Prepare the manna - the Golden traditions of Russian cuisine

Manna - this pie, and cake at the same time, looking how to cook it. However, like you did, one thing remains unchanged - it is delicious, very delicious dessert that will gladly welcome both children and adults.

Since in 12-13 centuries semolina has become common in Russia to the present day, when many of the ancient culinary traditions lost, the manna is still one of the most usually modern Housewives of traditional Russian pies. Maybe the recipe was lost because of its simplicity, or maybe because the recipe is so delicious hostess kept as the Apple of his eye and passed from generation to generation.

Manicani called the desserts, which are made from semolina. That is, semolina in such canoes replaces wheat flour. These pies may include semolina, sour cream or yogurt, and baking powder (hydrated soda or baking powder), butter, eggs and other ingredients (berries, jam, cocoa, vegetables, fruits, nuts, candied fruit, spices and seasonings, cheese, Mac and so on).

In Russia maniki baked for the holidays: they cut the cake and spread with jam, cream or jam, and top these cakes are beautifully decorated with nuts or other foods - which ultimately resulted in these cakes, delicious and fragrant.

In the preparation of manna no special difficulties to cook this pie is easy and pleasant, especially if you know a good recipe manna, which you will find below.

The recipe manna classic

You will need: 3 eggs, 1 Cup yogurt, 1 Cup sugar, 1 Cup semolina, 4 tbsp. flour, 1 tsp. soda.

How to cook a classic manna. Pour the yogurt in a bowl, beat eggs, stir, add semolina and stir for 40 min to swell monkey to leave. To take shape with hole in the middle, coat with oil, sprinkle with flour, wysipad excess flour. Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Pour sugar into swollen dough, stir, add 4 tbsp. flour mixed with soda, stir quickly, immediately pour the batter into the pan, place in preheated oven and bake for manna 35-40 minutes without opening the oven.

In General, the manna was traditionally prepared in the sour cream, but now when there is so much of cooking options, classic variations are considered and sour cream, and kefir, and yogurt or milk.

Classic manna prepared without flour or with its small number, all options with the addition of the same or greater amount of flour as the monkey is already a deviation from the traditional recipe.

Having prepared such a classic manna, it is very easy to turn into a cake, cut the dough crosswise into 2-3 cake and missing them with jam, cream or jam to taste. Add to this cake can also raisins, nuts or citrus zest, grated on a fine grater - it diversifies taste, add additional notes. The manna can be cooked in chocolate variant.

Recipe chocolate manna

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You will need: 250 ml of liquid cream, 210 g sugar 180 g of semolina, 100 g flour, 30 g of cocoa powder, 2 eggs, 1 tbsp poppy ? tsp. baking powder/baking soda.

How to make chocolate manna. Stir the eggs with half the sugar and knead until smooth, add slaked vinegar soda and stir. Mix remaining sugar and semolina, pour liquid sour cream, stir and 20 min to leave, then add egg mixture, stir and leave for another 10 minutes, then add the flour until smooth and stir. If the dough is too thick, add a little water or liquid sour cream and stir. Divide the dough in half, add one-half of the poppy, and the other for cocoa. Take a pan or baking dish, grease it with butter and sprinkle semolina, pour the chocolate batter over the top and pour a light dough with poppy seeds. Bake chocolate manna in a preheated 180 degree oven until Golden brown and tender about half an hour.

Modern versions of manna are options with bananas, cinnamon, dates, apricots - products that were inaccessible to most of the population of Russia.

Recipe banana manna

You will need: 300 g of semolina, 500 ml of yogurt, 2 eggs and ripe banana ? cups of flour ? Cup sugar, 2 tbsp melted butter ? tsp. of baking soda, vanilla.

How to make banana manna. Mix semolina and yogurt, leave for an hour, add the remaining products, the last of anhydrous soda, stir not too thick dough. Pour the batter into the pan, place in a preheated 180 degree oven, bake the manna for 30-40 minutes until cooked.

But, for example, pumpkin manna was prepared centuries ago.

The recipe for pumpkin manna

You will need: 2 cups grated pumpkin, 1.5 cups semolina 1 Cup sugar and sour cream.

How to cook pumpkin manna. Stir grated pumpkin with sugar, semolina and cream, put the mixture in a greased form and bake in preheated oven for half an hour before serving sprinkle with powdered sugar (you can also add coconut) or grease sour cream.

Having prepared such a wonderful dessert as manna, you will certainly get a lot of compliments from family and friends. Don't forget the traditional recipes of our native cuisine is a delicious and healthy meals that our ancestors were preparing for centuries!