Fish pie in the oven made of yeast dough

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to bake a fish pie in the oven? Measure out the necessary ingredients for the yeast dough. Heat the milk slightly.

2. Step 2:

   

   Melt butter over low heat, cool to a warm state.

3. Step 3:

   

   Sift the flour through a sieve so that it is enriched with oxygen. Then the dough will rise well and easily and the baking will turn out lush.

4. Step 4:

   

   In a small bowl, combine yeast, 0.5 tsp sugar and about 50 ml of warm milk. Mix everything well and leave for 10 minutes to activate the yeast. A foam cap will appear on the surface.

5. Step 5:

   

   In a wide stable container, whisk the eggs with salt and the rest (1.5 tsp) sugar until smooth.

6. Step 6:

   

   Pour in the remaining warm milk, mix.

7. Step 7:

   

   Add the activated yeast mixture, mix lightly.

8. Step 8:

   

   Add the melted non-hot butter, mix.

9. Step 9:

   

   Pour in about 3/4 of the sifted flour, mix first with a spoon. Do not pour out all the flour at once, so that the dough does not turn out too dense. Flour may need more or less depending on its properties and quality.

10. Step 10:

    

    Add the rest of the flour in small portions, while stirring the dough with your hands and controlling its consistency.

11. Step 11:

    

    Knead a soft, pliable dough. Cover the bowl with the dough with cling film or a towel and leave for 70-80 minutes in a warm place to rise.

12. Step 12:

    

    Prepare the filling for the pie. You can take any fish fillet, both red and white. Choose seasonings and spices to taste.

13. Step 13:

    

    Wash the fish fillet, dry it well. Cut the fillet into small pieces.

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    Pre-peeled onions cut into thin half rings.

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    Combine fish fillet with onion. Add salt, coriander (or any spices and seasonings to taste). Mix it up.

17. Step 16:

    

    The dough has risen well. It has increased in volume by about 2.5 times. The rise time will depend on the ambient temperature and yeast activity.

18. Step 17:

    

    Knead the dough carefully, put it on the table, sprinkled with flour. To form a pie in the form of a fish, roll out the dough into an oval layer 0.5-1 cm thick. It was more convenient for me to transfer the blank to the parchment at this stage, so as not to disturb the formed pie later.

19. Step 18:

    

    Put the prepared filling in the form of an oval slide in the middle of the layer.

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    To make the filling more juicy and delicious, put pieces of butter on it.

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    On both sides of the filling, make oblique incisions along the length of the filling.

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    Wrap the front edge of the dough on top of each other, forming the head of the fish.

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    Wrap the cut side strips of dough alternately on the filling, overlapping them and slightly pressing them from the sides.

24. Step 23:

    

    Wrap all the dough strips in this way. The filling should be completely covered with them.

25. Step 24:

    

    Form a tail from the bottom of the formation. To do this, wrap the sides of the dough on top of each other and press lightly. I cut the tail into 2 parts and made strips with a knife.

26. Step 25:

    

    The fish's eye can be made from an olive ring. Cover the formed pie with a light towel and leave for proofing for 15 minutes.

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    In a bowl, mix the yolk and a spoonful of milk.

28. Step 27:

    

    Smear the fish pie on top with yolk, so that during baking it gets a nice ruddy color.

29. Step 28:

    

    Bake the pie in a preheated 180C oven for 30-35 minutes. The baking time will depend on the thickness of the filling layer, as well as on the individual characteristics of the operation of a particular oven. If the top of the pie turns brown prematurely, cover it with foil.

30. Step 29:

    

    Serve the fish pie warm. Bon appetit!