Delicious filling for pies with potatoes and onions

23.03.2024 Country kitchen

Potatoes are an ideal option for pie filling. Buying such a vegetable is not difficult and it is quite inexpensive. The budget version of the filling for pies with potatoes is useful to many. To make it also very tasty, add fried onions to it. The filling for pies with potatoes and onions is delicious and fragrant.

For the filling, you can use any kind of potato, the main thing is to cook it until soft. You can cook the root crop in its uniform or in already peeled form. For convenience, we suggest that you first peel the vegetable from the peel, and then cook it.

Ingredients:

potatoes - 500 grams;
onions (large) - 1 pc.;
salt - 0.5 tables. l .;
vegetable oil - 30-40 grams.

How to make a filling for potato pies

Rinse the peeled potatoes and put in a pan. Pour cold water and put on a strong fire on the stove. As soon as the water begins to boil, add salt and reduce the heat so that the potatoes boil a little. Cover with a lid and cook until soft. The readiness of potatoes is easy to verify by pricking it with a knife or fork.

While boiling potatoes, peel the onions, then rinse and cut into small cubes.

Fry the onion in vegetable oil until it becomes golden and fried.

Drain the potatoes with care.

Knead the potato masher until mashed.

Stir mashed potatoes with fried onions. Pour the butter with onions into mashed potatoes. Thanks to the oil, the potatoes will become softer and more tender. Taste the filling, if desired, add a little salt and black pepper.