How to prepare tender potato dough for pies, pies, dumplings? Step-by-step recipe with a photo. Video recipe.
Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
The dough is different. Most often we use yeast, puff or shortbread for baking. There is also a rarer dough in cooking - curd and potato. In this review, we will look at how to cook potato dough. It is suitable not only for zraz, but also for baking both sweet and savory pies, rolls, pies, cookies, as well as pizza bases. Meat, cabbage or mushrooms are suitable as a filling for products on potato dough. Unsweetened options - apples, plums, apricots, pears, preserves, jams, etc. You can also show your imagination and choose another option that suits you best.
It's easy to guess that potato dough is made from potatoes. In its preparation, not only fresh potatoes can participate, but also not eaten yesterday's side dish from dinner, ready-made mashed potatoes. Wheat flour is mainly used for the dough, but rye is also suitable. The amount of flour is added by eye, because gluten is different for different varieties of potatoes. The dough is considered to be kneaded when it does not stick to the hands and walls of the dishes. Thanks to the unusual cooking technology, it turns out to be very airy and melt in the mouth. And after baking, the dough will turn out to be soft and tender with an evenly fried crust. Well, the undoubted plus of potato dough is that it is unpretentious, simple and quick to prepare from available products.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 137 kcal.
- Servings - 400 g
- Cooking time - 40 minutes
Ingredients:
- Potatoes - 3 pcs.
- Wheat flour - 200 g
- Eggs - 1 pc.
- Sugar - a pinch
- Salt - a pinch
Step by step preparation of potato dough, recipe with photo:
1. Peel and wash potatoes. If there are black eyes or spots on the tubers, then cut them out.
2. Cut the potatoes into chunks and place them in the cooking pot.
3. Pour potatoes with drinking water and add salt. Optionally add bay leaf and peppercorns for aroma and taste.
4. Send it to the stove to cook. Boil it over high heat. After boiling, reduce the temperature to the lowest setting, cover and cook until soft, about 20 minutes.
5. Drain all the water from the pan and put it with potatoes on the fire to evaporate excess moisture. After that, transfer the potatoes to a bowl and cool so as not to burn yourself during further work. You can not pour out the liquid in which the potatoes were cooked, but on its basis prepare the dough for pancakes. It will be delicious.
6. Use a crush to crush the potatoes into a smooth, lump-free puree.
7. Add some flour to it and knead the dough. At first, you can do this with a crush or a spoon.
8. Gradually knead the dough, adding a little flour. it is desirable to sift it through a fine sieve. So it will be enriched with oxygen and the dough will be more airy.
9. Beat the eggs into the dough and knead again to distribute it evenly.
10. Add more flour and knead the dough with your hands. When it stops sticking to the hands and walls of the dishes, it is considered completely mixed. Then you can use it to bake all kinds of products.
See also the video recipe on how to make potato dough for airy baking!
