Each mistress, for sure, has a couple of proven pie recipes in the storerooms. If your culinary piggy bank does not yet have a “secret” of delicious pastries, or you decide to diversify your everyday life with an unusual dish, then we suggest you make a pie with sour cream (recipe in a slow cooker). It will delight the household with aroma and taste, and you will like it for the speed and ease of preparation.
Essential Ingredients
To make a pie in a slow cooker on sour cream, you will need simple and familiar products. That recipe is good - everything you need can be found in the refrigerator.
- Wheat flour - one and a half cups.
- Sour cream - one glass.
- Sugar - one glass.
- Butter (can be replaced with margarine) - 75 grams.
- Two chicken eggs.
- A pinch of salt.
- A pinch of baking soda.
- Baking powder - one teaspoon.
- Powdered sugar (for decorating dessert).
Cooking dough
In a spacious cup (in order to make it convenient to knead the dough later), break two eggs, pour in granulated sugar and spread a glass of sour cream. Mix. It is recommended to melt butter in advance in a water bath or in a microwave. By the way, if there was no oil, ordinary margarine is also suitable. Experienced housewives say that such a replacement does not affect the taste of dessert.
Next we will use the kitchen "helpers". Using a mixer, beat the dough until the sugar grains are completely dissolved. After whipping, it's time to add dry bulk ingredients. Sift the flour directly into the liquid mass, gradually mixing. A sliver of salt, the same amount of baking soda and a teaspoon of baking powder will go there. It remains to bring the mass to a homogeneous state. Do not be afraid that the dough is too thin. In the classic recipe "pie in a slow cooker on sour cream" the dough should be like that.
Cooking a slow cooker
Very often, when housewives are planning to make a pie with sour cream in a slow cooker, a logical question arises: "Is it necessary to grease the surface of the bowl with oil?" Experienced housewives, who have tried this recipe more than once, say that you do not need to lubricate anything with oil. The dough already contains a sufficient amount of fat, so it will not stick to the walls of the dishes.
So, when the dough is ready, it should just be poured into the multicooker bowl. How to cook a pie in a slow cooker on sour cream, which cooking mode to choose? If your smart kitchen “assistant” has the ability to set the temperature for baking, then you are a happy person. If you just have the standard “Baking” mode, where you can set only the baking time of the dish, then in this case we advise you to set 30-40 minutes. It is recommended to choose a time slightly less than necessary. Overexposing the cake is very simple.
As in the usual case with baking from the oven, check the readiness of the cake with a skewer or match. Gently open the lid of the multicooker, pierce the cake in several places and see if there are traces of the baked dough. If the match is dry and clean, therefore, your dish is completely ready.
Decorate and serve
After the pie in the crock-pot on sour cream is ready, it should be allowed to “rest” for some time. When it cools down a bit, turn the bowl over and take the dessert onto a plate. Making a pie on sour cream in a slow cooker is very quick and easy. It can be served with any sweet addition: sprinkled with powdered sugar, garnished with berries, jam, jam or chocolate paste.
Very often there is an option - with powdered sugar. Let's open a little secret. You can just sprinkle powder over the entire top of the cake. And you can use baking tins, ready-made stencils for desserts and make an unusual ornament.
If at hand there are no special confectionery "little things" for decorating desserts, then you can make a stencil yourself. From the usual hard cardboard, cut out the shape you need (hearts, stars, leaflets, flowers, etc.), carefully place the stencil on the cake and sprinkle the powdered sugar on top. When you remove it, you will have a beautiful pattern. By the way, such stencils can be used more than once.
Filling Options
Pie can be prepared not only "empty", but also with a variety of fillings. Most often these are apples, pears, plums and other fruits. Liquid filling in such a pie is not suitable. To make a filling cake, you must first wash and cut the fruit into slices. We put the prepared stuffing on the bottom of the bowl from the multicooker and pour batter on top. The filling itself will be distributed inside the pie.
You can also cook such a pie with berries. It is important to remember that when you use a frozen berry, you should lay it out in a bowl without defrosting. So it will be more dense when baking and will give a minimum of juice.
If you decide to make a pie with nuts or dried fruits, then you can add them to the dough while mixing the main ingredients. If you want a chocolate cake, add a couple of spoons of cocoa powder or pieces of pastry chocolate to the batter.