If it comes to cooking a hearty and inexpensive food - there are no alternatives to puff cakes. In the recipes below, we will deal with one of the most common types of puff cakes - pies with chicken.
Recipe for puff cake with chicken
Ingredients:
- chicken fillet - 600 g;
- olive oil;
- minced pork - 500 g;
- egg - 1 piece;
- onions - 2 pcs .;
- vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- sage - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- fresh bread crumb - 120 g;
- eggs - 2 pieces;
- salt, pepper - to taste.
For the test:
- flour - 400 g;
- Butter - 200 g.
Preparation
For the dough, grind the flour into a crumb with cold butter, 150 ml of ice water and a pinch of salt. Collect the crumb in a com, wrap it with a film and leave to rest in the refrigerator.
Mix the bread crumb with finely chopped scrambled onions and sage, add to the mixture eggs, vegetable oil, salt and pepper. Leave the mixture for a while.
Chicken fillet season with salt and pepper, then fry in a pan until golden brown.
The rest of the dough is divided into two parts: large - for the base of the pie, and smaller - for the "lid". A large base is rolled into a thin layer and laid out in a deep baking dish, covering its bottom and walls. We spread half of the bread filling into the base of the pie, distribute the pieces of chicken from above, lay out a lightly roasted pork mince and the remaining half of the bread filling. Cover the pie with a "lid" and snap the edges. Lubricate the dish with butter or beaten egg, then send it to the oven, heated to 200 degrees for 30 minutes.
Puff cake with chicken and potatoes
Ingredients:
- butter -2 tbsp. spoons;
- onions - 1 pc .;
- potatoes - 2 pieces;
- flour - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- chicken broth - 300 ml;
- sour cream - 100 ml;
- mustard - 2 teaspoons;
- chicken fillet - 2 pieces;
- puff pastry - 1 packing.
Preparation
Potatoes cut into circles and quickly fry in a pan until golden brown. Onions allowances on butter until soft. Chicken we boil in salted water, we cool and disassemble the fibers.
In a dry frying pan fry the flour and brew it with broth. We wait until the sauce thickens, after which we add sour cream and mustard to it.
Form for baking oil and spread on its bottom half of the potatoes. Lubricate the potato layer with sauce, lay out the chicken, then again a layer of sauce, onions and potatoes, sauce and the remaining chicken. Cover the pie with a layered dough and set it to bake for 30 minutes at 200 degrees. Pie with chicken and puff pastry served hot.
Puff cake with chicken, mushrooms and cheese
Ingredients:
For the test:
- yeast - 2 tsp.
- water 100 ml + 175 ml;
- sugar - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- salt - 1 teaspoon;
- flour - 400 g;
- vegetable oil - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- Butter - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- garlic - 2 cloves.
For filling:
- vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- onions - 1 pc .;
- chicken fillet - 500 g;
- broth chicken - 125 ml;
- cream - 250 ml;
- champignons - 250 g;
- hard cheese - 100 g.
Preparation
To prepare the dough in 100 ml of warm water, dissolve the yeast with sugar and salt, leave them to activate for 10 minutes. Pour the finished solution to the sifted flour, add oil, 175 ml of water and knead the smooth dough. We give the test to go for an hour, after which we divide it into 3 parts and leave more
In a frying pan, we warm up the olive oil and fry onions until transparent. Add the pieces of chicken to the onions and continue cooking until she grabs. Fill kuru with broth, add cream and stew for about 5-7 minutes. Fry the fries until the excess moisture evaporates.
The form for baking is lubricated with oil and we spread on it one of the pieces of dough, trying to cover the bottom and the walls of the mold. Lubricate the dough with melted butter, sprinkle with garlic and lay a layer of fried mushrooms and grated cheese. We spread the next layer of dough, also smear it with oil and put the chicken in the sauce. Cover the pie with the last layer of dough and grease with the egg. Bake for 30 minutes at 190 degrees.