Potato zrazy with minced meat in the oven

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make potato zrazy with minced meat? Prepare the necessary products. You can take any minced meat: chicken or meat. I have mixed (pork, beef). The juicier the minced meat, the tastier the zrazy will turn out.

2. Step 2:

   

   Peel potatoes previously washed in water with a brush. Cut each tuber into 2-4 pieces depending on its size. In a suitable-sized saucepan, boil water, put the prepared potatoes, bring to a boil. Season the potatoes with salt and cook over moderate heat until tender. It is important not to overcook potatoes. Otherwise, it will lose some of the starch and absorb water. Then the potato dough will be wetter and it will not be very convenient to sculpt zrazy.

3. Step 3:

   

   While the potatoes are cooking, prepare the filling. Peel and wash the onions. Cut the onion into small cubes.

4. Step 4:

   

   In a frying pan with the addition of vegetable oil, fry the onion, stirring occasionally, until soft. Make the heating moderate so that the onion does not burn.

5. Step 5:

   

   Put the minced meat in the frying pan with the onion. Fry the minced meat with onions, stirring actively. Knead the meat lumps so that the minced meat becomes more homogeneous.

6. Step 6:

   

   Fry the minced meat until the color changes. At the end of cooking, add salt to the minced meat, add spices to taste, mix. Cook for another 1-2 minutes. Let the filling cool down.

7. Step 7:

   

   Drain all the water from the finished potatoes. Mash the hot potatoes with a potato masher into a homogeneous puree, cool.

8. Step 8:

   

   To make the mashed potatoes cool down faster, you can transfer it to a suitable sized bowl. The puree should be slightly warm, not hot, so that the added egg does not curdle.

9. Step 9:

   

   Beat an egg into the mashed potatoes, mix.

10. Step 10:

    

    Add flour, mix well.

12. Step 11:

    

    It turns out a soft, homogeneous potato dough. It will be a little sticky, so when forming zraz, powder your hands with flour or lubricate with vegetable oil.

13. Step 12:

    

    How to make zrazy? From a portion of the dough, form a non-thin tortilla, put it on a surface sprinkled with flour. Make a recess in the center of the tortilla.

14. Step 13:

    

    Fill the middle of the tortilla with filling.

15. Step 14:

    

    Connect the edges of the dough. Blind the zrazy according to the type of pie, giving an oblong shape.

16. Step 15:

    

    Similarly form the rest of the zrazy. Place the zrazy on a greased baking sheet. I covered the bottom with foil, but this is optional.

17. Step 16:

    

    In a small bowl, beat the egg with a fork until smooth.

18. Step 17:

    

    Using a cooking brush, brush the zrazy on top with a beaten egg so that when baking they get a beautiful blush.

19. Step 18:

    

    Bake the zrazy in a preheated 180C oven for 20-25 minutes until browning. Determine the time and temperature by your oven.

20. Step 19:

    

    Serve potato zrazy hot as an independent dish. Bon appetit!