Samsa with puff pastry chicken

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   To prepare the dough, we will need: flour, cold butter, ice water and salt. And a little later, you will also need an egg to lubricate and, if desired, a little sesame seeds.

2. Step 2:

   

   In a bowl, sift flour with salt.

3. Step 3:

   

   In the center we make a small recess and rub very cold butter into it on a coarse grater. It is advisable to put the oil in the freezer for 30 minutes before preparing the dough.

4. Step 4:

   

   With very fast movements, lightly mix the butter with flour. We do this very quickly and even a little sloppily, we do not achieve a homogeneous crumb. The oil should remain in large chunks, since it is these pieces of oil that will give a light layered texture.

5. Step 5:

   

   Gradually pour in ice water (I add ice cubes to a glass of water). By the way, do not pour all the water at once, it is possible that you have more "weak" flour and it will take less water, it is better to add it in portions.

6. Step 6:

   

   Knead the heterogeneous dough. During kneading, we do not bring the dough to uniformity and stir it only until it can be molded into a ball! This is important! The oil that we rubbed should not melt from the heat of our hands!

7. Step 7:

   

   Put the dough in a bag and send it to the refrigerator for 1 hour.

8. Step 8:

   

   Meanwhile, prepare the filling.

9. Step 9:

   

   Remove the skin from the chicken thighs and cut out the bone. The meat itself is cut into a small piece.

10. Step 10:

    

    Cut the onion into small cubes.

12. Step 11:

    

    Sprigs of fresh parsley and a couple of garlic cloves are also finely chopped.

13. Step 12:

    

    Combine all the prepared ingredients for the filling together and season them with salt and pepper. Mix it up.

14. Step 13:

    

    We take the cooled dough out of the refrigerator and divide it into 10-12 equal parts.

15. Step 14:

    

    We select a few pieces of dough for ourselves to work with, and send the rest back to the refrigerator. We roll out each part of the dough into a circle about 3 mm thick.

16. Step 15:

    

    We spread the filling on the center and pinch it in the form of a triangle.

17. Step 16:

    

    We spread the samsa seam down on a baking sheet covered with parchment.

18. Step 17:

    

    Lubricate the samsa with a shaken egg.

19. Step 18:

    

    And, if desired, sprinkle sesame seeds on top.

20. Step 19:

    

    Bake samsa at 180 C for about 40 minutes until golden brown.

21. Step 20:

    

    Samsa with puff pastry chicken is ready. We serve it hot (although I also like it cold). Bon appetit!