Ossetian pies - 10 step-by-step homemade recipes

Ossetian pies are one of the most common dishes of Caucasian cuisine. Their composition is simple, and having in your arsenal this selection of 10 different recipes, you can easily please your loved ones with delicious and satisfying pastries.

Ossetian pie - a classic recipe for cooking

Ossetian pie is a fluffy yeast pastry with a filling. The thickness of the pie should be no more than 2 centimeters, and the abundance of the filling should be maximum.

Cooking time: 90 minutes

Cooking time: 60 minutes

Servings: 8.

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  Pour yeast, salt and sugar into kefir at room temperature, mix. Then add the chicken egg and sour cream, mix until smooth. Next, add the sifted flour in parts and knead to a homogeneous dough. Cover the dough with a clean towel and keep warm while you prepare the filling.
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  Chop the feta cheese, mix it with mashed potatoes and finely chopped onions. Add ground pepper to taste and mix well again.
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  Divide the dough into 4 parts.
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  Roll each piece into a thin cake.
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  Place a large amount of filling on the center of each cake, leave free space around the edges.
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  Gather the free edges of the dough in the center and pinch them well with your fingers.
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  Flatten the knot so that it does not protrude from the body of the bundle.
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  First with your hands, and then using a rolling pin, roll out the cake 1.5-2 centimeters thick.
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  Carefully place the pie blanks on a baking sheet lined with baking paper or a silicone mat. In the middle of the cakes, make a small hole for the steam to escape.
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  Bake the pies in the oven at 200 degrees for 15-20 minutes. While hot, brush with plenty of butter.

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Ossetian pie with cheese and potatoes

Having once tasted a soft, fluffy and incredibly aromatic Ossetian pie with cheese and potatoes, you will bake it constantly on occasion and without. Perhaps these are the most delicious non-sweet pastries that can be prepared at home.

Cooking time: 70 minutes

Cooking time: 50 minutes

Servings: 6.

Ingredients:

• For the test:
• Wheat flour - 500 gr.
• Milk - 300 ml.
• Dry yeast - 1 tsp
• Salt - 0.5 tsp
• Sugar - 1 tablespoon
• Vegetable oil - 35 ml.
• For filling:
• Potatoes - 350 gr.
• Adyghe cheese - 250 gr.
• Salt to taste.
• Butter - for lubrication.

Cooking process:

1. Put the ingredients for the dough into the bucket of the bread machine: first dry, then liquid. Select the Yeast dough program and wait for the kneading to finish.
2. Peel and boil the potatoes until tender. Add cheese and salt, stir ingredients.
3. Divide the potato-cheese filling into 3 equal parts.
4. Place the dough on a floured work surface.
5. Divide the dough into 3 equal parts.
6. Roll out the dough into thin cakes, put the filling on each.
7. Gather the edges of the dough in the center and pinch them.
8. Flip the bundle upside down and roll out the cake with a rolling pin.
9. Cover a baking sheet with baking paper, place the cakes, on each in the center, make a small hole for the steam to escape.
10. Bake the pies at 220 degrees for 10-15 minutes. Brush hot cakes with butter and serve.

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How to bake an Ossetian meat pie in the oven?

A delicious and satisfying pie that can be prepared for the whole family. Ossetian pies are excellent oriental pastries, which are prepared according to a certain technology; a large amount of juicy filling is hidden under the thin dough.

Cooking time: 120 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Servings: 3.

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour - 0.5 kg.
• Kefir - 200 ml.
• Milk - 100 ml.
• Live yeast - 20 gr.
• Chicken egg - 1 pc.
• Sugar - 1 tablespoon
• Salt - 2 pinches.
• Vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons
• For filling:
• Lamb - 1 kg.
• Bulb onions - 220 gr.
• Garlic - 3 teeth.
• Chili pepper - 0.3 pcs.
• Broth - 100 ml.
• Cilantro - 10 gr.
• Salt to taste.
• Black pepper to taste.
• Butter - for lubrication.

Cooking process:

1. Crumble the yeast into a bowl, add sugar, a tablespoon of flour and warm milk, mix well. Leave the dough in a warm place for 20 minutes.
2. Sift flour into a bowl, pour in kefir, add an egg, a couple of pinches of salt and dough, knead the dough from these ingredients. Finally, pour in the vegetable oil and knead the dough well again.
3. Leave the dough for 40-60 minutes in a warm place to rise.
4. Prepare the meat filling. Peel the onions and garlic. Finely chop the onion, pass the garlic through a press. Scroll the meat through a meat grinder. Chop the hot pepper very finely, chop the cilantro with a knife. Combine all crushed ingredients in a bowl, add salt, ground pepper and broth, stir.
5. Wrap the dough that has come up with your hands and divide into three parts. Roll each piece of dough into a thin cake, put the meat filling.
6. Gather the edges of the dough to the center and seal them well, there should be no air inside.
7. Begin gently, first flattening the cake with your hands, then with a rolling pin. You should have a flat cake 1.5-2 centimeters thick. Transfer the cake to a baking sheet, make a small hole in the center to let the steam out.
8. Bake Ossetian pies in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 20 minutes. Remove the brown cakes from the oven, brush them with butter and serve.

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A simple recipe for Ossetian pie without yeast on kefir

This is a yeast-free version of the famous Ossetian pie. The dough turns out to be tender and more airy, it is very pliable in work and does not tear when rolling.

Cooking time: 85 minutes

Cooking time: 45 minutes

Servings: 6.

Ingredients:

• Kefir - 125 ml.
• Water - 125 ml.
• Salt - 0.5 tsp
• Sugar - 1 tablespoon
• Baking powder for dough - 1 tsp.
• Baking soda - 0.5 tsp
• Vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons
• Wheat flour - 320-350 gr.
• Sausages - 2 pcs.
• Processed cheese - 1 pc.

Cooking process:

1. Mix kefir with water, add soda, stir.
2. Next, add salt, sugar, baking powder and some of the sifted flour.
3. Add vegetable oil to the dough, mix everything.
4. Gradually add the remaining flour and knead to a homogeneous dough. When it's thick enough, place it on the table and continue to knead with your hands. Let the dough rest for 15 minutes.
5. Cut the sausages into small cubes, grate the cheese.
6. Divide the dough into 3-4 parts, roll each into a thin cake. For each tortilla, lay out the filling.
7. Gather the edges of the dough in the center and hold them together well.
8. Then the bundles must be rolled out, in the center, leave a small hole for the steam to escape.
9. Place the filled tortillas on a greased baking sheet and bake at 200 degrees for 20-25 minutes. Cool the finished Ossetian pies a little, cut and serve.

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Delicious Ossetian pie with cheese and herbs

The filling for the Ossetian pie can be different: meat, potatoes, cheese, herbs or any vegetables. But the most delicious pies are made with cheese and herbs.This combination of ingredients gives the baked goods a pleasant salty taste and unique aroma.

Cooking time: 120 minutes

Cooking time: 60 minutes

Servings: 6.

Ingredients:

• Water - 170 ml.
• Salt - 0.3 tsp
• Vegetable oil - 1 tablespoon
• Sugar - 0.3 tsp
• Wheat flour - 250-300 gr.
• Fresh yeast - 13 gr.
• Butter - 30 gr.
• Hard cheese - 120 gr.
• Greens - 1 bunch.
• Adyghe cheese - 120 gr.

Cooking process:

1. Prepare all the required ingredients according to the list.
2. Dissolve yeast in warm water, add salt and sugar. Gradually add the sifted flour and knead the dough. Finally, pour in the vegetable oil and mix well. Cover the dough with a towel and leave in a warm place to rise.
3. Rinse the greens and chop with a knife.
4. Grate the cheeses on a coarse grater. Mix cheese and herbs.
5. Divide the matched dough into 3 parts, roll each into a round cake. Place the cheese and greens filling on each tortilla.
6. Fold the edges of the dough towards the center and secure them.
7. Place the bundles with the seams down and roll them out to a thickness of 1.5-2 centimeters. In the center of each cake, make a small hole for the steam to escape.
8. Bake Ossetian pies in the oven at 180 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Brush hot cakes with butter and serve.

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Ossetian pie with cottage cheese at home

Delicious Ossetian pie with delicate curd filling. Even without special culinary skills, you can easily cook these delicious, oriental pastries yourself according to our recipe.

Cooking time: 120 minutes

Cooking time: 50 minutes

Servings: 2.

Ingredients:

• Dry yeast - 1 tsp
• Flour - 300-320 gr.
• Sugar - 1 tsp
• Milk - 100 ml.
• Kefir - 125 ml.
• Butter - 80 gr.
• Salt - 1 pinch
• Cottage cheese - 400 gr.
• Cheese - 100 gr.
• Cilantro - 6 branches.
• Chicken egg - 1 pc.
• Nutmeg - 0.5 tsp
• Salt to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. First you need to prepare the dough. Pour yeast, a tablespoon of flour and sugar into a bowl, pour in warm milk, stir, cover with a towel and leave in a warm place for 15 minutes.
2. When the dough comes up, pour in kefir at room temperature, add salt and sifted flour, knead the dough. Finally, add 30 grams of melted butter and knead the dough again. Leave the dough in a warm place for 30-60 minutes to rise.
3. Chop the cilantro with a knife. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater. Mix cottage cheese with cheese and herbs, add salt to taste. Ground pepper and nutmeg.
4. Divide the grown dough into 2-3 parts. Use your fingers to knead the dough into round cakes. Place the filling on each tortilla.
5. Gather the edges of the dough into a roll, fasten the edges well in the center.
6. Now gently roll out the bundles to a flat cake 1.5-2 centimeters wide. Make a hole in the center.
7. Bake Ossetian pies in the oven at 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes. While the baked goods are still hot, brush them with butter. Cool the pies and then serve.

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Fast Ossetian pie with cheese in a pan

Ossetian pie is a pastry that is prepared according to a certain technology. However, to save time, you can use our quick pan pie recipe. It also turns out to be airy and has a pleasant creamy aroma.

Cooking time: 35 minutes

Cooking time: 35 minutes

Servings: 6.

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour - 2 tbsp.
• Salt - 5 gr.
• Sugar - 1 pinch
• Hard cheese - 200 gr.
• Baking powder for dough - 1 tsp.
• Kefir 2.5% - 1 tbsp.
• Vegetable oil - 50 ml.

Cooking process:

1. Sift flour into a bowl, add salt, baking powder and sugar.
2. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater, add it to a bowl.
3. Pour kefir into a bowl, stir. The dough should be thick and soft.
4. Divide the finished dough into 4 parts, roll each into a thin round cake.
5. Pour vegetable oil into a preheated pan. Fry the tortillas on both sides over moderate heat until they are beautifully golden brown.
6. Put the Ossetian pies in a pile, cool slightly and serve.

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A step-by-step recipe for making an Ossetian pie in milk

Ossetian pies are popular not only in the countries of the East, but all over the world. Pies are prepared everywhere: in restaurants and in home kitchens. According to this recipe, the dough for Ossetian pies will be kneaded in milk.

Cooking time: 120 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Servings: 8.

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour - 500 gr.
• Water - 180 ml.
• Milk - 180 ml.
• Salt - 1 tsp
• Vegetable oil - 3 tablespoons
• Dry yeast - 8 gr.
• For filling:
• Bryndza cheese - 200 gr.
• Hard cheese - 200 gr.
• Chicken eggs - 3 pcs.
• Greens - 1 bunch.
• Salt to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Butter - 100 gr.

Cooking process:

1. Warm milk and water a little. In a bowl, combine milk, water, vegetable oil, dry yeast, and salt.
2. Pour the sifted flour into a bowl and knead the dough. Knead the dough with your hands until it is smooth and less sticky.
3. Cover the bowl with the dough with food foam and leave in a warm place for proofing.
4. Hard-boiled chicken eggs in advance, peel and chop finely. Rinse the greens and chop with a knife. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater. Combine the crushed ingredients, add salt and ground pepper to taste.
5. Divide the matched dough into 4 parts.
6. On a work surface sprinkled with flour, stretch each piece of dough with your hands into small round cakes. Put the filling prepared earlier on each.
7. Pull the edges of the cakes to the center and secure them with your hands.
8. Turn the resulting bundles over with the seams down and roll them out to 2 centimeters wide flat cakes. Make a small hole in the center.
9. Bake the pies in an oven preheated to 220-240 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Grease hot cakes with butter, cool and serve.

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How to bake a delicious Ossetian cabbage pie?

Ossetian pie with stewed cabbage will be a great addition to your first course or you can use it to make yourself a delicious snack during the day. Don't miss this opportunity and indulge in some delicious pastries.

Cooking time: 90 minutes

Cooking time: 60 minutes

Servings: 8.

Ingredients:

• Yeast dough - 800 gr.
• White cabbage - 400 gr.
• Bulb onions - 1 pc.
• Sunflower oil - for frying.
• Salt to taste.
• Chicken eggs - 2 pcs.
• Pickled cheese - 100-200 gr.
• Spices to taste.
• Dill to taste.
• Butter - for lubrication.

Cooking process:

1. Defrost the finished dough in advance.
2. Peel the onion, chop finely and fry in vegetable oil.
3. Chop the cabbage, add to the onion, salt, season and continue simmering over medium heat for 15-20 minutes, covered.
4. At the end of stewing, add chopped dill and stir.
5. Next, add chopped boiled eggs and grated brine cheese. Stir and the filling is ready.
6. Divide the dough into 3 equal parts and leave to proof for 10 minutes.
7. Roll out the dough into round cakes, put the prepared filling on the center of each. Gather the edges of the dough in the center and hold them together.
8. Turn the resulting bundle with the seams down and carefully roll it out with a rolling pin, make a small hole in the middle. Place the pieces on a baking sheet or in a greased baking dish.
9. Bake the pies in the oven at 240 degrees for 10-15 minutes. Grease the surface of hot pies with butter. Cool the baked goods a little and serve.

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Juicy Ossetian pie with spinach and cheese

Juicy Ossetian pies have long become very popular far beyond the borders of their homeland. And how many new fillings have appeared for them, for example, an incredibly tasty version of spinach and cheese.

Cooking time: 180 minutes

Cooking time: 60 minutes

Servings: 10.

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour - 1 kg.
• Milk - 750 ml.
• Fresh yeast - 20 gr.
• Butter - 70 gr.
• Sugar - 25 gr.
• Salt - 15 gr.
• For filling:
• Spinach - 300 gr.
• Cheese - 500 gr.
• Green onions - 30 gr.
• Salt to taste.
• Ground pepper - to taste.
• Butter - for lubrication.

Cooking process:

1. Sift flour into a bowl and add salt.
2. Crumble fresh yeast and mix with warm milk and sugar.
3. Next, mix the yeast mass with flour. Knead the dough.
4. Then add softened butter to the dough and stir in completely. Leave the dough in a warm place for an hour to rise.
5. Fry chopped spinach with salt and ground pepper in vegetable oil.
6. Chop the green onion finely with a knife. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater. Combine spinach, onion and cheese.
7. Divide the dough into 4 parts, roll each into a round cake. Place the spinach and cheese filling on the dough.
8. Roll the edges of the dough to the center and secure them.
9. Turn the stuffed bundle with the seam down and roll it out to a thickness of 1.5-2 centimeters, make a small hole in the center. Put the blanks of the Ossetian pie on a baking sheet or in a round shape.
10. Cook the baked goods in the oven at 180 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Grease hot pies with butter, cut them into portions and serve.

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