Hungarian apple pie - a treat for the "inveterate" sweet tooth. It uses the most juicy apples. There is a lot of sugar in it, but it is not necessary to reduce its amount in the pursuit of diet. If you want to bake a Hungarian apple pie, the recipe of which is very balanced, you do not need to adjust the proportions, it is better to serve it with unsweetened tea.
Hungarian apple pie
You will need :
- 140 g of flour;
- 160 g semolina;
- 1.5 tablespoons of baking powder or baking soda;
- 180 g (almost a half cup) of white sugar;
- 0.5 kg of peeled juicy apples;
- 100-120 g of butter;
- cinnamon.
Hungarian apple pie is prepared as follows: first in a clean bowl you need to mix sifted flour with soda, cinnamon and semolina. This mixture should remain dry.
Peeled apples must be grated or chopped finely. Lubricate the form in which you will bake with butter, not sparing it. Pour out 1/3 of the dry mixture to the bottom. Carefully flatten and lay half of the grated or chopped apples on this layer. Then another layer of dry mix, and another apple layer. The last should be a flour layer. Top you need to grate well-chilled butter and sprinkle with one tablespoon of sugar. Hungarian apple pie is baked at 180 ° C for 40 minutes - make sure the crust is well browned.
Sand cake "Zherbo"
If you liked the Hungarian apple pie, then we suggest you try another sweet product from the same national cuisine. Zherbo cake was first made by a famous confectioner in Budapest. This is an unusual product - you do not often find sand cakes in cakes. They, if applicable, are used in fruit pies as a basis. Here is a full-fledged cake made of several cakes coated with apricot jam. It can rightfully be called festive and luxurious. See what great ingredients it contains:
- 500 g apricot confiture;
- standard bar of dark chocolate;
- 350 g peeled walnuts;
- 250 g dried apricots.
In addition to all these tasty things, you need all that without which it will not be possible to bake a full-fledged cake:
- 3 cups flour;
- 150 g of oil;
- 2 yolks;
- 3 tablespoons of milk and the same amount of sour cream;
- 12 tbsp. l Sahara;
- vanilla, cinnamon, salt, baking powder;
- bag of dry yeast;
- 50 g of cognac.
No need to be afraid of such an impressive list of ingredients - the process itself is quite simple.
Stage-by-stage baking of the Zherbo cake
First dissolve the yeast in warmed milk. Combine the sifted flour with baking powder and sugar, and the yolks with sour cream. Melt the butter. Shuffle all of these ingredients and make sure that the dough does not stick to your hands. Leave to approach for twenty minutes, then divide into seven parts. For the filling, chop the dried apricots, chop the nuts and mix them with cinnamon. Lay the cakes in a form, sprinkle with all kinds of filling alternately, and also grease with jam. The last cake should be on top, it needs to be chopped with a fork. Place the cake in an oven preheated to 180 ° C for an hour, chilled, pour glaze from chocolate, butter and cognac. Enjoy your meal!