Such different Ossetian pies

Baking from peoples of different countries always has its own peculiar features typical for a particular region: a thin Neapolitan flat cake with a simple filling of tomatoes and cheese has become popular all over the world pizza, a rolled Israeli pita or a pita bread with scraped meat and vegetables - no less than Famous doner-kebab or shawarma, and fried in oil pies of Tatars - all favorite chebureks. Not less famous in Russia are baked products of Ossetian cuisine, the so-called Ossetian pies. And today they are worthy competition to any baking, whether it's pizza, croissants or our cakes.

What is Ossetian pie?

Traditional pastry of Ossetian people is a round or triangular cake with a thick layer of filling. Try this dish you can even without spending energy on cooking: Ossetian pies in Moscow with delivery today can be ordered both by phone and online.

For the Ossetian pie kneaded dough on yeast, and as filling can act:

• Ossetian cheese and leek,
• Cabbage and cheese,
• pumpkin,
• Potatoes with cheese,
• Beans,
• Chopped beef,
• Chard and ossetian cheese,
• Mushrooms and green onions.

On this list of possible fillings does not end: every year, bakers offer more and more variations for this batch. By the way, Ossetian pies are not necessarily salty. There are also sweet options - for example, with a cherry. But in any case there will be a lot of fillings in such a pie, and the dough should be thin, but it's safe to hide the filling without letting it stick out. This type of baking is called Ossetian according to the type of stuffing used: potato pie with potatoes, zokojin with mushrooms, cabus squid with cabbage.

Ossetian pies: new fast food

Rich and juicy Ossetian pies today become a part of the urban culture in Russia: they can easily satisfy the hunger, they have different tastes and at the same time are convenient for an office lunch or a snack in a cafe. Due to such advantages, baking from Ossetia has become one of the modern types of fast food. However, the Ossetians themselves are not delighted with such popularity of their culinary heritage: for them this food has a long ritual character, and many cultural organizations of Ossetia advocate assigning Ossetian pies the status of "specialty" of the region and include them in the list of intangible heritage sites of UNESCO . This will preserve the recipe and ritual value of Ossetian pies intact and will not allow selling products that are different from traditional recipes under this name.