One of the legends about the appearance of the Lorraine cake tells how one farmer went to the market to sell eggs, cheese and butter. On the way, she fell, the eggs broke and mixed with other products. She ran to the baker, and he made a pie with egg and cheese fill. But whatever the legend, this cake did not lose its popularity even after many years.
Lorraine Mushroom Pie
Ingredients for the dough:
- 250 g of wheat flour;
- half a teaspoon of salt;
- 125 g of chilled butter;
- four tablespoons of water;
- butter or margarine for lubricating the mold.
Ingredients for the filling:
- 250 g of mushrooms (better - chanterelles);
- six eggs;
- 250 ml cream;
- 100 g of bacon, sliced into thin slices;
- seasonings, salt and pepper to taste.
How to make such a cake? First, beat the dough with chopped butter, water and flour using a mixer. Roll it on a board sprinkled with flour. Lubricate the form with butter or margarine and spread the dough. We pierce it with a fork in some places and put it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
At this time, we heat the oven to 175 ° C, quickly and well wash the mushrooms, clean them and finely chop. Mix the eggs with cream or milk, salt, pepper, add the mushrooms and mix everything. We put the mold on the middle grid and bake for about 5 minutes. Then we take it out, lay out the sliced salted salted slices in advance, fill it with an egg with mushrooms, put it in the oven and oven again until it becomes rosy, about 40 minutes.
Simple Lorraine Cheese and Ham Pie
Test Recipe:
- sifted flour 300 g;
- water - 220 g;
- salt - 10 g;
- butter - 150 g;
- egg.
Filling:
- cream or milk - a couple of tablespoons;
- eggs - three pieces;
- ham or smoked bacon - 150 g;
- any cheese - 60 g;
- ground pepper.
Cooking a pie. Pour flour on the table in the form of a knoll or just in a bowl. We make a deepening, put a slightly softened oil, egg, salt and a tablespoon of water. Mix. Roll the dough into a bowl, sprinkle with flour a little and leave it in a cold place for several hours. It is best to cook the dough in advance.
When it comes time to cook a pie, roll out the dough, put it in a greased frying pan or mold, prick it with a fork in several places and put thin slices of fried ham or lard. Put slices of cheese on top. In another bowl, beat eggs with salt and pepper, add cream or milk, and beat again. Pour it all onto the dough and bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes. Serve hot, directly from the oven. You can simplify this recipe: replace the dough with a ready-made puff yeast. Then it will take quite a bit of time to prepare the pie.
Pancake cake
Instead of shortcake from shortcrust pastry, you can cook pancakes, put them in a cake pan to give the appearance of cups.
Pancake Ingredients:
- an egg is one thing;
- milk - six tablespoons;
- wheat flour - half a cup;
- fresh greens, finely chopped - two tablespoons;
- melted butter - one and a half tablespoons and a little more to grease the pan;
- a pinch of salt.
Ingredients for Lorraine Cake Recipe:
- butter - one teaspoon;
- chopped onions - a quarter cup;
- bacon - two slices;
- eggs - four pieces;
- milk - three quarters of a glass;
- salt and pepper;
- cheddar cheese - a quarter cup.
Making a cake
We put all the ingredients for pancakes in a blender bowl and beat for ten seconds with a quarter glass of water. We remove the dough for an hour in the refrigerator so that the bubbles settle, and then the pancakes will not burst during cooking. Such a dough can be stored in the refrigerator for two days. Heat a small frying pan over low heat. Grease it with butter. Pour a quarter cup of dough into the center and distribute it in a pan. We fry each pancake for 30 seconds on one side and 10 seconds on the other and transfer it to the board. So you need to bake all the pancakes and stack them in a pile for cooling. The cooled pancakes can be stored in bags for several days or even frozen, but for no more than two months.
Cooking a pie. Preheat the oven to 160 ° C, melt the butter and fry the onions until it becomes translucent. In a separate bowl, mix the chopped onion and bacon. In another bowl, mix the eggs and milk and season with salt and pepper. In a non-stick coating form that is used for baking muffins, we place one pancake in each recess. We try to lay out beautifully. They should be slightly visible and go beyond the edge.
We spread strips of bacon with onions in each pancake. Sprinkle with cheese, evenly fill with egg mixture so that they are the same. Now put in the oven and bake for 25-30 minutes. Let the dish stand for a while before serving. You can replace the bacon with another ingredient and make, for example, a Lorraine chicken pie. The taste will not suffer from this.