Party Pleaser - Moldovian Pan Fried Pie
From crainny 16 years ago
- 10 minutes to make
- Serves 6
The Moldovian name is Placinta, which means "Pie". This pan-fried pie is a life saver is you have unexpected guests or simply looking for some comfort food that is made of whatever you can dig up in your fridge. Read more I love to make it for small parties as finger food. See less
Ingredients
- 2-3 cups all-purpose flour shopping list
- buttermilk or water mixed with sour-cream shopping list
- salt shopping list
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- Filling of your choice, see some samples below, or add your own shopping list
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- 2 cups chopped apples + 2-3 tbsp sugar, cinnamon shopping list
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- 2 cups chopped peaches or apricots + 2-3 tbsp sugar shopping list
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- 2 cups grated pumpkin flesh + 2-3 tbsp sugar, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom shopping list
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- 2 cups cooked minced meat (leftovers are perfect!) + 2-3 tbsp chopped onions, sauteed in butter shopping list
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- 2 cups mashed potatoes (leftovers!) + 2-3 tbsp chopped onions, sauteed in butter shopping list
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- 2 cups sauerkraut sauteed with 2-3 tbsp chopped onions shopping list
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- 2 cups farmers cheese + 2-3 tbsp sugar, cinnamon, raisins shopping list
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- 2 cups mushrooms sauteed with onions or shallots, salt, pepper shopping list
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- 2 cups feta cheese or goat cheese + fresh dill weed + black olives shopping list
How to make it
- Crust:
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- Sift the flour, add 1/2 tsp salt and put it on the kneading board making a little nest
- Pour enough buttermilk or a mix of half water and half sour cream into your "nest" and cut in with the knife, forming large crumb
- Mix well and make the soft non-sticky dough.
- Add water or flour if needed.
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- Form a ball and divide into 3.
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- Prepare your filling of choice
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- For each piece of dough:
- roll out on a floured surface until form a thin round crust about 15-16 inches in diameter
- put filling in the middle and spread to about 8 inches in diameter
- fold the non-filled portions of the dough over the filling forming a pentagon - this is a traditional shape, but you can do octagons or triangles - whatever your sense of beauty will tell you.
- Using your rolling pin, roll over the folded edges a few times to make them stick together (lightly)
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- Heat the oil in the frying pan over medium heat
- Fry placinta pie folded side down first for about 3-4 minutes, turn over (you can use 2 spatulas or your hands if you are brave), then 3 minutes on the other side.
- Let them cool a little and cut into 6-8 pieces, like pizza.
- They make perfect party food.
- Sweet filling pies could be sprinkled with confection sugar lightly.
American Pie - in Romanian/Moldovian
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