Filling for cabbage pies with egg

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make a filling for cabbage pies with egg? Prepare all the necessary ingredients. You can take any cabbage, even young, even old - you just have to cook the old one longer. And with young cabbage, the filling will turn out to be more tender, and you need to cook it less: it is soft and juicy in itself. Wash the eggs and boil them hard.

2. Step 2:

   

   Wash the cabbage, clean the dirty upper leaves. Remove the stalk and part of the hard leaves next to it. Finely chop the prepared cabbage with a knife. There should be no large hard pieces in the finished filling (these are the parts of the sheet that are attached to the stalk), because they can tear the dough when forming pies. The net weight of shredded cabbage should be 600 grams.

3. Step 3:

   

   Boil 600 ml of water in a saucepan (the amount of water = the amount of cabbage), lower the cabbage into it and bring the water to a boil again. Blanch the cabbage over medium heat for about 3-4 minutes if the cabbage is young. If the cabbage is last year's, then it may take more time, about 6-7 minutes. Try cabbage: it should be soft.

4. Step 4:

   

   Put the blanched cabbage in a colander, wait until all the water drains and squeeze out excess moisture.

5. Step 5:

   

   Melt and cool the butter. To do this, you can use a microwave oven.

7. Step 6:

   

   Peel and finely chop the boiled eggs. It is not necessary to cut large, otherwise it will be inconvenient to pinch the pies, plus large pieces of eggs can tear the dough and add hassle. The more homogeneous the filling, the tastier.

8. Step 7:

   

   Wash, dry and finely chop the dill. In addition to dill, you can use other herbs to taste: spinach, parsley, coriander, fresh wild cherry.

9. Step 8:

   

   In a bowl, combine the cabbage, boiled eggs, chopped dill and melted butter. Season the filling with salt and pepper and mix well. You need to do this to taste. It is enough to try to understand if there is enough salt and spices. In addition to these products, onions fried in vegetable oil until golden brown are sometimes added to the filling. If you wish, you can also add.

10. Step 9:

    

    The filling for cabbage pies with eggs is ready! By the way, if desired, it can be used as a side dish or a full-fledged second course. Bon appetit!