Baking is not only a favorite treat for children, but also for adults. Perhaps that is why in cooking there are a large number of recipes for the preparation of cakes, which are passed from generation to generation. Famous Russian pies were and remain the pride of national cuisine. Remember pies, pie of tasty yeast dough, filled with juicy stuffing and reddened in a Russian oven. They always occupied the main place on the holiday table, they were served in the best Moscow restaurants ...
Among the famous Russian pies, is known since time immemorial, Kurnik. We still have written evidence that such a multi-layered pie filled with chicken meat was also served to Ivan the Terrible. Such a cake was considered to be a symbol of hospitality and abundance. We have reached many interpretations of the main classic recipe, we want to acquaint you with some of them. But before that, we will learn how to cook according to the classic recipe, which is the closest to its original recipe.
In the old Russian times, Kurnik had his own specific features. It was prepared from unleavened pastry, forming a cone-shaped shell. For the filling they used meat, mushroom and cereal layers, which were neatly shifted with pancakes. A hole was made on the top of the cake through which steam was released during baking. Imagine a picture - the hostess chooses a pie from the oven, and he smokes like an awakened volcano. From here most likely its name went - kurnik!
Recipe 1. Kurnik - a classic recipe
Bake a cake for this recipe is quite difficult, but the result is worth it. The hostess will need to spend not only strength, but also a lot of time. So let's get started? Prepare for the dough: flour - 2 glasses; butter - 120 g; sour cream - 3 tbsp .; milk - 50-60 g; eggs and hydrated soda.
For the filling: chicken - 1 pc; boiled rice - 1 cup; greenery; mushrooms - 150-200 g; onions - 12 pcs. First knead the dough and send it to rest on a cold place.
In the original, instead of rice should be used buckwheat or other cereals, because in those days rice was not as affordable as today. Finally, bake pancakes. For their Kornik will need 9 pieces. Bake pancakes according to your own recipe, which you usually practice at home.
Let's start cooking. We have already kneaded the dough and it should be in a cold place or in the refrigerator. So, proceed to the filling Kurnik. Boil chicken in one saucepan, rice in another, and fry the onions in a skillet, add mushrooms (preferably forest trees), salt, pepper, and simmer until cooked over the lid. At the end, add the greens, mix and set aside. The meat of boiled chicken should be carefully separated from the bones and skin, then finely chopped. Add boiled greens to the boiled rice.
Prepare the sauce. Melt on the stove 50 grams of butter and mix 1 tbsp. flour. Fry a little. Now we begin to add chicken broth until it turns out the sauce of sour cream consistency. Now add 2 tbsp. sour cream and mix everything.
Everything is prepared and now you need to form a pie. We select dough from the refrigerator and separate the fourth part from it. With a rolling pin, roll out the cake with a diameter slightly larger than the pancakes you prepared. Put the first layer of filling on the cake - fig. To do this, select the third part of the prepared rice and evenly distribute the cake. Salt, pour the sauce and cover with the first pancake. The second layer is chicken meat, which also needs to be salted, sprinkled with sauce and covered with pancake. The third layer of the filling - mushrooms. If you salted them in the process of preparation, then you do not need to add more salt. Pour over the sauce and cover the pancake. So exactly repeat the layer until you have finished all the stuffing. Covering the top layer with pancake is unnecessary. Now the pie will close. First, we will separate a small piece from the dough in order to make decorations for the cake at the end. The rest of the dough roll out a round layer and cover them with all the stuffing with pancakes. At the bottom of the dough with your fingers or fork fasten with the base, and at the top with your finger we pierce a hole. Decorate the cake with beautiful dough figurines and brush with egg yolk. Kurnik is sent to the oven heated to medium temperature - 160 * C. Remember that the filling of our cake is ready, and you need to watch only the dough. As soon as it is beautifully reddened, you can choose a cake from the cupboard, cover it with a towel for a few minutes and that's it ... Prepare flavored tea! All of you bon appetit !!!
Recipe 2. Kurnik with potatoes
Now we will cook chicken eggs with chicken and chicken. This is a simpler version of the recipe, but, nevertheless, very tasty. For the test: butter or margarine - 1 pack; kefir - 1 cup; salt - 0.5 tsp; soda - 0.5 tsp.
For the filling: potatoes - 4-5 pieces; chicken - 1 pc; onions - 3-4 pieces; butter - 50 g; salt and pepper.
Knead the dough. Melt margarine on the stove and let it cool for a while. Soda quench kefir. All poured into a large bowl and mix. Begin to pour flour in portions, and knead it. The dough should not be tight! Cover with foil and send to the side to rest for 1.5 hours. Cut the flesh of the chicken into small pieces, peel the potatoes and onions and cut into strips.
Divide the dough into two parts. One of them should be slightly larger than the other, because as we will cover the pie with the filling. Shape for baking grease. Roll out the dough into a circle and begin to lay out the stuffing. First chicken meat. Salt and pepper. Then a layer of onions, and on top of it potatoes. Salt and pepper too. Put the pieces of butter and cover the cake with a second layer of dough. We pinch the edges, and pierce the top of the cake with a fork. You can also as in the first embodiment - just make a hole in the center. We send in the oven and bake until a beautiful and brown crust is formed. Immediately hot, grease the cake with vegetable oil or water and can be served at the table.
Recipe 3. Kurnik puff pastry
To prepare the cake for this recipe, you can use the finished puff pastry or cook it yourself. From the products you need to prepare: chicken ham - 1 pc; rice - 1/2 cup; onions - 1 pc; champignons - 200 g; egg - 2 pieces; dill; milk - 1 tbsp .; oil - 60 g; pancakes - 5 pieces; pepper and salt.
Let's get started As long as the puff pastry is thawed, we will make pancakes. Boiled rice in salted water is well washed under running water. Cook hard-boiled eggs and cut it into cubes. Mix with boiled rice, add a little green, season with salt, pepper and two tablespoons of butter. Cut slices of washed mushrooms and chop the onion. In a frying pan, melt the butter and fry the mushrooms and onions in it. Season with salt and pepper. Boil chicken ham in a separate saucepan, cut off the meat and cut into small pieces.
Putting the cake. Roll out a layer of puff pastry and cut a circle - the basis for the cake. Put the first layer on the dough - rice with egg and dill. We will retreat from the edge by 1-2 cm, taking into account the fact that we will attach a second layer of dough to it. We put the filling on 2 pancakes and press it with a little hand. Now lay out a layer of champignons with onions and cover with pancakes again. Put chicken on top and cover with a second layer of dough, which should be thinner than the first. Make a hole in the middle of the cake. We decorate the cake with curly cuts from the remaining dough. Mix the yolk with milk and grease the cake. Kurnik is sent to the oven for 35 minutes and baked at a temperature of 175 * C. Served to the table with heat and heat. Do not forget to make delicious and fragrant tea for the cake.
Recipe 4. Chicken and Cheese Kornik
Pie for this recipe is considered a simplified cooking option, but, nevertheless, very tasty. So, we need: chicken breast - 1 kg; onions - 4-5 pcs .; butter - 80 g; cheese - 400 g; egg - 4 pieces; sunflower oil for frying chicken meat; pepper and salt.
For the test, we need: Flour - 4 cups; butter - 1 pack; sour cream - 300 g; salt and soda 1/4 tsp.
Prepare the ingredients. First, wash the breast, cut it into pieces and send it to a deep frying pan to simmer in sunflower oil. Fill in a little water, cover it with a lid and simmer for half an hour on a chalky fire.
While the breast is cooking, we knead the dough. First mix the sour cream and butter, then start slowly mixing the flour with soda and salt. Mix well, roll into a bowl and let it brew for 20 minutes.
Peel the onions and chop them finely and put them in a frying pan in a frying pan in butter. Turn on the slow fire, so that he prepared well, but did not turn red! It remains only to grate the cheese. Choose chicken from the pan and disassemble the fingers on the fiber. Pepper and salt, then mix again.
It's time to collect the cake. We will need a deep form, at the bottom of which we will lay out baking paper and grease it with oil. Separate 3/4 of the dough and roll the circle so that it covers both the bottom of the form and its sides. Begin to lay out the stuffing. The first layer will be chicken meat, fill in the top - fried onions and sprinkle well with grated cheese. Carefully break the eggs and distribute them around the perimeter. One egg should be in the middle. Cover the cake with the second half of the dough, and in the center, in the place where the egg is, make a cut. Grease the cake with egg yolk and send to the oven for 40-45 minutes. We bake kurnik at a temperature of 200 * C.
Secrets and useful recommendations from the best chefs
- For Kurnik, you can use puff pastry, yeast-puff, fresh and yeast - choose at your discretion.
- If in your cake all the fillings are pre-cooked, then in time you only need to watch the dough. As soon as it turns red - the cake is ready!
