Fluffy Red Currant Yeast Pies

These lush, rosy and fragrant pies are just begging to be put into your mouth! I make these pies in the summer from fresh berries, and in the winter from frozen ones, and they always fly away in my family! The dough for this recipe turns out very fluffy, and the currant filling gives the pies a pleasant sourness and aroma! Try it!
cook time: 2h 30 min
Nora Vaughn
Fluffy Red Currant Yeast Pies

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

240
Calories
7g
Fat
37g
Carbs
6g
Protein

Ingredients (25 portions)

For dough:

Wheat flour 4 cup
Kefir 350 ml
Dry yeast 1 tbsp
Vegetable oil 4 tbsp
Eggs 1 pc
Salt 1 tsp
Sugar 4 tbsp

For filling:

Currant 400 g
Sugar 150 g

To grease the pies:

Eggs 1 pc

To grease the pan:

Vegetable oil 1 tbsp

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
Required ingredients for the dough

Step 2

Step 2
Lightly beat eggs with sugar

Step 3

Step 3
Add salt and beat a little more

Step 4

Step 4
Now add kefir (instead of kefir you can take yogurt, whey or just milk and water 50:50)

Step 5

Step 5
Mix dry instant yeast with flour

Step 6

Step 6
Now we combine the dry and liquid components

Step 7

Step 7
Lastly, add vegetable oil (or melted butter) to the dough.

Step 8

Step 8
Using a spoon and then using your hands, knead the dough. You need to knead for 10-15 minutes, as they say, “until it stops sticking to your hands.” I usually trust this process to a bread maker, it helps me a lot with this!

Step 9

Step 9
Well kneaded dough is smooth, even and elastic

Step 10

Step 10
Now all he has to do is come within 1 hour. To do this, cover the dough with a towel and place it in a warm place.

Step 11

Step 11
Here are all the ingredients for the filling. Any currant is suitable for the recipe: red, black, white or a mixture of currants — it will be even tastier! By the way, frozen currants, in my opinion, do not lose their appearance or taste at all, so in winter we can also make such pies and feel the taste of summer!

Step 12

Step 12
Currants, wash, sort, remove branches

Step 13

Step 13
After an hour, the dough came together very well, even though we didn’t use any dough, but mixed dry yeast directly with flour — after all, our yeast is fast-acting dry

Step 14

Step 14
The photo shows how airy it turned out

Step 15

Step 15
Now divide the dough into small balls. From the indicated ingredients I got 25 pieces.

Step 16

Step 16
Thatʼs all ready for making pies

Step 17

Step 17
We knead each ball of dough with our hands into a flat cake or roll it out with a rolling pin — whichever is more convenient for you! Add some currants

Step 18

Step 18
On top — 1-2 teaspoons. l. Sahara

Step 19

Step 19
Carefully pinch the edges and place the seam side up so that the filling does not leak out.

Step 20

Step 20
Place the pies on baking parchment greased with a little vegetable oil

Step 21

Step 21
To grease the pies, lightly beat the egg, you can also add 1-2 tablespoons of water

Step 22

Step 22
Brush the pies with egg and they will take on a beautiful shiny golden appearance when baked.

Step 23

Step 23
Place in the oven to prove for about 15 minutes at minimum temperature. During this time the pies will rise well

Step 24

Step 24
Then bake at 180 degrees until golden brown. Baking time depends on your oven. On my gas oven it takes 30-40 minutes, on an electric oven it takes faster

Step 25

Step 25
Lightly sprinkle the finished pies with some water, cover with a towel and let cool. The aroma is simply magnificent!

Step 26

Step 26
Enjoy your tea!

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