A tortilla from Moldova or “pincinda” looks like a round Russian pie: inside the filling, on top the dough is fried in a pan. For the preparation of squash with pumpkin, fresh dough was originally used, but now it can be replaced with any other base. To prepare a dish and please relatives, select the appropriate recipe from the article.

Pumpkin and Cottage Cheese Placinda

Juicy and soft cakes will be an excellent dessert. The dish plays with tastes: pumpkin gives sweetness, cottage cheese filling - adjusts the taste.

You will need:

  • flour - 250 g;
  • egg - 1 pc.;
  • sunflower oil - 40 ml;
  • cottage cheese (suitable sour) - 150 g;
  • soda - 1/3 tsp;
  • pumpkin (boil in advance) - 50 g.
  • greens, including coriander and black pepper, to taste.

Cooking method:

  1. Take some deep container and use a fork to mash the pumpkin in it until smooth. It is worth noting that a brighter and smaller fruit is always sweeter, so pay attention to them when choosing.
  2. Add ¾ flour and soda to the bowl. To extinguish it, sprinkle with lemon juice or hot water. Add 20 ml of oil and mix the contents of the plate. You should get a yellow ball.
  3. To prepare the filling, grind the cottage cheese and add herbs, spices. Pour them into another bowl and break the egg into it.
  4. Divide the dough into several parts (not more than 4) and put the filling in it. The thickness of the cake should not be more than 0.8 cm, otherwise it will not be fried. No need to put a lot of filling, distribute it evenly.
  5. Connect the edges of the cake, form a smooth base. Heat the pan, pour the oil and you just have to fry the delicious cakes.

After cooking, do not forget to blot the product with a dry paper towel to remove excess fat.Serve the dish hot with sour cream or herbs.

Simple cooking in a slow cooker

The next option for making Moldavian tortillas is with potatoes and herbs. The recipe is very simple and incredibly tasty!

Prepare the following:

  • boiled water - 100 ml;
  • wheat flour - 150-200 g;
  • sunflower oil (both in the dough and for frying) - 2 tbsp. l .;
  • potatoes - 1-2 pcs.;
  • pumpkin - 300-400 g;
  • bow - head;
  • herbs and spices are optional.

Cooking method:

  1. To start, mix flour, water, salt and vegetable oil (half). You should get a uniform lump of dough. While it swells, prepare the filling.
  2. Grate the potatoes on a coarse grater, grind the pumpkin in mashed potatoes (you can add water in the ratio of 1/3), the onions must be finely chopped, like greens. At this point, add all the spices or salt.
  3. When the juice from vegetables appears in the filling, drain it.
  4. To make the lump comfortable and easy to wrap, use a knife. Form a thin cake and make cuts to the middle, then put the filling on it.
  5. Close the cake with the dough, transfer to a slow cooker. Add the remaining sunflower oil, fry the dish on both sides until a yellow crust appears.

Tip: For a pungent flavor, add more spices.

Pan recipe

Placinde with pumpkin in a pan is always obtained juicy and crispy. In addition, they are dietary, as the cake is made from unleavened dough without the addition of butter.

 

You will need:

  • flour - 3-4 glasses;
  • vegetable oil - 80 ml;
  • minced chicken - 400 g;
  • boiled water - 1 cup;
  • green onions - 1 pc.;
  • pumpkin - 500 g;
  • herbs, spices - according to preference.

Cooking:

  1. Before you lay out the ingredients for the dough, put in a container of 1 tsp. salt and add boiling water, it is desirable that he still boiled. Stir water and oil.
    Instead of sunflower oil, you can use olive or any other analogue.
  2. Add flour to the dish and knead the dough. Note that it will be hot, so you can use a spoon to stir.
  3. After kneading, let the dough cool.
  4. Add salt, spices and finely chopped pumpkin to the minced meat, be sure to chop the onion. To make the stuffing softer and easier to mix, add water or pumpkin juice to the dish.
  5. Divide the dough into 3-4 parts, form a cake and make cuts along the edges (no more than 8).
  6. Put the filling, close the cake. If it turned out to be voluminous, then roll out the dough a little, without pressing much.
  7. Heat the pan, add vegetable oil. To make baking easier to fry, turn it upside down with its joined edges. Cakes can burn in a hot pan, so gradually lower the heat while cooking.

Scones are laid out on one plate in the form of a slide (on top of each other), they can be poured with sauce.

Moldovan apple cakes

Another delicious and budgetary recipe for making flat cakes is Moldovan cakes in the oven with apple filling. You can choose both sour and sweet apples, but sour ones combine much better with sugar and will have a pleasant aftertaste!

To prepare the dough:

  • flour - 1 cup;
  • soda - 1 tsp;
  • salt - 1 tsp;
  • vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. l .;
  • hot water - 1 cup.

To prepare the filling, you will need:

  • green apples - 3-4 pcs.;
  • sugar - 1 tbsp. l .;
  • pumpkin - 300 g;
  • spices, cinnamon, herbs - to choose from.

The dish is prepared in the following order:

  1. To begin, wash the apples well, peel them, grate them. At the same stage, add spices and sugar to the filling.
  2. To make the apple filling soft and juicy, fry it. And for diet foods, stewing with less sugar is suitable.
  3. Form the cake in a separate container. To do this, add salt, soda and hot water, as well as oil, to the bowl. Stir and add flour. To begin, you can beat the dough with a whisk, and then with your hands.
  4. Since the water is hot, the dough will be the same. Let it cool for 15-30 minutes.
  5. Put the cooled stuffing in the middle of the cake, along the edges you can make cuts.Form “envelopes” by laying layers on top of each other and fry the cakes evenly on both sides.

Pumpkin in combination with green apples gives a great taste, you can cook with these ingredients separately.

Oven puff pastry

And the final cooking option will be from puff pastry. It is possible to purchase a ready-made semi-finished product, but if you have the desire and time, prepare your own homemade dough.

 

For the test, take:

  • wheat flour - 500 g;
  • salt - 0.5 tsp;
  • eggs - 1 pc.;
  • warm water - 220 ml;
  • butter - 80 g.

For filling:

  • cottage cheese - 600 g;
  • Feta cheese - 100 g;
  • pumpkin - 300-400 g;
  • salt, spices and herbs to taste.

For cooking use this recipe:

  1. Beat the egg and salt with a whisk.
  2. Add melted butter, beat. Then water and finally sifted flour.
  3. Remember that it should not stick to your hands (if it sticks, sprinkle additional flour).
  4. Divide the dough into 3-4 parts with the volume of a fist and put it in a bag, keeping it for an hour in the cold, and for now start preparing the filling.
  5. Finely chop greens and cheese, add cottage cheese with chopped pumpkin. Stir all the ingredients and leave.
  6. Roll out the dough as thin as possible, lay down one layer on the other, grease each with butter.
  7. After cooling the filling, put it on the dough rolled into a rectangle and gently close from all sides.

Thus, you get a delicious puff cake. Bake in the oven at maximum temperature until golden brown.

It’s very easy to make a muffin with pumpkin, cottage cheese or herbs. Just follow the instructions and stock up on the right ingredients. Bon Appetit everyone!

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