Lean biscuit is good to serve during the Great Christian Lent. This dessert does not contain any animal fats, nor milk, nor eggs. But, despite this, this delicacy turns out to be very tasty and tender.
Today we will present you three different options on how to make a lean biscuit. Thanks to the described recipes, you will definitely get a delicious chocolate treat, as well as a cake made with sparkling water and orange juice.
Delicious and simple lean biscuit: recipe
Even a teenager can make such a pie. Indeed, in its preparation there is nothing complicated and unusual.
For the basics, we need:
- light sifted flour - about 250 g;
- medium-sized sugar - 200 g;
- cocoa - 4 large spoons;
- soda and vinegar - for an incomplete small spoon;
- ordinary warm water (cooled boiling water) - 200 ml;
- deodorized vegetable oil - 100 ml;
- large raisins - an average handful.
Making a chocolate base
Lean chocolate sponge cake is easy and quick to prepare. First you need to dissolve the medium-sized sugar in a cooled boiling water, and then add deodorized oil, slaked soda and sifted flour to it. After that, cocoa and carefully washed dark raisins should be laid out for a viscous dough.
Baking in the oven
After making the chocolate dough, immediately put it in a greased form and send it to the oven. It is desirable to bake such a pie at a temperature of 200 degrees for 44 minutes. You can check the readiness of the biscuit by sticking a dry and clean toothpick into it.
Serve to the family table
After the lean biscuit is completely baked, it must be placed on the torte bowl and cool a little. Before serving, it is recommended to sprinkle the cake with powder, and then cut into triangular pieces. It is advisable to present such a treat to guests along with a cup of black tea.
Making an orange lean biscuit
A fairly large number of housewives believe that lean pastries are tasteless and fresh. But this is not so. Indeed, for the preparation of such a dessert, it is forbidden to use only products of animal origin. And to get a fragrant and tasty treat, we need completely different ingredients.
So, we need:
- sifted wheat flour - 2 cups;
- slaked soda - a dessert spoon;
- sea salt - ½ spoon;
- freshly squeezed orange juice - 3/4 cup;
- medium-sized sugar - 3/4 cup;
- orange zest - 2 dessert spoons;
- deodorized oil - 1/3 cup.
To make the most delicious biscuit (lean), it is necessary to use a special impregnation, for the preparation of which we will need:
- medium-sized sugar - 75 g;
- fresh orange juice - 100 ml.
Mesim fruit dough
Before preparing a lean biscuit on orange juice, you should knead the base. To do this, beat with a mixer a deodorized oil with orange juice and sugar. Thus it is necessary to achieve the most uniform mass. Next to the ingredients you need to add slaked soda, sea salt and orange zest. In conclusion, in the same dishes, put the wheat flour. Having mixed all the components with a mixer, you should get a viscous base.
Bake a pie in the oven
After preparing the orange dough, it should be laid out in a deep, greased form. In the future, filled dishes must be put in the oven. Cooking a biscuit at a temperature of 195 degrees is necessary for an hour. At the same time, he should rise well and become rosy.
Having made a delicious orange biscuit, it should be carefully removed from the mold and cool.
Impregnation preparation
While the cake, made from orange juice, cools, you can do the cooking of sweet impregnation. To do this, combine the two mentioned ingredients and put them on low heat. After the orange juice becomes thick, it should be removed from the stove and immediately apply as directed.
We form a dessert
After cooling the biscuit and making orange syrup, you should proceed to the formation of dessert. To do this, rosy and lush cakes must be cut in half. Further, its lower part must be placed on the torte bowl and richly soaked in fruit syrup. At the end, it should be covered with the second part of the cake and again carry out the impregnation process.
If desired, the finished dessert can be decorated with roasted and chopped nuts. By the way, they can also be added to the dough.
Serve a delicious home-made treat to the table
After the formation of the orange dessert, it must be placed in the refrigerator for half an hour. This exposure will help soften the biscuit and get a more tasty and juicy treat.
Serving an orange cake with impregnation to the table is recommended along with hot black tea. Good appetite!
Making sponge cake
Mineral sparkling water contributes to a good rise in dough and a porous structure. That is why it is very often used for cooking various pastries.
In addition to soda, we decided to use a berry such as cherry. She will make dessert more tasty, fragrant and beautiful.
So, we need:
- light sifted flour - 2 incomplete glasses;
- medium-sized sugar - 1 incomplete glass;
- sea salt - a pinch;
- baking soda (it is better to extinguish with vinegar) - a small spoon;
- refined oil - ½ cup;
- mineral sparkling water - about 250 ml;
- vanillin - add to taste;
- frozen or fresh cherry - 150 g.
Cooking basics
Lean biscuit on sparkling water turns out to be very magnificent and tasty. It can be safely used to make a cake. But this is only if the time of Lent has long passed.
Before baking a delicious dessert at home, you need to knead the base. To do this, carbonated mineral water is mixed with medium-sized sugar and refined oil. Next, sea salt, baking soda and vanillin are added to them. In conclusion, a light sifted flour is laid out in the resulting homogeneous mass.
After mixing all the components for a long time, you should have a uniform and viscous dough.
Bake a pie in a slow cooker
Lenten biscuit in a slow cooker is baked as easily and simply as in an oven. To do this, the capacity of the device must be well lubricated with refined oil, and then pour the entire base into it. Further, frozen or fresh cherries are required to be placed on the surface of the dough. However, they should only “drown” a little.
After carrying out all the steps, close the base tightly with a lid and set the baking mode. In this program, it is recommended to bake a biscuit for an entire hour. If after this time the cake is still damp, then the heat treatment is recommended to continue for a few more minutes. If desired, the pie can simply be left in the heating mode.
Serve a lean biscuit to the table
After the cake is completely baked on sparkling water, it should be removed from the device’s container and placed on the torte maker. After cooling the dessert at room temperature, you can safely proceed to its use. Although some housewives prefer to use it to make a delicious cake. To do this, fluffy and airy cake must be cut in half and greased with some cream. For such a biscuit, protein and butter filling with condensed milk is well suited.
If you adhere to Lent, then instead of cream, we recommend using fruit soaking or preserves. Also, some housewives grease the cakes with apricot jam or plum jam. This makes the biscuit even more delicious, delicate and soft.
By the way, before serving such a cake, you can decorate with fresh berries (including cherries) or fruits.
To summarize
As you can see, making lean biscuit is not at all difficult. The main thing is not to use products of animal origin (eggs, sour cream, butter, milk, kefir, etc.).
It should also be noted that such a pie can be made not only with the use of orange juice, but also with the use of drinks squeezed from other fruits. For example, a dessert with pomegranate, apple, tangerine and apricot juice turns out to be very tasty.
You can also add slices of various berries, pears and peaches to the biscuit. In addition, we recommend making a pie using bananas. With such a treat, the dessert will become even more satisfying, tasty and aromatic. Good appetite!