Krnik - traditional Russian pie

Krnik is one of the most famous Russian pies. It is also called the king of pies, the king cake, holiday cake. His order in restaurants arrived in Russia for foreigners. It is prepared Housewives who want to impress your guests. About it can be found in various literary and historical works.

The chicken has always been considered special, celebratory cake, which was served at special occasions. For example, for a wedding. Wedding krnik tried to make a big, tall, strongly decorated and solemnly served. For wedding feasts cooked two chicken - one for the groom and one for the bride. There are even special wedding signs associated with the chicken - pie broke over the heads of the newlyweds, and the more fell wheat grains, the more money will have a young family.

It is believed that its name kurnik was due to the fact that as the main filling is chicken. But there is another opinion that the krnik called Cossacks, because this pie reminded them of their home - a round hut. Moreover, the cake was done, the hole from which the "smoke" smoke.

Now to cook the chicken does not need to wait for a special occasion. It is enough to look for recipes krnik, to choose, to buy the necessary ingredients and bake a delicious cake ever today. But we hasten to warn that to cook the chicken better at the weekend, because it is quite troublesome and takes time.

The chicken can be done from almost any test. It may be leavened or unleavened. Maybe even a puff or shortcrust - depends on the taste of the hostess. Usually for cooking use two types of test. From one make pancakes, which divide the filling. And from another - the dome or cap cake (which earlier was called "cap of Monomakh").

What are the required ingredients in this delicious pie? First is the chicken. Secondly, in traditional krnik must be present porridge (usually oatmeal and egg with fried onions. And then the hostess or relied on their imagination, or that was at home. As the filling could be mushrooms, berries, potatoes, sauerkraut and other kinds of meat. In good krnik always a lot of toppings!

Recipe of chicken were passed from generation to generation, so many recipes there are differences in the proportions or ingredients. If anyone has a recipe she got from her grandmother, then share in the comments!

Just look at the photo of krnik to want to cook it yourself! Let's try to make traditional chicken?

Recipe for traditional chicken

Dough dome: 400 grams of flour, 100 grams of butter,1 egg, 1/4 Cup milk, 3 tbsp sour cream, soda pinch.
Preparation: Knead the dough and divide it into three parts. We will need 2 cakes - one for the base, the second (more) to cover the entire chicken. Still can leave the dough to decorate the krnik.
The dough for pancakes: 1 egg, 350 ml milk 5 tbsp. lodges. with the top of the flour, salt and sugar.
Preparation: Bake 6-8 pancakes. The more layers, the more pancakes you need to bake!

For the toppings: 1 chicken (about 1.4-1.5 kg), 400 grams of mushrooms (white mushrooms, you can use mushrooms), 1-2 medium onions, 200 grams of boiled rice or buckwheat, millet), herbs (parsley and dill), 2 eggs, cooked "hard-boiled", salt and spices to taste.
Preparation:
- boiled rice mixed with chopped fried onions, chopped herbs (dill, parsley);
- boiled chicken (chopped, add a little broth, black pepper, Bay leaf, salt);
- fried mushrooms mixed with chopped boiled eggs.

Now collect our chicken!
In a pan or baking sheet fits oiled parchment paper, and on it is rolled out circle of dough. Next, the stacked layers of filling. Each layer cover with a pancake. The first layer of rice, then the filling of chicken, a third layer of mushrooms. Next - alternate.
When all the layers are assembled, put the last pancake, and then the entire design cover with thinly rolled out dough in the form of a dome. Zasypaniem edge, firmly connecting the bottom of the cake from the top. If you have the dough, then decorate the krnik figures from the test. Then brush the entire pie with beaten egg yolk.
From the top, in the middle of the assembled cake, be sure to make a hole for the steam.
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and bake the chicken for 20-30 minutes.
Once the entire cake is covered with a Golden toasted crust all ready!

Serve the chicken with the sauce: grind the flour with butter, dilute with hot broth, add the cream. Boil the mixture for a couple to
a creamy consistency. Remove from heat and add egg yolks, mashed with butter.
The broth is served separately which remained after boiling the chicken, filled it with all the necessary spices.

The chicken with potatoes

You will need: 100 grams of margarine, 200 grams of sour cream, 3 eggs, half teaspoon soda, 3 cups flour, chicken, potatoes and onions.
Preparation: steep dough whisk the soft butter with the egg, add repaid soda sour cream and flour. Roll out the dough two different sizes of the reservoir.
For the filling, mix the diced potatoes, onions and chopped fillet, adding salt to taste and pepper. Put on a higher layer of the filling, cover with a smaller reservoir and sumipntg edge. Instead of holes to make over the entire surface of the puncture with a fork. Grease the pie with egg and bake at 180�.