Everyone knows that kefir is a very useful product for human health. People have been eating it since time immemorial in various variations. And baking kefir in haste has long been a commonplace for many housewives. What are its advantages? Firstly, you don’t have to fool around with making yeast dough, which requires quite a lot of free time and effort. Secondly, kefir pastry whipped up is tender and very pleasant to the taste. Let’s and we will try!
Tea cake
A very simple, but nevertheless tasty and tender dish from the category: “Guests are already coming, but nothing is ready yet!”
We will need: two and a half glasses of flour, two eggs, one glass of kefir, half a glass of sugar, a small spoon of soda, a glass of jam (any of those found in a cupboard on a shelf or in the refrigerator - the main thing is that there are no stones).
Put the jam in a suitable wide dish, add soda to it, mix. Let stand a few minutes. Then add kefir, sugar, flour, eggs to the mass. Mix everything thoroughly until smooth. Put in a baking dish, greased with fat or oil. Bake at 180 in the oven - 25 minutes (or until cooked). We take out, cool. Sprinkle with powdered sugar on top. You can add a little cinnamon, cocoa to the powder, you can coat the cake with jam on top and sprinkle with nuts, crushed into crumbs. Act according to your own tastes and habits. Simple baking kefir in haste is ready! You can serve a cake for tea or coffee as a dessert.
Apple pie
This is a kind of variation on the theme of charlotte. A very simple and tasty dish, as it contains fresh apples, and these are live vitamins, minerals and fiber!
We need: a glass of flour, half a glass of sugar (if apples are sour, then you can add it to taste), half a glass of kefir, vegetable oil, soda. For the filling - a few large apples.
We bake the pie in a ring shape so that it looks like a cake. First, prepare the dough, as if it were pancakes - of medium density, but so that it does flow down, and not fall into pieces. Beat it well. We clear the apples from the peel, seeds, stalks and cut into small cubes (you can’t rub on the grater, as this will result in porridge). Add the processed apples to the dough and mix thoroughly again. The resulting homogeneous mass is poured into the mold. Bake in the oven at medium temperature for half an hour (or until cooked). Here is such a simple pastry on kefir (photo). A recipe available to every housewife. Serve on the table for dessert with drinks: tea, coffee, stewed fruit, wine.
With fish
Kefir baking in the oven does not require much effort and does not take up much of your precious time, in addition, it can be not only sweet. We offer a simple recipe for kefir fish pie - a dish that can be used as a full second.
We will need: three eggs, half a glass of kefir, a couple of spoons of low-fat mayonnaise, a glass of flour, soda on the tip of a knife. For the filling - a can of canned saury, pink salmon or herring in its own juice, a glass of boiled pre-crumbly rice, two onions.
We start cooking: first you need to knead the dough on mayonnaise and kefir - like pancakes in their density. Filter the canned fish from the liquid, knead a little with a fork until smooth. Fry the onion in vegetable oil, add to the fish. There is boiled rice. Stir the filling. In the mold corresponding to your culinary tastes, lay out half the dough. For the dough - prepared filling. Top with the remaining dough again. And all this - in the oven, preheated.
Fish cake - kefir pastry in a hurry - is cooked at a temperature of 180 degrees for about half an hour. Check the dough: an ordinary wooden match should come out of the cake dry! And before you get it out of the oven, it will be good to sprinkle the dish with grated cheese and let stand in the oven for a bit. You can serve it as a full second, decorating with sprigs of fresh herbs.
Summary
There is still a mass of dishes baked in the oven, based on kefir - all in one small article can not be listed. Their main advantage is the speed of cooking. But despite its apparent simplicity, this pastry is tasty and original, its recipes are available to any housewife. Bon appetit to all!