Traditionally, samsa is cooked with meat. However, no less tasty pastries are obtained with cheese. Such samsa will appeal to those who do not eat meat.
Samsa with cheese - the basic principles of preparation
Samsa is made from fresh or puff pastry. Today you can buy a finished product in any store. But if you want to make truly homemade cakes, make it yourself. To do this, you will need flour, eggs, drinking water and butter. On water, eggs and flour, knead the dough like dumplings. Then it is rolled thinly, pieces of oil are distributed over the entire surface, folded in an envelope and rolled out again. The procedure is repeated several times, depending on how many layers you want to get. Before cutting, the dough must be kept in the refrigerator.
The filling is prepared from any kind of cheese. Most often used brine. It goes well with a wide variety of products. The filling can only consist of cheese, or supplemented with vegetables, meat, herbs, etc.
Roll out the puff pastry, cut into squares of the same size. On each spread cheese filling and make a triangular samsa. It is laid out on a baking sheet, greased with a beaten egg and baked until tender.
Serve pastries with drinks or broth.
Recipe 1. Samsa with Cheese
Ingredients
500 g packaging of yeast puff cake mix;
a handful of white sesame seeds;
300 g of cheese Suluguni or feta cheese;
chicken egg - two pcs.
Cooking method
We take out the dough from the freezer, defrost and unfold on the surface of the table. We cover with cling film so that it does not dry out.
Beat one egg with a fork. Grind the cheese on a coarse grater. Combine the grated cheese with a beaten egg and mix. We turn on the oven 200 degrees.
Lightly grease the table with oil and roll puff pastry on it into a layer with a thickness of not more than three mm. Cut it into the same squares. Put the cheese filling on one half of the square, cover with the second half of the dough and tighten the edges tightly.
We put samsa on the deco, lining it with parchment. Lubricate the baking surface with a beaten egg and sprinkle abundantly with sesame seeds. We send the deco into the oven for 25 minutes so that it is well browned.
Recipe 2. Samsa with cream cheese
Ingredients
a pound of yeast-free puff pastry;
30 g flour;
200 g of processed cheese;
30 g sesame;
chicken egg.
Cooking method
We take out the dough from the freezer and leave until completely defrosted on the table. Then we remove the packaging from it and put it on the table, trimming it with flour first.
To prepare the filling, just grate the cheese. To make this easier, place it in the freezer for about half an hour.
Roll out the dough with a rolling pin into a thin layer. Using a saucer, cut out circles. We collect the remainder of the dough and roll it again. So repeat until the dough is over.
In the middle of each circle we put a little cream cheese. Connect the edges of the dough, forming a triangle. We spread samsa on a baking sheet laid with tracing paper. Lubricate the surface of the pies with a beaten egg and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Bake for 25 minutes in a preheated 180 ° C oven.
Recipe 3. Samsa with cheese and herbs
Ingredients
Dough:
600 g flour;
10 ml of any vinegar;
200 ml of drinking water;
70 g of butter;
salt.
Filling:
200 g of brine cheese;
ground black pepper;
a few feathers of green onions;
5 ml of vegetable oil;
several branches of cilantro;
egg for lubrication.
Cooking method
Rinse the greens, dry and finely chop. We rub the cheese coarsely and combine it with greens. Slightly salt, season with pepper and add vegetable oil. Stir.
Of the necessary products, knead the dough, wrap it in film and send it to the refrigerator for a quarter of an hour. Then crush the dough and cut into pieces. Each roll out into a cake. In the center we put the filling and form the samsa in the form of a triangle.
Place the pies on a baking sheet. Grease it with a beaten egg. Sprinkle with wild garlic or sesame seeds. Bake until golden brown in a preheated oven.
Recipe 4. Samsa with Cheese and Spinach
Ingredients
Dough:
warm water - glass .;
salt;
wine vinegar - 10 ml;
drain. oil - 150 g;
flour - three stacks.
Filling:
spinach - 400 g;
salt;
bulb;
rennet cheese - 150 g;
garlic - clove;
freshly ground pepper;
chicken egg.
Cooking method
Melt the butter and cool to room temperature. Dissolve salt in water and pour vinegar. Pour the sifted flour in small portions and knead a soft, elastic dough. We divide it into three parts, cover with cling film and leave for half an hour.
Roll one piece into a very thin layer. Constantly sprinkle the table and the dough with flour. With a brush, grease the surface of the dough with a third oil, leave for three minutes, and turn the layer into a tight roll. We roll out the second piece of dough in the same way, grease it with oil. We put the dough roll on the edge of the rolled layer and turn the roll into dough. We repeat the same procedure with the third piece. Roll the dough with a tape measure and send for half an hour to the freezer.
We clean the onion, rinse and finely chop. We pass in oil until transparent. Add spinach, salt, pepper and squeeze garlic through a garlic squeezer. Stir and let it soft. Set aside and cool. We rub the cheese coarsely and combine with the stewed spinach. Stir.
We cut the dough with washers. We roll each on a flat cake crushed by flour. In the center we put the filling and pinch the edges of the dough from above, forming a triangle. Decorate with oil. We spread the samsa with the seam down and grease it with a beaten egg. Bake until golden in the oven, heated to 200 degrees.
Recipe 5. Samsa with cheese and potatoes
Ingredients
550 g of flour;
table salt;
chicken egg;
100 g of cheese;
70 g of plums. oils;
two potatoes;
30 ml rust oils.
Cooking method
Sift flour into a deep bowl. Mix it with salt. Beat the egg into the mixture, add the butter, chopped with butter beforehand. Pouring warm water in small portions, grind all the ingredients to a crumb state. After adding flour, knead the soft, soft dough and divide it into three identical parts.
Roll all the pieces into thin layers. Grease each with vegetable or butter. Fold the cakes in a pile. Apply oil to the upper layer and roll the dough into a tight roll. Cut it into bars a centimeter thick. Roll them into round blanks.
Wash the potatoes and boil until soft in the peel. Cool the vegetable and peel. Finely grate boiled potatoes and cheese, mix. Season with spices and mix. Lay out the filling on the workpieces and form triangles from them.
Put samsa on an oiled baking sheet. Grease the pastry with the yolk whipped with water and bake for half an hour in the oven, heated to 180 degrees. Remove the finished samsa from the oven, cover with a towel and cool.
Recipe 6. Samsa with cheese and chicken
Ingredients
400 g chicken;
table salt;
150 g of onion;
150 g of hard cheese;
400 g of puff pastry.
Cooking method
We clean chicken fillet from films and skin. Wash and dry it with paper towels and a finely chopped sharp knife.
We clean and wash onions. Grind the vegetable with thin feathers. Combine the onion with the chicken and stir.
Finely three cheese and add to the meat with onions. Mix again.
We take out the dough from the freezer in advance and leave it on the table until it is fully defrosted. We take it out of the packaging, unfold it and put it on the table, crushed with flour. We roll it into a layer and cut out circles. On each we put a small amount of filling and make triangles in the form of triangles.
We spread samsa on an oiled baking sheet, grease it with a beaten egg and send it for about half an hour to the oven preheated to 180 degrees.
Recipe 7. Samsas Cheese and Mushrooms
Ingredients
bulb;
a pinch of soda;
400 g of frozen honey mushrooms;
a pinch of salt;
two stacks. flour;
5 g of sugar;
150 g sour cream;
egg;
100 g of hard cheese;
50 g of oil drain.
Cooking method
Defrost the mushrooms. Peel and wash the onion. Finely chopped mushrooms and onions. Put the onion in a pan and fry it until soft. Then add the mushrooms, salt and continue to fry until golden brown.
Finely grate the cheese. Combine the butter with the egg and beat everything until smooth. Add salt and sugar to sour cream. Stir. Combine the grated cheese with sour cream and butter. Pour the sifted flour with soda and knead the supple dough. Cover it with a napkin and leave it to rest for half an hour.
Roll the dough into a bundle and divide it into 12 parts. Roll out each rolling pin into a cake. Put the mushroom filling in the middle and form a samsa with the shape of a semicircle. Put on the oiled deco and put in the oven for 20 minutes.
Samsa with cheese - tips and tricks
Self-prepared puff pastry must be kept for some time in the refrigerator.
You can use any filling cheese: hard, processed, soft creamy.
To prevent the filling from getting too dry, add sour cream or mayonnaise to it.
Baking will turn out soft if you cool it under a towel.
