I undertake to assert that classic manna made with kefir - the simplest dessert pie in Russian cuisine. There are enough cooking variations for our semolina pie, but there is one constant ingredient - semolina.
Semolina, when combined with dairy or fermented milk products, ideally replaces wheat flour. So semolina makes incomparably delicious baked goods.
There is an assumption that the first semolina pie appeared in the 12th-13th centuries along with the advent of this very semolina. Since then, the taste of the pie has remained virtually unchanged. It's all about a simple selection of products.
So, to prepare classic manna with kefir without flour, take the products from the list.
Add the entire portion of kefir to the bowl. Kefir must be brought to room temperature. I recommend removing it from the refrigerator 30 minutes before preparing the dough.
Pour semolina into kefir.
Mix thoroughly with a plastic spoon or spatula. There should be no lumps. Leave the semolina with kefir in a warm place to swell. 30 minutes will be enough.
Beat chicken eggs with sugar until foamy. Add sugar to taste. Half a glass was enough for me, but those with a sweet tooth can use more. Place the beaten eggs into a mixture of swollen semolina and kefir.
Stir the dough until smooth. Add baking powder, a little salt and mix well again. Leave the dough for another 15 minutes and move into the baking pan.
Prepare a baking dish. To make the manna into a cake, use a container that is small in diameter but tall. Pre-lubricate it with butter and sprinkle with a light layer of dry semolina.
Bake the manna until done at 180°C. Cooking time - 40-50 minutes. Check doneness with a knife blade or wooden skewer. If you pierce the finished semolina pie, the dough will not stick to the knife or skewer.
After baking, the cake needs to be cooled slightly. Cover the form with semolina with a plate and quickly turn it over. Properly prepared manna will jump out of the mold like this cute cake. How smooth and beautiful it turned out...
Look, friends, what a golden brown crust it has! It’s even a pity to cut it, but what can you do if the kettle has already boiled and the whole home “team” is waiting at the table.
Cut the classic manna with kefir without flour into portioned triangles, like a cake.
The pie is perfectly cut into even triangles. Help yourself to the manna before it gets cold. When warm, our simple dessert pie tastes amazing and has a very tender base. Enjoy your tea!
You can prepare juicy, fluffy, aromatic semolina without flour in 2 hours, taking into account the time for semolina to swell at 1 hour. It turns out very attractive and ruddy in appearance. You can serve this dessert to your family to try immediately after it has cooled down along with hot drinks: tea, coffee, cocoa, etc.
Traditionally, such baked goods are prepared with kefir, so we will not deviate from this rule. In addition, due to the fact that kefir is present in the dough, you do not need to add baking powder - 0.5 tsp is enough. soda without quenching it with vinegar. Be sure to soak semolina in kefir! If you ignore this, you will end up with baked goods that are glued together at the bottom, since the semolina will simply sink to the bottom and stick together, rather than spreading out through the dough.
Ingredients
- 1 glass of kefir
- 1 cup semolina
- 2 chicken eggs
- 50 g butter
- 2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil
- 0.5 tsp. soda without top
- 100 g granulated sugar
- 2 pinches of salt
Preparation
1. Pour kefir into a deep bowl and add semolina into it. Mix everything carefully and leave in a warm place for 1 hour, stirring from time to time.
2. As soon as the specified time has passed, break the eggs into another container, add salt and sugar.
3. Beat the eggs with a whisk or in the bowl of a food processor until fluffy.
4. Melt the butter in the microwave or in a water bath, but not to a boil, pour it into the egg mixture along with vegetable oil, semolina swollen in kefir, soda and mix for about 1 minute.
5. Line a baking dish with parchment paper and grease it with vegetable oil. Pour the prepared dough into it and place it in an oven preheated to 170 degrees. Let's bake the dessert for 50-60 minutes, but at medium heat, not going beyond 200 degrees, so that it bakes evenly inside and out. Be sure to monitor the surface of the baked goods so that they do not burn. If this happens, cover it with foil or paper and continue baking.
6. As soon as the specified time has elapsed, turn off the heat and remove the pan with manna from the oven. Let cool for about 30-40 minutes in the cold.
The classic manna recipe assumes that it is prepared on the basis of a fermented milk product. Most often, housewives choose kefir. This makes the cake tall, fluffy and porous.
If you want to give the pie a creamier taste, try replacing the fermented milk product with sour cream or milk - then the manna will become softer and more elastic. If desired, you can put dried fruits, nuts or any berries into the dough. I used a few fresh cherries. The recipe is very simple, and the manna itself is easy to prepare. This requires a minimum of products that are likely to be found in any home. The pie turns out very tasty.
Products:
Preparation:
Remember the main secret of preparing classic manna: liquid products must be added to dry ones, and not vice versa. It is clear that the first thing you need to do is mix the dry ingredients in a bowl: flour, semolina, granulated sugar and soda.
Add eggs and kefir to this mixture. Many housewives first combine kefir with eggs and beat with a whisk, and only then add it to flour and semolina. But this is completely optional.
Mix everything well with a spoon. The dough should have a homogeneous viscous consistency with no lumps.
Grease a metal baking dish with vegetable oil. It needs to be coated wherever it comes into contact with the dough. If you have a silicone mold, then you do not need to oil it. Pour the mixture and distribute evenly over the pan.
Place cherries on top of the dough. When the pie begins to rise, the cherry will be in the middle and will be revealed only after you cut the manna into slices.
We send the form with its contents to the oven, preheated to 180 degrees, and leave it there for 30 - 40 minutes. The manna should be baked until golden brown.
Do not remove the manna from the mold until it has cooled. When hot it is very easy to break.
The finished pie can be sprinkled with powdered sugar on top, decorated with fondant, condensed milk or jam. You can serve manna with tea and coffee, and on hot days summer days- with cold milk. Bon appetit!
P.S.: You can tell about your secrets of preparing manna with kefir in the comments to the article. One simple recipe is good, but several are even better.
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Semolina is simply a storehouse of vitamins and microelements that are very useful for our body, regardless of the time of year. Semolina is especially useful for children. BUT as you know, not all children love to eat semolina porridge Therefore, semolina is like a lifesaver for moms and dads who just can’t get their children to eat semolina porridge.
Of course, you will like this pie even more when you find out how simple and easy it is to prepare. The basis of this pie is, of course, semolina and also a very modest set of products that can almost always be found in any home: flour, sugar, eggs and butter.
Ingredients for manna.
- 1 cup semolina
- 1 cup regular kefir
- 2 eggs
- 150 grams granulated sugar
- 100 grams of butter
- 1 packet vanilla
- salt
- baking powder (if not, you can use regular soda).
Cooking process.
Pour the semolina into a container where we will prepare the dough.
Pour a glass of kefir into the semolina. Almost any kefir will do. But the fatter the better, the more magnificent and tender our manna will be. It is important that the kefir is not cold; keep it at room temperature for about an hour and after that it can be used to prepare manna.
And so mix the semolina and kefir well so that there are no lumps or dry pieces of semolina left. Now that the semolina and kefir are mixed, leave the mixture alone for about an hour. It takes time for the semolina to absorb the kefir and swell a little and become soft.
Now let’s put the rest of the prepared ingredients into action, namely butter, eggs, sugar and baking powder. The oil should be very soft. Soft enough that you can easily mash it with a fork.
Knead the butter with a fork and add sugar in small parts. Add a couple of eggs to the butter and sugar and mix everything well again. Now that the sugar has almost all dissolved, you can add baking powder, it will take about one and a half teaspoons. Mix everything well again and set aside for 30 minutes.
Now let's prepare a form for baking manna. The most best form for manna this is silicone mold. In this form, this pie turns out simply amazingly delicious. But don’t be upset if you don’t have such a silicone baking dish. Our grandmothers and mothers cooked manna in ordinary frying pans when no one had even heard of silicone.
Now take what you are going to bake the cake in and grease the entire area well with butter. You need to lubricate not only the bottom but also the sides.
When an hour has passed since we left the semolina and kefir to infuse, we can continue to prepare our wonderful pie.
We combine both semi-finished products together and mix well. After which the resulting dough can be sent to a baking dish pre-greased with oil.
We preheat the oven to 200 degrees and reduce the heat to about 180. Now you can put the manna into the oven so that it is well baked on all sides. Cooking time is approximately 20-30 minutes.
When the manna is ready, you need to remove it from the oven, place it on a dish and serve. It’s very good if you serve sour cream and jam with manna. Many people simply pour sour cream on top of the manna, and strawberry or strawberry sauce is poured on top of the sour cream. cherry jam. It turns out very tasty and appetizing.
How to cook manna in a slow cooker
Progress does not stand still and almost every home already has a multicooker. And the most interesting thing is that few people know how to use this miracle stove, but in vain. I suggest you prepare manna in a slow cooker.
Ingredients.
- Semolina glass.
- Flour glass.
- Kefir glass.
- Sugar glass.
- Eggs 2 pieces.
- Raisin.
- Vanilla sugar.
- Butter.
- Baking powder.
Cooking process:
In a bowl, mix semolina and kefir. Do not take kefir cold. Mix everything well and let it brew for about an hour. During this time, the semolina will be well soaked in kefir and will be ready for baking.
While the semolina is soaking, you can work on the eggs and sugar. Mix sugar and eggs in one bowl. Stir well so that the sugar can completely dissolve.
After an hour, combine semolina with eggs and stir well. The next step is to gradually add flour and mix everything well until smooth. It is very good at this stage to use a whisk or mixer at low speed.
Once everything is well mixed, add baking powder and vanilla. Mix well again and set aside for 5-10 minutes.
Grease the multicooker bowl well with oil. It is important to lubricate not only the bottom but also the walls of the bowl, and do not forget to coat with oil.
Now we can send our dough to the slow cooker.
You can sprinkle raisins or dried fruits on top if desired.
Set the multicooker to baking mode and cook for 40-50 minutes.
After the specified time has passed, remove the manna from the multicooker and sprinkle with the prepared powdered sugar. Now we can say that the manna is completely ready to serve and drink tea. Enjoy your tea.
How to cook manna in the microwave
Consider a recipe for making manna with kefir in the microwave.
It turns out that you can also cook delicious pies in the microwave. This recipe was told to me by a neighbor who, right in front of me, prepared manna in the microwave in 10 minutes.
Ingredients
- Half a glass of semolina
- half a glass of kefir, the same amount of flour and sugar.
- A little baking powder
- one chicken egg.
Cooking process
Mixed semolina with kefir and set aside for soaking.
The butter needs to be melted.
Mix melted butter with sugar. Grind and beat in the egg.
The next step is to mix semolina with sugar, add flour and baking powder. Beat everything well and pour into the mold.
Place in the microwave oven for 7 minutes and select a power of 600 degrees.
After the allotted time, our manna is completely ready. This is how simple and quick recipe preparing manna with kefir in the microwave.
After you make a lush pie - manna, prepared with kefir according to the presented recipe, you will fall in love with this dish forever. It will become one of the most delicious on your table, and you will start preparing it not only for the holidays, but also for the family table. Your family will appreciate your culinary skills and will also love this delicacy.
It will allow you to easily and quickly prepare delicious dish for guests or your loved ones. The cooking process is so simple that even a child can handle it.
Why you should cook this dish
Some people love manna with kefir because of the ability to quickly prepare it, and others because the culinary masterpiece is made exclusively from available ingredients.
Here are the five main advantages of lush manna with kefir:
1. It can be prepared in less than an hour.
2. The recipe involves ingredients that are easy to find in any store or that are generally available in any kitchen.
3. Mannik can be treated even to children from 1.5 years old.
4. The dish turns out very tasty and fluffy in any case.
5. It is simply impossible to spoil the pie.
Can be cooked using different recipes. It can be made from milk, sour cream, butter, kefir, curdled milk or even baby yogurt. You get the most fluffy pie with kefir or yogurt, but with milk or sour cream it will be softer and more elastic, with a slight creamy taste.
Ingredients
To prepare manna with kefir, we will use:
- 1 tbsp. kefir;
- 1 tbsp. semolina;
- 1 tbsp. Sahara;
- 1 tbsp. flour;
- 1 tsp. baking powder;
- 3 chicken eggs;
- 100 g butter;
- 1 tsp. vanilla sugar.
If you don't want to use baking powder in a baking recipe (for example, if you're making a cake for a child), you can add regular baking powder instead. baking soda, taking it on the tip of a knife and extinguishing it with vinegar. The dough rises no worse than with baking powder from a branded bag. You can also replace vanilla sugar with vanilla.
If desired, kefir can be replaced with sour cream, milk or any other fermented milk products. Moreover, it is not necessary to use fresh ones for baking - if you have expired fermented milk products in the refrigerator, feel free to use them, ensuring “waste-free production”.
Cooking process
Step 1. To prepare the dish, pour kefir over semolina and leave to swell. Some housewives leave the mixture for 30 minutes, and some even for several days, so that the pie turns out to be as soft as possible, without crispy grains.
Step 2. Now it's time for the eggs. Separate the yolks from the whites and beat with a blender, mixer or whisk in a separate container along with sugar until foam forms. You will receive eggnog, which will need to be left for a while. Now beat the yolks separately, and mix the flour with vanilla and baking powder or slaked soda.
Step 3. Once the semolina has swelled, mix the ingredients together and stir until everything reaches the consistency thick sour cream. For these purposes, as a rule, a whisk, blender or mixer is used. Remember that the dough cannot be too thick or liquid - in the first case the cake will turn out too wet, and in the second it will be very dry and brittle, and this is wrong.
Step 4. When everything is ready, you need to prepare the baking dish. It all depends on where you are going to bake - in the oven or in a slow cooker. IN the latter case You will need to line the mold with parchment paper greased with butter or margarine to make the cake easier to remove from the mold after cooking. If you want to bake in the oven, you can use either a special baking dish or a regular frying pan, pre-oiled. In this case, it is not necessary to use parchment paper, but you can use it to completely save yourself from peeling off stuck baked goods.
Step 5. Our grandmothers share interesting secret: You can not only grease the container, but also sprinkle it with semolina. In our pie recipe we will do just that. To prepare fluffy manna in the oven, pour the resulting dough into a container, the bottom of which is greased and sprinkled with semolina, and place it in an oven preheated to 180 degrees (200 degrees is possible).
If you cook the pie according to the recipe in the oven, it will take 40 minutes, in a multicooker in the “Baking” mode – 50-70. The finished pie will emit a pleasant aroma, but do not rush to take it out. First, you will need to check the baked goods for readiness with a skewer, it can also be a wooden match or a toothpick. Stick them into the dough (somewhere in the middle of the pie) and pay attention to the tip - if it comes out dry and without dough particles, it means the pie is already cooked and it’s time to take it out, but if there is dough stuck to the tip or it’s a little damp, send the pie back to oven or close the multicooker lid for another 5 minutes. After a while, repeat the procedure. At the same time, try not to overcook the pie in the oven.
Step 6. If you wish, you can make a real cake from the pie prepared according to the presented recipe, decorating it with jam, eggnog, whipped cream and even fruit. In this case, you can decorate the cake on top, cut it in half, placing cream or fruit in the middle, or simply sprinkle it with powdered sugar. The latter will be best if you are going to treat the presented pie to children.
And the recipe for a lush kefir pie can be slightly varied with additional ingredients. Place nuts, candied fruits or raisins directly into the jellied dough to add piquancy to your baked goods. In addition, you can even use apples for the filling. Before cooking, be sure to wash and clean them thoroughly. Apples can be sprinkled with cinnamon to taste.
It is also possible to add cocoa to the dough, and after cooking, sprinkle chocolate chips on top of the pie. Allow the manna to cool slightly and serve it with tea, coffee or warm milk. Children and adults will be delighted, and the presented recipe will become your favorite among all types of baked goods.
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