Kurnik is one of the pies that came to us from antiquity. Its uniqueness lies in the fact that the classic recipe for the henhouse has hardly changed. This dish was previously considered festive. But today, our wealth allows us to feast on them on ordinary days. Fortunately, ovens that replaced Russian ovens allow us to make fast and tasty pastries.
Cooking a kurnik in connection with the popularity of this cake has acquired many variations. However, as the name says, chicken remains the main ingredient. Common to all baked goods of this type is their invariable domed shape. Well, and according to what recipe you would not bake a kurnik, it will be necessarily multi-layered. And then, you can give scope to your imagination to choose the recipe for the henhouse that you will like more.
Mistress bake a pie from different types of dough. It can be fresh or yeast, sand or puff. Sometimes a little sugar is added to the dough. For the filling, in addition to chicken meat, you can use mushrooms, rice or boiled eggs. Many people are experimenting with cooking a buckwheat with buckwheat porridge or potatoes. By the way, it’s the chicken potato potato that is considered one of the most common and favorite among gourmets. Many people like chicken coops, the layers of which are made up of pancakes. Pies of this type are juicy and soft.
The chicken pie is served at the table with a special sauce, which is prepared from stewed butter with flour, which is diluted with boiling broth. Then cream is added to this mixture and in a water bath everything is brought to a thickening state. At the end, egg yolks are added to the sauce. It turns out amazingly delicious sauce, which gives the chicken even more charm and aroma.
Next, we describe in more detail the recipe for a chicken coop with rice and chicken, which is considered a classic. Knead the dough fresh. For it, you need a pack of margarine and 200 grams of sour cream, about two glasses of flour, a teaspoon of baking powder, a pinch of salt and yolks from two eggs. The order of preparation of the dough is as follows: margarine and sour cream are mixed with the yolks manually, then the flour mixed with salt and baking powder is gradually introduced. The dough should turn out without lumps. It is cleaned in the refrigerator for about half an hour.
During this time we will have time to prepare the filling. Hard boil 5 eggs and cut them into small cubes. Boil the rice until half cooked, mix with eggs, add a small piece of butter and dilute the porridge with about half a liter of chicken broth.
The dough is ready, now we divide it into two parts, one of which is larger than the other. First, roll out a larger layer and lay it on the pan so that it hangs from its sides. Next, lay the filling in layers: the first layer is chicken, the second is a rice-egg mixture. And so, several times. When the filling is laid, you need to cover the pie with a smaller layer of dough and pinch the edges of the chicken pot beautifully. Putting the pan in the oven, heated to 200 degrees, after 50 minutes you will receive a fragrant dish that will certainly delight your guests and household.
And another recipe for a chicken coop with potatoes, which is very popular. It is even easier to cook. The dough can also be kneaded fresh. For the filling you will need, in addition to chicken, diced potatoes and onions. Everything else is done in the same order. And this cake, like the above chicken, is greased with an egg and baked for about 40-50 minutes in a hot oven. Also, do not forget to pierce the lid of the henhouse in several places so that steam escapes from there during baking.
If the kurnik is festive, then decorate it with various patterns from pieces of dough. Do not forget about the special sauce. And eat for your pleasure! Enjoy your meal!