Tarragon Pie (Kartli)
1 hour 30 min. Recipe Yield:
6-8 servings Difficulty:
Medium recipe
Tarragon pie (Kartli) - a recipe of Georgian cuisine, drinks, syrup are prepared from tarragon, it is eaten fresh with cheese and lavash, and a pie with tarragon filling is also cooked.
Recipe Ingredients
Cooking Recipe
For the tarragon pie recipe, beat an egg into kefir, add soda, sugar and salt, mix everything well with a whisk and gradually add the sifted flour. Whisking constantly, pour the melted butter into the batter. Transfer the dough to the table and, periodically lubricating your hands with vegetable oil, knead a smooth dough. Wrap the kneaded dough in cling film and place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
During this time, cook the filling. Boil the eggs, tear off the leaves from the tarragon, chop the onion coarsely. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan, put onion and tarragon leaves, simmer over medium heat for 5 minutes. Pour kharcho-suneli, pepper, salt into the filling, mix, remove from heat, let cool and mix with finely chopped boiled eggs.
Divide the dough in half, roll out and lay one part of the dough on the bottom of the baking dish. Put the filling on the dough and cover with another layer of dough on top.
Pinch the edges of the dough, brush with a mixture of yolk and sour cream and put in a preheated oven to 180-200°C (355-390°F). Bake tarragon pie for 20-25 minutes. The pie can be served hot or chilled, cut into wedges or squares.