Potato filling

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Potato filling
Potato filling
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Everyone loves hearty and delicious potato pies. But not everyone knows how to cook them. I have already made a recipe for how to cook yeast dough for them, and today I will tell you how to make a delicious potato filling.

Ready potato filling
Ready potato filling

Recipe content:

  • Ingredients
  • Step by step cooking
  • Video recipe

It would seem, well, who can you surprise with pies and potatoes? They are the simplest, but at the same time the most popular. Cooking them is as easy as shelling pears, and the filling is the most affordable of all the existing options. However, the guarantee of delicious potato pies is a delicious potato filling. And she needs to be given due attention. Then the baked goods will salivate, and even when it is still in the oven. And if you are not afraid of extra calories, then add butter to the filling.

Potato pies are eaten in any form. I use them on their own, with soups and borscht, with tea or coffee. In general, the potato filling is very versatile. It is suitable not only for pies, but also for pies or dumplings, and if you drive in an egg and add a little flour, you can bake delicious zrazy or potatoes.

Having prepared the filling, you can bake pies from not only the most familiar yeast dough for us, but also from other types: unleavened, shortbread or puff pastry. Plus, they can be pan-fried in vegetable oil, which is also delicious. Filled potatoes can be the only ingredient or be accompanied by meat, mushrooms, ham, onions and other products.

  • Caloric content per 100 g - 243 kcal.
  • Servings - 250-300 g
  • Cooking time - 20-25 minutes
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Ingredients:

  • Potatoes - 3 pcs.
  • Onions - 1 pc.
  • Salt - 1 tsp
  • Ground black pepper - a pinch

Cooking potato filling:

Peeled potatoes and onions
Peeled potatoes and onions

1. Peel and wash potatoes and onions.

Potatoes are sliced and stacked in a saucepan
Potatoes are sliced and stacked in a saucepan

2. Cut the potatoes into any pieces. he will continue to pound anyway. Place it in a cooking pot and fill with drinking water so that it completely covers it.

Potatoes are boiled
Potatoes are boiled

3. Season with salt and boil. Reduce the temperature to the lowest setting and cook, covered, until tender, about 15 minutes. To make the potatoes tastier and more aromatic, add bay leaves, allspice peas, peeled cloves of garlic and other spices during cooking. Only after cooking should they be removed from the pan.

Potatoes are boiled
Potatoes are boiled

4. Turn the finished potatoes onto a sieve to drain the water. But don't pour it out. If the filling is too thick, then dilute it with this liquid. It can also be used to make pancakes, vegetable soup, stews, etc.

Onion sliced
Onion sliced

5. Chop the onion in half rings.

Fried onions
Fried onions

6. Place the frying pan on the stove, add vegetable oil and heat. Add the onion, heat it up on medium and sauté until transparent.

Potatoes combined with onions
Potatoes combined with onions

7. Place potatoes and fried onions in a bowl.

Potatoes are crushed
Potatoes are crushed

8. Take a crush and chop the food until smooth. You can also use a blender. If the filling comes out too dry, then dilute it with the water in which the potatoes were boiled or add butter. In the second case, the filling will be more greasy.

Ready filling
Ready filling

9. If you will not use the filling immediately, put it in a bowl, cover it with a food bag and store it in the refrigerator. You do not need to warm it up when using it.

See also a video recipe on how to make potato filling for pies.

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