Unsweetened pastries can become not only a hearty snack, but also a full breakfast or dinner. There are many options for such dishes with a variety of fillings that can be made on a yeast, yeast-free or puff basis. In this section, we will consider recipes for making sauerkraut pie.

Classic Sauerkraut Pie

In the classic version, pastries with sauerkraut are prepared on the basis of yeast dough.

The following ingredients will be needed:

  • a glass of milk or yogurt;
  • 2 eggs;
  • flour;
  • 30-40 g pressed yeast;
  • sugar and salt;
  • sauerkraut;
  • onion;
  • seasonings.

How to bake sauerkraut:

  1. We cook dough in warm milk, adding yeast, granulated sugar and salt.
  2. Fry onions with cabbage, let cool.
  3. Beat eggs, combine with dough and pour so much flour so that the dough turns out a little sticky.
  4. We remove the base in heat and let rise.
  5. Knead the dough, divide into two unequal parts. We roll out most of it and lay it in a deep form, leaving a little margin at the edges.
  6. Fill the pie with the filling, cover with the remaining dough, remove the excess and set to bake, greasing the top with the yolk.

On a note. The first half hour of baking should not open the oven, otherwise the dough may fall.

From puff pastry

Cooking puff pastry is a very time-consuming and lengthy process, so it’s easier to get ready-made.

For work you will need:

  • puff base packaging;
  • sauerkraut;
  • onion;
  • bell pepper;
  • thick cheese;
  • suitable seasonings.

Cooking an open pie from puff pastry:

  1. We take out the dough from the packaging and leave it to defrost.
  2. Fry the ingredients of the pie filling, season with spices and cool.
  3. We roll out the puff base, put on a baking sheet sprinkled with flour, leaving a little dough at the edges.
  4. We distribute the filling, sprinkle with grated cheese and wrap the excess dough inside the pie, and then send it to the oven.

Attention! Puff pastry is baked, very quickly, so you will need to constantly monitor the cooking process, checking if the dish is burnt from below.

Lean baking recipe

Compliance with the fast obliges to abandon products of animal origin.

In this case, you can prepare a lean pie with sauerkraut, taking the following components:

  • 1/2 packet of margarine;
  • 80-90 ml of olive oil;
  • 2.5 cups flour;
  • a little baking powder;
  • a pinch of sugar;
  • cabbage;
  • onion;
  • garlic;
  • tomato paste;
  • salt and seasoning.

Making lean baking:

  1. Cut the margarine into pieces and grind with flour.
  2. Add olive oil, sugar and baking powder, knead cool dough.
  3. We remove the base in heat for half an hour, and at this time, fry the filling, then cool.
  4. We separate 2/3 of the dough, roll it out and put it on a baking sheet, leaving the sides, and then send it to warm up in the oven for 6-7 minutes.
  5. We remove the dough from the oven, distribute the filling, cover with the rest of the base, pinch the edges and put back for half an hour.

Tip. To make the cake beautiful, after baking the surface can be greased with a small amount of vegetable fat.

Jellied Pie With Sauerkraut

It does not require large expenditures of time and effort making pies on a batter.

In the process of work you will need:

  • 2 cups of milk;
  • egg;
  • flour;
  • salt and sugar;
  • a little soda;
  • sauerkraut;
  • onions and spices.

How to make jellied pie with sauerkraut:

  1. Mix the cabbage with onions and spices, fry and cool.
  2. Beat the egg with sugar, salt and soda, dilute with milk.
  3. Pour flour in small portions, bring the dough to a semi-liquid consistency.
  4. At the bottom of the deep dishes, we place most of the liquid composition, spread the filling on top, and then fill with the remaining dough and put into the oven.

You can divide the batter into equal parts or pour it into the mold immediately, and distribute the cabbage with spices on top.

Cooking in a slow cooker

Another way to prepare a delicious jellied pie with sauerkraut is to bake it in a slow cooker.

To create a dish you will need:

  • 2.5 cups kefir;
  • 2 eggs;
  • flour;
  • sugar;
  • salt;
  • baking powder
  • sauerkraut;
  • suitable spices.

Cooking in a slow cooker:

  1. Slightly let the cabbage with spices in the bowl of the device, pouring vegetable fat.
  2. We make dough from eggs, kefir and flour, pour sugar, salt and baking powder.
  3. We level the cabbage filling along the bottom of the bowl, fill with batter.

You need to bake a pie for about an hour, setting the appropriate mode.

With the addition of potatoes to the filling

You can combine cabbage in the filling for the pie with boiled potatoes, and to get a “waste-free production”, it is permissible to make the dough on the broth, where the tubers were cooked.

To work, you will need:

  • 2 cups of decoction of potatoes;
  • egg;
  • flour;
  • salt;
  • soda;
  • table vinegar;
  • sauerkraut;
  • boiled potatoes.

Cooking cabbage pie with potatoes:

  1. Knead potato tubers, cool slightly, mix with cabbage, adding salt.
  2. Beat the egg, dilute with potato broth, introduce soda, slaked with vinegar, then pour the flour and baking powder.
  3. Knead the dough and let stand for half an hour, then roll out and divide into two parts.
  4. We spread one layer on a baking sheet, distribute the filling and cover it with another, and then pinch the edges.

Baking a pie will take at least 40-45 minutes.

Yeast dough pie with sauerkraut

Yeast dough for pie can also be prepared on water, if there are no dairy products at hand.

To do this, you need the components:

  • glass of water;
  • egg;
  • a bag of powdered yeast;
  • flour;
  • sugar and salt;
  • sauerkraut;
  • onion;
  • seasonings.

Cooking pastries from yeast dough on water:

  1. We put the dough, adding powdered yeast, sugar and salt to the water.
  2. Sift the flour and beat the egg.
  3. Pour dough into the egg, sprinkle flour and knead sticky dough, and then remove it in the heat to rise.
  4. Fry sauerkraut with salt and seasonings, cool.
  5. Knead the base, divide into two parts, roll out and form a cake in a deep bowl.

Shortly before removing the pastries from the oven, you can grease the surface with egg yolk to form a beautiful glossy crust.

With canned fish

In the absence of free time, you can bake on a ready puff pastry by adding canned fish to the filling.

For work you will need products:

  • puff pastry;
  • can of fish canned food;
  • sauerkraut;
  • onion;
  • lemon juice;
  • spices and salt;
  • egg yolk;
  • sesame seeds.

Cooking a layer cake with sauerkraut and canned fish:

  1. We lay out the layers of dough on a dish and put in a warm place for defrosting.
  2. Fry the cabbage with onions a little and knead the fish with a fork.
  3. We mix the components of the filling, pour with lemon juice, add spices and salt.
  4. We put one rolled layer of puff base on a baking sheet, fill it with the filling.
  5. Cover the pie with the other part of the dough, pinch the edges and send to the oven.

When the baking is almost ready, you need to grease the top with the yolk of the egg, garnish with sesame seeds and bake for a short time.

To save time, fry sauerkraut for the filling is optional. And to make the pastries even tastier, it is worth supplementing the main ingredient with other products, for example, bell pepper, green peas, sweet corn, mushrooms or meat.

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