How to make pies from yeast dough. Decorating pies

I want to cook something special for the holiday. And offer a new interpretation of already known and beloved dishes. So it's time to check out some new food design ideas!

Our review today is dedicated to creative cutting of dough - from the simplest to real masterpieces of flour production.

Putting ideas in the piggy bank!

Buns made from strips and layers of dough without filling

You can make beautiful buns from the “sausages” of yeast dough. To prevent the strips from sticking together, the sausage must first be greased with egg. And then wrap it with an ornate line according to the pattern you like.

From a small rolled strip you can make a flower bun, a bow bun, or a leaf bun.

For children, we definitely make baked goods in the shape of animals.

From a layer of puff pastry you can make a stylish bun with a large bow.

Baking based on rolls

Original spikelets, buns and bread can be made on the basis of rolls. Various schemes for cutting dough with scissors are used here.

We make the spikelet as follows: sprinkle the dough “sausage” with poppy seeds. Then we make cuts in the roll at an angle of 45 degrees, and lay them out in a “pigtail”.

Similarly, we make spikelets stuffed with poppy seeds or cinnamon and sugar.

You can make a rosy wreath from a roll with sugar and cinnamon.

If you cut the roll into pieces and place it on a baking sheet, you can make cinnamon rolls. When ready, fill the buns with chocolate glaze, concentrated syrup, nuts with sugar or other delicious decoration.

Decorating the edge of the pie

Open pies and pizza can be decorated in a special way by decorating the edge in advance and filling it with filling.

Original filled pies

Adults and children love pies. You can surprise and delight your loved ones by making them in the shape of roses, animals, curls, apples and other fruits and vegetables. Thus, you can make themed pies for a specific event or for a specific person.

Stuffed pies

Large stuffed pies can be decorated in the shape of a funny turtle. The relief on the shell can be made using imprints of cups or dumplings.

Stuffed flower pie can be made with any fairly thick filling or with a combination of two fillings. Place the filling on the bottom layer and form a center and a ring. Then cover with a second layer of dough and fix the center with a plate. We fasten the ring around the edge and make cuts, unfolding the dough like flower petals.

We make a stuffed ring pie with the filling peeking out using special cuts in the center of the dough layer and fold it towards the edge.

Stuffed pie in the shape of a fish is made from puff pastry or yeast dough.

Country pie with minced meat and eggs is also quite beautiful and colorful. This dish will surely delight your guests!

We form a bunch of grapes from small round pies with filling and decorate with carved leaves and vines. Here is the finished culinary masterpiece!

The stuffed pie can be perforated. For such a pie, a thick filling made from pieces of meat, cabbage, and apples is suitable.

Two-color pies

Pies and buns made from two-color dough are very original. We make them according to the principle of the well-known Zebra pie, coloring half of the dough with cocoa powder. And then everything depends on your imagination. You can put snow-white balls of dough into a baking dish and fill them with the dark part of the dough, you can bake multi-colored cakes and make a cake out of them, or you can connect two layers of light and dark dough, make two rolls and use them to make colored butterflies.

Decorative bread

It is our custom to greet guests with bread and salt. But where can you get beautiful decorative bread? It turns out that you can bake it yourself. There are a lot of worthy options. Let's get to know them:

Open pies and pies

Open pies and pies can be decorated not only with an original edge.

We make puff pastry pies with the effect of an opening flower from two square layers, cutting the top one.

We now make charlotte with apples in a new format. We spread a curd filling with the consistency of thick sour cream onto the shortbread dough, and decorate the top with apple roses.

We decorate pies with berries and jam filling with decorative pieces of dough.

We make open puff pastry pies with meat filling.

We decorate pies and pies with a border of dough and sausages. To do this, place a sausage between two layers, secure it, make cuts and unfold it.

You can make rose pies with pieces of boiled sausage.

Open pie with pear and cottage cheese is very healthy. We fill the shortcrust pastry base with pears, cut into rings, without separating them. We lay them out in the shape of a flower and fill them with liquid curd filling. Bake.

We make a pear pie from a puff pastry and half a pear. Original and simple!

Pie "Santa Claus"

For the New Year's holiday, it is worth baking a pie with one of its symbols. We suggest making a pie with the image of Grandfather Frost.

Now, fully armed, let's start experimenting with original baked goods!

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Most feasts simply cannot do without fresh hot pies. For this reason, the question of how to wrap pies is very relevant. The appearance of this snack is no less important than its excellent taste. Taking into account the specifics of the filling (meat, mushrooms and onions, fish, potatoes, cabbage or jam), different forms of baking are allowed.

Pie shapes: varieties

It is impossible to imagine Slavic cuisine without fresh baked goods. For a long time, new tips have been appearing on how to sculpt. The main requirement for good baking is at the same time a tasty filling, high-quality dough and the skill of the cook. Pies can be called a unique dish because they can perform different functions on the table:

Appetizers (filled with mushrooms, onions or vegetables);

Main course (filled with fish, meat or potatoes);

Dessert (filled with cottage cheese or jam).

In order for baked goods to have a pleasant appearance, a number of certain rules must be followed. To prevent the dough from sticking to your hands, you need to grease your palms with sunflower oil. To ensure that the edges of the pies are well sealed, you can lightly coat them with egg white or water. Before frying or baking the pies, leave them at room temperature for 15 minutes, covered with oiled plastic wrap. This will allow the dough to become fluffy and soft. In order for a golden brown crust to form on top of the baked goods, you should grease the products with egg yolk.

How to cook pies correctly?

To make the pies not only tasty, but also attractive, it is important to follow the technique of preparing them. The shape of the product may also depend on what type of filling you prefer. The cooking process begins with kneading the dough. To make pies with yeast, you will need eggs, yeast, milk, sugar, salt, flour and your chosen filling. The amount of filler in the finished baked goods will be determined by the size of the products. When the dough is rolled out, it must be divided into equal parts. If you do not follow this rule, the pies will not be the same size. The size of the dough pieces is also important. If you make them too big, they won't look very nice and will be awkward to eat.

The originality of this product depends not only on the huge number of fillers, but also on the various forms available. Pie sculpting techniques include several available types - round, square, oval, triangular.

The connection between the filling and the shape of the products is expressed as follows. If you use fish, meat or vegetables, it is better to make pies closed. This will keep the filling juicy. Jam, cottage cheese and other similar fillings can be used in

Round pies

These baked goods bring back nostalgic memories of childhood. Round-shaped pies are usually made with fruit fillings, usually apples. This is explained by the ability to preserve the melted juice inside the products.

In order to make beautiful round pies, you should roll out small dough cakes. Their thickness should be no more than 5 mm. The filling is laid out in the center, and the edges are folded towards the middle. Then the edges must be secured, giving them the shape of a bag. These pies are placed on a baking sheet with the clamp down to avoid them unwrapping in the oven.

In addition, if you intend to bake the products rather than fry them, you can make bags with an open top. To do this, the dough is rolled out into a thin layer, then even circles are cut out on it using a glass or cup. Approximately one tablespoon of filling is placed in the center of each circle, and then the edges are folded up and glued together, leaving a small hole at the top. These pies can be made with any filling that will not spread.

Oval shaped pies

The most popular type of pies made from yeast dough is oval. They can be made with sweet fillings, cabbage, liver, onions and eggs, and so on. To make such pastries, the dough must be divided into pieces, each of which should be rolled into a roll. These rolls need to be cut into small pieces (about 4 cm), then each of them is rolled into a thin oval-shaped cake. The filler is placed in the center. After this, one edge of the cake is placed on the other, after which the dough should be molded so that the product resembles a semicircle. These pies are placed seam side down on a baking sheet or frying pan. These forms of pies can also have their own varieties.

Alternatively, if you intend to fry, you can fold the edges of the dough into a crescent and seal well around the edge. You will get a pie that resembles a cheburek in shape.

Triangular shaped pies

Such baked goods most often have an open filling. The filler is often potatoes, chicken fillet, meat or fish. Triangular pies are made as follows: roll out the dough into a thin (no thicker than 0.5 cm) rectangle. The filling is folded in the middle, after which the edges of the dough are placed on top of each other diagonally and secured well. In this case, the seam can be either tucked or made in the form of a pigtail.

Square shaped pies

To make square-shaped pastries, you need to roll out the dough using a rolling pin into a thin layer and then cut it into equal rectangular pieces. The filling is laid out in the middle, after which the dough is folded like a postal envelope. To accomplish this, you need to mold two edges diagonally at an angle of approximately 45 degrees. Fasten the remaining 2 edges in the same way. Lastly, the center is sealed, and the seams are glued together in the form of tight strands. This way you can make not only pies with yeast, but also products from different types of puff pastry.

How to wrap products beautifully?

Regardless of the shape of the workpieces, the issue of proper fastening of the edges is of great importance. How to wrap pies beautifully? There are several common methods. When sculpting seams, it is necessary to apply some effort so that the fastened edges do not separate during baking or frying.

The first method is that the filling is laid out on the workpiece from one edge in the form of a sausage. The product is wrapped on the same side to form a rolled tube. This way you will get a beautiful oval-shaped pie with neat, even edges. A rectangular product folded into an envelope can also be sealed in different ways. You can make a large seam, which will subsequently be folded down and pressed by the weight of the product, but it is also possible to make it in a beautiful design. There are options with a partially open top of the pie, but in this case it is necessary to take into account that the filling does not fall out during frying or baking.

How to wrap pies with an original seam?

There are several types of baking design.

To make a pigtail seam, hold the workpiece with your left hand, and use your right thumb to twist the edges so that a twisted rope is formed. Excess ends form along the edges of the product, which should be pinched off.

To make a hedgehog seam, pinch the edges of the dough together to form small triangles. You can also make cuts along the entire edge at a distance of about one centimeter from each other and roll each piece diagonally.

Embossed pies

How to make pies from yeast dough in relief? This is a slightly more complex form of baking. Such pies can be a good decoration for a holiday table. You can use any filling - both sweet and salty. The main thing is that the filling does not spread. How to wrap this type of pies? To do this, roll out the dough and cut out oval-shaped pieces from it. You need to place the filler in the center of each of them like a sausage. The bottom and top of the dough are folded in about a quarter. The corners of the workpiece are fastened crosswise from the wide edge (this is similar to swaddling).

You have made dough for buns, pies and pretzels, but you don’t know how to cut the dough so that the baked goods turn out beautiful - see step-by-step photos.

Beautiful buns

Cutting "Orchid": roll out, cut out a square, fold into a triangle, make cuts along the sides, leave a section of dough without a cut, unfold the square, connect the cut strips in the center.

Cutting "Peony": roll out, cut out a square, fold into a triangle, make cuts along the sides, leave a section of dough without a cut, unfold the square, fold the triangle with other corners, make cuts. Unfold the square and connect the cut strips in the center. Place the filling into the flower petals.

Cutting "Curls": roll out the layer, season with filling, roll into rolls on both sides, cut across.

Baking cutter “Rose”: roll a bun, roll out a circle, make 4 cuts at equal intervals, put the filling in the middle, roll the rose petals one by one.

Butter “Bows”: roll into koloboks, roll out circles, fold the circle in half, make 4 external and 3 internal cuts.

A simple flower made from yeast dough: roll the sausages, connect them into rings, put the filling on the two walls inside the ring, connect them in the center, as shown in the photo.

Beautiful puff pastry Kalach: roll a bun out of it, roll out a circle, grease with filling, roll into a roll, cut the roll lengthwise, twist two puff ribbons together, connect the ends to make a roll.

How to make “Piglets” from rich yeast dough. Roll out the circle, make a small cut on top, bend the corners - ears. We sculpt the piglet's piglet at the bottom, bending the edge and flattening it a little. The piglets' eyes are made of raisins.

Butter "Mushrooms": A circle is rolled out, which is then cut into pieces (see photo) and laid out in the shape of mushrooms.

"Croissants". Roll out the circle and cut it into triangles, cutting from the center to the outer edge. A cut is made on the outer side of the triangle in the middle and the filling is laid out at its end. The croissant is rolled up from the outer edge to the center.

Bun “Bird”: Roll the sausage, wrap one edge around your index finger and thread it into the resulting ring. Using a small pinch, press the dough into a beak shape. The tail needs to be flattened and cuts made, giving the appearance of feathers. The eyes are the highlight.

Here are simple versions of beautiful buns made from sausages. By the way, even a child can make such forms. Involve the little ones in this fun baking process. At the same time, you will develop fine motor skills and imagination.

How to decorate pies

Flower cake decoration: Roll out the layer into a round shape, place a bun of filling in the center. Carefully distribute the rest of the filling around the circle, leaving space from the edges and the central bun. Cover the top with another layer of dough. Using a small bowl or tea cup, press the edges around the center filling. Trim the outer edges with an openwork knife. Then evenly cut the dough with the filling that goes along the outer ring. Turn each “petal” slightly so the filling is facing up.

Cutting a loaf of bread. Roll the flagella into sausages and weave them into a loaf, as shown in the step-by-step instructions in the photo.

Here are the options for decorating the edge of the pie.

Cutting the dough “Pigtail” or “Spikelet”

The simplest version of “Pigtails”. A rectangle is cut out of the rolled out dough layer and a longitudinal cut is made in the center. Then, one edge is threaded through the resulting hole several times. This way the edges curl into a spiral. The filling is placed in the center.

"Pigtail with sausage". Three sausages are connected at the top edges. Then a slice of sausage is placed between them. Intertwined like a braid. The right harness is placed between the left and the center, then the left is placed between the right (which is now on the left) and the center (which is on the right). Again, a slice of sausage is placed and the braiding continues.

Sausage in “Pigtail” dough. This delicacy is sometimes called “Obzhorka” in culinary shops. The sausage is placed in the center of the dough cake. Then the edges are stuck to each other, and the sausage wrapped in dough is cut into equal parts. Each polka is turned sausage side up and placed one after another on different sides from the middle. Place in the oven when half cooked. Sprinkle cheese, herbs on top, grease with mayonnaise or ketchup (optional). And finish baking until ready.

Beautiful bun “Spikelet”. This type of baking is simple to make and looks very beautiful. Roll out a thin layer, grease with vegetable oil or egg, sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon (poppy seeds). We roll the roll, which we then cut with scissors slightly obliquely, as shown in the photo. We put the resulting “spikelets” into one large beautiful bun.

And this is a simple pigtail with poppy seeds. The sausage is covered with poppy seeds and cut with scissors, placing the petals on different sides.

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How to decorate a homemade pie?

You can decorate a homemade pie using chocolate glaze, cream, dried fruits and nuts, special confectionery toppings in the form of multi-colored coconut flakes or edible beads, fresh fruit, mint leaves, jam, jam, etc. As you can see, there are an incredible variety of options.

However, we decided to devote most of the article to how to decorate a pie with dough. This is not a difficult matter, but there are some subtleties and tricks.

Dough braid for decorating the pie

The most famous and simple way to decorate a homemade pie is to braid a braid of dough and place it on top of the pie.

If you want this decoration to look less traditional, you can use food coloring or regular cocoa powder to give the dough part of the braid a different shade.

Dough roses for decorating the pie

This decoration option looks very impressive, but it will be a little more difficult to make than the previous one.

Roll out the dough and use a glass to cut out circles of the same size. Each circle will be a separate petal of the future rosette made from dough. Place the dough circles together (see photo) and form a bud. Decorate the pie with prepared rosebuds from the dough.

During baking, the roses will increase in size and open slightly.

DIY flower-shaped cake

Now, looking at the finished version, making a homemade pie of this shape seems impossible. However, upon closer examination and delving into all the subtleties, you realize that not everything is as complicated as it seemed at first glance.

Roll out the dough into a small circle so that it can easily fit into the baking pan. Then roll 8 identical balls of dough and place them in a circle (see photo). Now use a sharp knife to make 4 cuts in the center of the composition (see photo). Fold the resulting petals over the dough balls.

The finished pie can be sprinkled with powdered sugar or decorated with fresh fruit.

Pie decorated with dough figures

If you use ready-made dough molds, you can create the most incredible creations on your homemade pie: hearts and stars, Christmas trees and leaves, smiley faces and cats...

Pie decorated with dough ribbons

This pie decoration is considered traditional. Roll out the dough and cut it into thin strips. Then place it on top of the filling (see photo).

Envelope Pie

This version of homemade pie is not only very beautiful, but also incredibly tasty, as it turns out juicy and rich in filling.

Roll out the dough and use a glass to cut out round shapes, like dumplings or dumplings. Wrap the pie filling in each circle and fold it into an envelope shape (see photo). Use the envelopes with the filling to form the entire pie.

How to decorate the edge of a pie with your own hands?

You can decorate the edge of the pie in different ways, largely depending on your imagination and accuracy. But we will tell you several options.

Pigtail

Squares

What could be better than homemade baking? One problem is that not every housewife knows how to decorate homemade baked goods so that they are in no way inferior in beauty and neatness to factory-made copies.

We bring to your attention several options for how to decorate a homemade pie.

Classic basket

This is a very simple, affordable decoration option that even a novice cook can handle. The main thing is not to get confused. And here is a step-by-step photo instruction on how to weave a “basket” for a pie.

Dough spiral

Here is another simple but very effective way to decorate a pie - a spiral of dough. Your guests will be delighted and will not even realize that this work of culinary art is made in a matter of minutes.

Curly edges

If you have an open pie or you want to make beautiful edges on your baked goods, then ordinary cutlery will come to the rescue - a spoon and fork, and scissors can also come in handy!

Flower

From scraps and leftover dough you can form a beautiful and eye-catching flower the size of the entire pie - it turns out very impressive!

Spruce branches

By the way, from dough scraps you can form not only a flower, but also a Christmas tree. This method of decoration is simpler and faster, but this will not make the baked goods any less attractive.

Braids

Weaving braids from dough and using them as decorative elements is an old and time-tested method. Beautiful, neat, simple and does not require special skills or tools. You can lay out a braid of dough on both the edges and walk along the center of the pie.

All these decoration methods do not require special molds, knives or other culinary tools. What if you have some of them? Fortunately, it’s not difficult to get them now, and the price is quite reasonable.

Autumn leaf fall

This pie looks very chic, as if it was made by a famous pastry chef. Meanwhile, everything is very simple - you need a baking mold in the shape of a leaf.

Starfall

For convenience, place baking paper, gauze or tracing paper under the sheet of dough so as not to spoil the stars later.

Honeycomb

A very original and beautiful design option. You can use a special mold, make it from a tin can, or squeeze out round pieces with a tube from under a felt-tip pen or marker.

However, if you don’t have any special shapes, but want to impress your guests, then ordinary knitted napkins can come to the rescue! Just place them on the thinly rolled out sheet of dough and give them another good run with the rolling pin. The napkin will act as a stencil or stamp.

Lace

Here were some of the simplest and most effective ways to decorate a homemade pie, which even a novice housewife can do.