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According to the custom, a rich table is served at Easter with an abundance of various dishes. It is impossible to imagine it without traditional festive pies with unsweetened fillings. Here, every hostess strives to show culinary talent, because their preparation requires skill and skillful hands. And you will also need delicious, fresh and high-quality products. The recipes of the best Easter cakes are shared by the experts of the “Generous Summer” brand.
A pie with a deep meaning
Pies and pies with eggs in the old days were baked on big holidays. Moreover, eggs for Easter have a special meaning. We offer a simple but effective recipe. The main secret lies in the “Generous Summer” margarine, with which the pie will be covered with an appetizing golden crust, it will turn out tender and very tasty.
Ingredients:
- flour-800 g
- sour cream 25 % – 300 g
- margarine “Generous summer” 72 % – 200 g
- baking powder — 1 tsp.
- green onion-a bunch
- vegetable oil — 2 tbsp. l.
- chicken eggs — 6 pcs. + egg yolk for greasing
- salt — 1 tsp.
- spices to taste
- sorrel, spinach, nettle (optional)
Beat the softened margarine “Generous summer” with sour cream and salt. Sift the flour with baking powder, knead the dough, wrap it with cling film and put it in the refrigerator for half an hour. Meanwhile, we cook hard-boiled 6 eggs, peel them from the shell and finely chop them. We also finely chop the green onions, pass them in vegetable oil for a short time and mix them with boiled eggs. For juiciness, you can add fresh herbs. Season the filling with salt and spices.
We roll out the finished dough into an oval layer, spread the egg-onion filling on half, close the second half and beautifully pinch the edges. We make several punctures in the dough with a fork, lubricate with yolk and send it to the oven for 30-40 minutes at 200 °C. This cake is especially good when it is completely cooled.
Cabbage variety
Translated from Latin, “cabbage”, more precisely “caput”, means “head”. No wonder in Russia this vegetable was given a special meaning and pies were prepared with it. Usually the dough for it is made with yeast. To give it a delicate texture and a rich creamy taste, we will need “Generous Summer” margarine.
Ingredients:
- white cabbage — 1 head
- onion — 1 pc.
- chicken eggs — 2 pcs. for dough + 4 pcs. for filling + yolk for greasing
- flour-800 g
- margarine “Generous summer” 72 % – 250 g
- dry yeast — 1 tbsp. l.
- milk — 250 ml
- vegetable oil for frying
- sugar — 3 tsp.
- salt-0.5 tsp. for the dough + 1 tsp. for the filling
- black pepper — to taste
We dilute yeast and 1 tbsp of sugar in warmed milk. When the dough foams, add the eggs beaten with salt, flour, melted margarine “Generous summer” and knead the dough. We leave it in a warm place until it increases in volume by 2-3 times.
In the meantime, we will do the filling. Hard-boiled 4 eggs, remove the shell, cut into small cubes. We pass the chopped onion in vegetable oil until transparent, pour out the chopped cabbage, mix. Pour a little boiling water, season with salt, sugar and black pepper. Simmer the cabbage under the lid until all the liquid has evaporated. At the end, we mix the chopped eggs.
We separate half of the dough from the dough, tamp it into a greased form with sides. We spread the filling, cover with the remaining dough, securely pinch the edges. We will leave a little dough for decoration — we will make roses or spikelets. We make several punctures in the pie, grease it with yolk and put it in the oven at 180 °C for 20-25 minutes.
Hearty pastries
Meat pies for Easter are a whole culinary genre. Here it is important that the filling inside is evenly baked, and the dough does not burn on the outside. Margarine “Generous summer”will help to achieve the desired result. Thanks to him, the finished cake will be covered with a thin golden crust, it will remain lush and soft for a long time.
Ingredients:
- flour-300 g
- dry yeast — 5 g
- margarine “Generous summer” 72 % – 100 g
- milk — 150 ml
- chicken eggs — 3 pcs.
- onion-2 pcs.
- minced meat — 400 g
- rice — 150 g
- tomato sauce — 2 tbsp. l.
- sugar — 1 cup
- salt-0.5 tsp.
- spices to taste for meat
Melt margarine “Generous summer” in a water bath, mix thoroughly with milk, 2 eggs, salt and sugar. Sift the flour together with the yeast, gradually knead the dough, put it in the heat for an hour. We pass the chopped onion in a frying pan, add the minced meat and tomato paste, simmer until ready. At the end, season the filling with salt and spices. Separately, we boil the rice and mix it with the minced meat.
We divide the dough that has come up in half. From one part we roll out a round layer, spread the filling, retreating 1 cm along the entire edge. From the second part of the dough, we also roll out a circle, cover the minced meat, pinch the edges and level it. Lubricate the workpiece with egg yolk on top, put the pie in the oven at 200 °C for 20-25 minutes.
A generous catch
Fish pies occupy a special place on the Easter table. What kind of fish to take, white or red, does not matter. We offer to make the dough on margarine “Generous summer”. It will give the baking expressive creamy shades that are in good harmony with the fish. In addition, such margarine is made from high-quality products, without hydrogenated fats, GMOs and cholesterol.
Ingredients:
- flour-300 g
- baking powder-8 g
- margarine “Generous summer” 72 % – 200 g
- chicken eggs — 1 pc. + egg yolk for greasing
- salt-0.5 tsp.
- sugar — 1 tsp.
- fish fillet-300 g
- onion-1 head
- kruglozerny rice — 70 g
- salt, black pepper, spices for fish — to taste
Melt the margarine, cool it, add the egg, salt and sugar. Gradually sift the flour with baking powder, knead the dough, put it in the refrigerator. Meanwhile, we boil the rice until it is half cooked. Finely chop the onion and fish, combine with rice, season with salt and spices, mix well.
We roll out the dough into a layer of 30 × 50 cm in size. On both wide sides of the layer, we make a fringe about 10 cm long with a sharp knife. In the middle, we evenly spread the filling with a dense layer. We wrap the dough, intertwining the dough strips in the form of a pigtail. Grease the cake with yolk and send it to bake at 200 °C for about 40-45 minutes.
Kulebyak for the whole world
Perhaps the most famous Russian pie was and remains kulebyaka. We offer to bake an unusual option — with four fillings. We will make the dough yeast, with the addition of margarine “Generous summer”. Then the cake will acquire a delicate aroma and a rich creamy taste, and the outside will be covered with a delicious golden crust.
Ingredients:
Dough:
- flour-600 g
- margarine “Generous summer” – 300 g
- dry yeast — 2 tsp.
- chicken eggs — 3 pcs. + egg yolk for greasing
- water — 3 tbsp. l.
- salt — 1 tsp.
- sugar — 1 tsp.
Fillings:
- green onions — 2 bunches
- chicken eggs — 4 pcs.
- champignons — 300 g
- onion — 2 heads
- sour cream 20 % – 50 g
- chicken liver — 300 g
- rice — 60 g
- parsley — 5-6 sprigs
- vegetable oil — for frying and dressing
- salt, black pepper — to taste
We dilute the yeast and sugar in warm water, put it in the heat for 15 minutes. Beat the eggs with salt. We cut the softened margarine “Generous summer”into cubes. Sift the flour with a slide, make a recess, pour in the sourdough, beaten eggs, put margarine. Knead the elastic dough and put it in the heat for an hour.
This time is enough to prepare 4 types of filling. We boil 4 hard-boiled eggs, chop them, mix them with chopped green onions. Fry the chopped mushrooms with onions, add sour cream. Chicken liver is cut into cubes, fried together with onions and passed through a meat grinder. Cook the rice until ready, combine it with chopped herbs. Add a little vegetable oil, salt and spices to each filling.
We separate two-thirds of the finished dough and tamp it into a rectangular shape with sides. Visually, we divide the base into four equal sectors and put different types of filling in each. From the remaining dough, we make a” lid ” of the pie and decorations in the form of pigtails, which we will let around the perimeter. We pierce the dough with a fork, grease it with yolk, put it in the oven at 180 °C for 35-40 minutes.
Any of these pies will decorate the Easter table and become the crown dish of the festive menu. To make the baking perfect, use margarine “Generous summer”. This is a 100% high-quality and safe product for health. Thanks to him, the dough will acquire a unique creamy taste, it will turn out incredibly lush with a beautiful golden-ruddy crust. Choose your favorite recipes and delight your loved ones with beautiful homemade cakes of your own cooking.