Breads & Bakingcookwell
Belish (Pagach)
Potato & cheese filled dough.
👥 2 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 20m👤 Ethan Chlebowski📖 cookwell
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●bowl
- ●microwave
- ●pot
- ●oven
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Activate the yeast & prepare potatoes
2
Warm the milk in the microwave until luke-warm (100°F/38°C). Add the instant yeast and stir together. Set aside and let activate for ⏱️ 5-10 minutes. Mix the flour, salt, and sugar in a large bowl. Meanwhile, remove the skin from the potatoes and cube them up.
Milk, 320 gInstant yeast, 12 gFlour, 600 gSalt, 12 gSalt, to tasteSugar, 100 g
3
Mix the dough & let it rest
4
Pour the yeast and milk into the dry ingredients. Add in the melted butter and beaten eggs. Mix the dough together with your hands until a shaggy dough forms. It will be very sticky. Put saran wrap over the bowl and let rest for ⏱️ 20-30 minutes.
Milk, 320 gButter, 113 gEggs, 2
5
Boil & mash the potatoes
6
While the dough is resting, add the potatoes to a pot and cover with water. Bring them to a boil and continue to cook until they can easily be mashed with a fork. Strain the potatoes off and add them back to the pot. Mash the potatoes and incorporate the cheese Taste them. Add salt as needed. Let cool.
Salt, 12 gSalt, to taste
7
Knead the dough
8
With dough rested, add flour to the work surface. Turn the dough onto the floured counter and knead by hand for at least ⏱️ 10 minutes. Set a timer if needed. After kneading, the dough ball should be completely smooth. Add the dough to a bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let the dough rise until doubled, around ⏱️ 45-60 minutes.
Flour, 600 g
9
Add the potato filling & flatten the belish
10
When the dough doubles, turn it out and cut into two pieces. Flatten the dough by hand and thin out the edges. Add half of the potato filling and fold the sides up around the dough like a large dumpling. Do the same with the other piece of dough. Let rest for ⏱️ 20 minutes. Preheat the oven to 400°F/ 204°C. Using your hands, flatten the potato filled dough until about 1 inch thick. Move each of the belish to a buttered baking sheeting. Using a rolling pin, flatten the belish until it is about 1/2 inch thick.
11
Bake the belish
12
Add the belish to the oven and bake for ⏱️ 10 minutes. Take it out and flip the belish. Rub butter on the top layer. Add back to the oven and bake for 10 more minutes. Flip and rub more butter on the top. Add a sprinkle of flakey salt. Cut into squares with a pizza cutter and enjoy.
Butter, 113 gSalt, 12 gSalt, to taste
Nutrition Facts
calories
5179
fat Content
143 g
protein Content
180 g
carbohydrate Content
795 g
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