Cheese-Filled Moldovan Placintas

From ordinary products, inexpensive, the best! Moldavian placintas with cottage cheese are a national dish; they are filled flatbreads fried in a frying pan. They can be prepared in advance to serve for breakfast or dinner, or as a snack for work or for a walk.
cook time: 1h 20 min
Noah Merrick
Cheese-Filled Moldovan Placintas

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

221
Calories
10g
Fat
20g
Carbs
11g
Protein

Ingredients (6 portions)

For dough:

Wheat flour 350 g
Water 200 ml
Vegetable oil 3 tbsp
Table vinegar 1 tbsp
Salt 0.5 tsp

For filling:

Cottage cheese 400 g
Eggs 2 pc
Parsley 10 g
Dill 10 g
Ground black pepper to taste
Salt to taste

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make Moldavian placindas with cottage cheese? Prepare your food. First for the test. Take refined, odorless oil. Vinegar — table vinegar, 9%. Sift the flour first; this will not only remove possible debris, but also saturate it with oxygen, which will make the baked goods airier.

Step 2

Step 2
How to make the dough? Take a large bowl for kneading dough, combine drinking water, vegetable oil, salt and vinegar in it. Mix the products with a whisk.

Step 3

Step 3
Pour the sifted flour into the water and vinegar. Knead into a smooth, homogeneous, non-sticky dough. Be prepared that you may need more or less flour than indicated in the recipe. Focus not on the amount of flour, but on the desired consistency of the dough.

Step 4

Step 4
Gather the dough into a ball, cover with a kitchen towel and let rest for 15 minutes. During this time, the flour will absorb all the liquid, gluten will develop in it, which is responsible for the elasticity of the dough — it will be easier to work with.

Step 5

Step 5
Next, start filling. Prepare food for her. If possible, choose cottage cheese that is not dry or grainy; the fat content can be any, I have 5%. Take any greens to your taste, I used parsley and dill. Just like the spices, add your favorites.

Step 6

Step 6
How to make the filling? Boil the eggs hard. How to hard boil eggs? To prevent eggs from cracking during cooking, place them in cold water and cook over low heat. Boil the eggs for 9 minutes after boiling, then cover with cold water and cool. The shell will be better cleaned from a sharp temperature change. Then peel the eggs and chop finely. You can also grate them on a coarse grater.

Step 7

Step 7
Wash the greens, dry and finely chop.

Step 8

Step 8
In a bowl, combine cottage cheese, eggs, chopped herbs. Season the filling with salt and pepper.

Step 9

Step 9
Then mix thoroughly. The filling is ready.

Step 10

Step 10
Meanwhile, the dough has rested, divide it into 4 parts.

Step 11

Step 11
Roll each piece of dough into a circle as thin as possible. The dough is very pliable, but you need to make sure that the work surface and rolling pin are well dusted with flour. Otherwise, the dough will stick and may tear. As long as there is no filling, this is not scary — you can roll it out again, but if there is filling, you will have to repair the torn places.

Step 12

Step 12
Place the filling in a thin, even layer in the center of the rolled out flatbread. Fold the edges of the dough into a square envelope and pinch the seams well. Press the cake with your hands so that the edges are better connected and the filling spreads well inside the pie.

Step 13

Step 13
Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan over moderate heat. Fry the placintas on it until golden brown on both sides. Place the pies seam side down first, then turn them over to the other side.

Step 14

Step 14
These are the hearty juicy golden placintas we got. Bon appetit!

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