Home-style Belyashi
5 servings
60 minutes
Belyashi are aromatic and juicy meat-filled pastries baked to a golden crust. This recipe originates from Russian cuisine, where such dough products with minced meat were popular among peasants and city dwellers. The crispy exterior and soft interior dough harmoniously combine with the juicy meat filling infused with the aroma of onions and spices. Belyashi are perfect for a family dinner or a cozy snack with hot tea. They can be served with sour cream or your favorite sauce, enjoying the rich flavor and homely warmth. This dish is a true embodiment of Russian culinary tradition that unites generations at one table.
1
Knead the dough from wheat flour, water, vegetable oil, salt, sugar, and yeast. Mix everything well and let it rise for about 40 minutes.
- Wheat flour: 3.5 glasss
- Water: 1.3 glass
- Vegetable oil: 0.5 teaspoon
- Sugar: 2 teaspoons
- Dry yeast: 2 teaspoons
2
Then mix again and roll into a sausage shape.
3
Cut it into pieces.
4
Roll them into small flatbreads.
5
Pass the meat and onion through a meat grinder, add water, pepper, and salt to taste.
- Ground meat: 500 g
- Onion: 2 heads
- Water: 1.3 glass
- Ground black pepper: to taste
- Salt: to taste
6
Place the prepared meat filling on the flatbread and wrap it around, carefully pinching the edges. Leave a hole in the center of the pie.
- Ground meat: 500 g
7
Place the pasties on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper greased with oil.
8
Let it rise in a warm place for 20 minutes.
9
Brush with egg yolk.
10
Bake at 180 degrees for 25 minutes.