

    Divide the remaining dough into 3 unequal parts. From one of the smallest parts, roll a ball, it will close the hole on the pie. Roll out the other part, the largest one, to a size slightly smaller than the diameter of the mold.

15. STEP 15

    

    Place the rolled out layer over the filling.

16. STEP 16

    

    Connect the edges of the dough from the mold with the lid layer, pinch them well.

17. STEP 17

    

    The rest of the dough will be used to decorate the pie. Roll it out too, make cuts from the center to the edges, without cutting to the end. Place the dough on top, connect the edges with the edges of the pie, pinch well. Connect the cut holes together in the middle to create a pattern. But you can decorate the pie according to your desire and taste.

18. STEP 18

    

    Make a hole in the center of the pie to allow steam to escape and also for adding broth. Cover it with a ball of dough. Place the pie in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 1.5 hours. When the pie is noticeably browned, cover the top with foil.

19. STEP 19

    

    After 1.5 hours, remove the pie from the oven, pour warm broth through the hole, cover with a ball of dough and continue baking for another hour. You can check the readiness of the filling by tasting a piece of meat.

20. STEP 20

    

    Grease the top of the finished pie with butter. Without removing from the mold, cover the cake with a thick towel, wrap it and let stand for another 20 minutes. Serve Zur Balish hot. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

tasiyL

02.12.2023

5

I’ll share a video for the recipe for Balish with meat, maybe someone will find it useful.

Elvira

02.12.2023

4.8

For the first time in my life I made a pie. It turned out amazingly delicious. And it’s not that difficult to prepare. Most of the time it's in the oven. Thanks to the author for a great recipe

Yana F

02.12.2023

4.8

This is the best recipe for both dough and filling - judging from my own experience. I have been baking this pie for three years now - about 1-2 times a month. I tried different recipes from the Internet and from friends, this same recipe captivated us (and especially my husband) with its incredible melting dough and the correctly balanced taste of the filling. I cook it from beef with the addition of duck or beef cracklings and butter (3-4 pieces of butter measuring 1*1 cm are placed in the filling and three bay leaves). I recommend the recipe. Don't cook - you will regret it)

MamaDi

02.12.2023

4.8

Zur belesh turned out very tasty. Juicy filling, tender dough, slightly crispy and soft. Perfect! Thanks for the recipe! Instead of broth, I first added half a pack of butter to the filling. Soft. I didn’t have sour cream at home, so I replaced it with sour village milk. It would be more accurate to say thick yogurt.

rinajamal

02.12.2023

4.5

I registered just to review your recipe. I’m making your pie for the second time in a month, I and my family really liked it. I don’t bake anything at all, I don’t like it and I don’t know how to. And here it’s not very beautiful, but it’s delicious. Thank you:)