Kefir, like most fermented milk products, is a great base for many types of dough. The composition of this drink includes many bacteria that create the necessary environment. When alkali enters this medium (in the form of soda), a natural chemical reaction occurs. It is thanks to her that the kefir baking is so loose and airy.
This type of dough is wonderfully combined with many toppings, both salty and sweet. Take, for example, cherries, which give the pastries a sour taste and rich aroma of summer. Kefir pie with cherries is a favorite dish in many families, reminiscent of childhood, even for adults. A few simple baking recipes will decorate any cookbook.
Pie Products
Any kefir cherry pie recipe contains several essential ingredients. You can not do without soda, sugar and, of course, flour. By the way, for baking, it is quite possible to use not only fresh, but also sour kefir. Soda is necessary in order for the dough to "play" and become soft. Sugar is also necessary to soften the sour taste of both main ingredients.
Quick kefir pie
This wonderful homemade baking recipe can be a real lifesaver for any housewife. It is based on the following products:
- kefir - 1 tbsp .;
- egg - 1 pc.;
- sugar - 1 tbsp .;
- flour - 1.5 tbsp .;
- slaked soda - 1 tsp
Of the listed ingredients, we knead a not very thick dough, pour it into a greased form. And now we will fill our pie with berries. They just need to be scattered on the surface of the dough. This cake is baked in an oven preheated to 170 ° C for about 20 minutes. Until it cools down, we press on its surface with sugar mixed with vanilla.
By the way, if you add a little cocoa powder to the dough, you get a real celebration of taste! It’s not a secret to anyone that sour cherry blends wonderfully with a chocolate base. Such a pie on kefir with cherries is sweet and sour. You can serve hot chocolate, aromatic custard coffee or milk to it.
Canned Berry Pie
In order to make a pie on kefir with cherries, you can use not only fresh berries. Cherry in syrup is also great. Here it is impossible not to mention the famous recipe, in which jam is added directly to the dough, due to which the berries are distributed evenly throughout the cake, and the syrup soaks it and fills every bite with flavor.
For cooking, take a glass of kefir and cherry jam, a couple of eggs, 3-4 tablespoons of sugar, a pinch of soda and a half cup of flour. Cooking dough - you can’t imagine any easier! Mix, pour into a greased deco, send to the preheated oven for half an hour. By the way, a rather large cake is obtained from the proposed quantity of products. Or two little ones as you like more.
Yogurt cherry pie in a slow cooker
Many hostesses have already acquired this useful gadget, and such recipes are gaining more and more popularity. Therefore, we will consider in detail how to cook a pie with cherries on kefir in a slow cooker (with a photo to make it more clear).
Ingredients required for cooking:
- 2 eggs;
- half a bag of vanillin;
- 1 cup kefir;
- 250 g sugar
- 2 cups of flour;
- orange peel (optional);
- a pinch of soda;
- 250 g cherries.
All products are mixed, the dough is poured into a mold. The regulator must be set to "Baking" and set the time to 60 minutes. Get a tall and lush cake.
If, after cooling down, grease a pie with kefir with cherry cream and decorate, it is quite suitable even for a festive table.
And you can do with ordinary icing sugar or condensed milk. After all, both the dough and ripe sour berries are tasty in themselves, and their wonderful combination will not leave indifferent even the most strict gourmet.