A great product is semolina. From it you can cook porridge and bake a delicious pie. We can only say with confidence that there will be much less lovers of semolina porridge than lovers of baking. Mannik on kefir has proven itself well, it turns out to be lush and moderately moist, and the variability of recipes helps to fully unwind the culinary fantasies.

Mannik on kefir - a classic recipe in the oven

The classic manna recipe for kefir, as well as milk, fermented baked milk, yogurt, jam or tea, involves the exclusion of flour from its composition or its use in a minimal amount. The recipe below on kefir is convenient in that all the main products for it can be measured with a faceted glass of 200 ml. The volume of kefir, sugar and cereals corresponds to its volume.

What is included in the test:

  • 180 g of sugar;
  • 160 g semolina;
  • 200 ml of kefir;
  • 2 eggs;
  • 3 g of salt;
  • 3 g of soda;
  • dried fruits (raisins, dried apricots, dried cherries, etc.) to taste.

Recipe step by step:

  1. Combine sugar, cereal and salt in one container and mix with a whisk. In another bowl, also mix with a whisk kefir, eggs and soda.
  2. Combine both mixtures, add washed dried fruits and leave for the process of swelling of cereals and the reaction of neutralizing soda for at least thirty minutes. In the process of preparing semolina pie, the stage of cereal swelling is mandatory, without it the baking will come out dry and stiff. In order for grains to be saturated with moisture as quickly and quickly as possible, kefir or other liquid should be warm or at least at room temperature.
  3. The prepared dough is baked in a mold with oiled walls and a bottom at 170-190 degrees, depending on the characteristics of the oven for about 40-45 minutes.

How to cook crumbly dessert in a slow cooker?

Nothing is simpler than baking a manna in a slow cooker. You just need to prepare and mix the products, transfer the resulting mass into a multi-assistant, press the button and wait for the signal that the baking is ready.

To bake semolina pie in a slow cooker with a volume of 4.5 liters, you should have in the kitchen:

  • 200 g semolina;
  • 280 ml of kefir;
  • 3 chicken eggs of category C0 or C1;
  • 240 g of granulated sugar;
  • 160 g sifted wheat flour;
  • 100 g butter;
  • 14 g of baking powder;
  • vanilla to taste.

Method of baking in a slow cooker:

  1. Soak semolina in warm kefir. These products will be ready to be added to the dough when the mass turns into a thick porridge in which a spoon will stand. On average, such preparation takes 30-40 minutes.
  2. In the foam of beaten eggs and sugar, in the following order, add semolina swollen in kefir, melted butter, a loose mixture of flour, vanilla and baking powder.
  3. Transfer the prepared dough into the greased bowl of the electric pan and then cook for 65 minutes using the “Baking” option. After the gadget has finished working, cool the cake with the ajar lid right in the bowl for the first 10-20 minutes, and then on the wire rack.

Mannan pie on kefir without eggs

According to the texture of the finished baking, this pie resembles a biscuit, while it is prepared without the traditional component for biscuit dough - eggs. We can say that during the preparation of the pie, not a single egg was injured. This dessert can be included in the diet of babies and adults who are allergic to eggs.

The list of products needed in the process:

  • 300 ml of kefir;
  • 240 g semolina;
  • 180 g of crystalline white sugar;
  • 160 g of flour;
  • 100 g butter;
  • 4 g of baking soda;
  • 3 g of salt;
  • vanilla, nutmeg or cinnamon as desired.

We prepare as follows:

  1. In a microwave oven or on a stove, bring the butter to a liquid state and mix with semolina, warm fermented milk product, sugar and eggs. Salt the mixture and forget about it for about forty minutes;
  2. After the specified time, add flour and soda to the dough. Knead the dough, stirring it with a spoon and bake. This cake can be baked in silicone, Teflon or glass forms. In the last two options, it is better to lubricate the bottom and walls with oil.

No flour added

Semolina pastries with the right proportions can be obtained even without adding and a pinch of wheat flour. Such a recipe for manna on kefir will help out many housewives when they want to bake something tasty for tea, and the house does not have the main ingredient of any cake - flour.

To bake mannik on kefir without flour you need to take:

  • 250 g semolina;
  • 300 ml of kefir 2.5% fat;
  • 2 eggs;
  • 100 g sugar or a little more to taste;
  • 2 g vanilla powder;
  • 10 g of baking powder;
  • 25 g butter or 15 ml vegetable oil.

Work sequence:

  1. Combine semolina with warm kefir, stir to avoid lumps and set aside for half an hour.
  2. Beat eggs with a hand whisk or electric mixer with sugar in a stable foam.
  3. Combine the swollen semolina and egg foam, the last in the dough to put vanilla and baking powder.
  4. Grease the mold for the future semolina pie with butter or vegetable oil, transfer the dough without flour into it and bake until cooked. Baking time and temperature will be approximately 180 degrees and 40 minutes, respectively.

Cottage cheese recipe

The combination of two fermented milk products in one recipe, such as cottage cheese and kefir, turns baking into a real storehouse of calcium, which is necessary for the human body at any age. To get an air mannik, you need to choose the right cottage cheese. This product should not be too wet (you can squeeze it if necessary), but you should not take it dry.

The proportions of the ingredients in the baking composition:

  • 350 g of cottage cheese;
  • 150 ml of kefir;
  • 160 g semolina;
  • 3 chicken eggs;
  • 180 g of sugar;
  • 8 g of vanilla sugar;
  • 5 g of baking powder for dough;
  • 10-15 g butter to lubricate the mold.

Baking process sequence:

  1. First of all, as with baking any manna, it is necessary to fill the cereal with a liquid, in this case kefir, and leave it to swell for a period of 20 minutes.
  2. In a separate container, send sugar, including the aroma of vanilla, cottage cheese and eggs. These products should be smashed with a submersible blender until homogeneous without lumps.
  3. After this, combine the curd with semolina and baking powder. Mix thoroughly and the dough is ready.
  4. Bake mannik by sending the mass into a greased form for 40 minutes in a hot (180 degrees) oven. After cooling, serve.

Kefir air mannik with flour

If you bake this air cake in a round shape and then dissolve it into several layers, then it will be easy to turn it into a delicious cake, simply by spreading the cakes with any cream. But you can just pour the pastries on top with icing or sprinkle with powdered sugar, it will turn out very appetizing anyway.

Products used in the preparation will be as follows:

  • 200 ml of kefir;
  • 3 eggs;
  • 160 g cereals;
  • 200 g of sugar;
  • 100 g of flour;
  • 5 g of soda;
  • 5 g of vanillin.

Bakery products:

  1. Chicken eggs with yogurt until smooth, pour sugar and semolina into the resulting liquid. Let the mass swell in warmth for 40 minutes.
  2. To the prepared vein component of the dough add soda, vanilla and sift the flour. Transfer the dough into prepared form and bake until golden caramel in a hot oven.

Delicious cakes with cherry

Many berries and fruits are perfectly combined with kefir dough on semolina: cherry, currant, strawberry, raspberry. A cherry note will give the cake a pleasant sourness. In the dough, you can put both fresh and frozen berries. The main thing is to get loose manna, you need to let the excess juice drain from the berries. Excess moisture will make the cake heavy and dense.

Cherry mannik is baked from:

  • 170 g semolina;
  • 200 g of sugar;
  • 210 ml of kefir;
  • 2 eggs;
  • 120 g of flour;
  • 7 g of baking powder;
  • 5 g of vanilla powder;
  • 200-250 g of cherries.

Stages of kneading dough and baking:

  1. The first step is to prepare the berries. You should take out the seeds from them and put the cherry on a colander so that excess juice drains.
  2. Soak semolina in kefir for half an hour. Beat eggs with sugar. Sift flour with baking powder and vanilla.
  3. Combine semolina with eggs and bulk mixture. Transfer the dough into the prepared form, drown the cherries on top. Berries can be distributed in random order or in some pattern.
  4. Bake the cake at 200 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes. After cooling down, mannik can be sprinkled with powdered sugar.

Mannik with apples - step by step recipe

Those housewives who are not friends with biscuit dough can try to bake mannitol on kefir with apples, very similar to traditional charlotte. Pie apples are best taken sweet and sour or sweet with a dense, not friable pulp.

Products required for baking:

  • 165 g semolina;
  • 200 ml of kefir;
  • 3 medium sized chicken eggs;
  • 190 g of granulated sugar;
  • 50 g of soft butter;
  • 12 g of baking powder;
  • 250-300 g of apples;
  • vanilla, cinnamon and other spices as desired.

How to bake in the home kitchen:

  1. Let semolina soften by combining it with a warm fermented milk ingredient and removing this mixture from the work surface for 40 minutes.
  2. Washed apples get rid of the core, the peel can be left, or you can thinly cut with a knife. Then the prepared fruits should be crushed in any way: slices, cubes, straws, or in another way.
  3. After combining all the components of the dough with swollen cereal, knead the dough with the consistency of thick sour cream.
  4. Put ½ part of the dough into the greased form, prepared apples with the next layer and cover them on top with the remaining mass of dough.
  5. Bake in the oven until cooked, testing the degree of preparation with a wooden toothpick.

Cooking with the addition of chocolate

This air manna has a velvety structure, reminiscent of the night sky in color. Chocolate for pie can be used as extra black with a high content of cocoa, or milk, depending on personal preferences.

Dessert Ingredient Composition:

  • 130 g butter;
  • 200 ml of kefir;
  • 180 g of powdered sugar;
  • 3 eggs;
  • 160 g semolina;
  • 160 g of flour;
  • 100 g of dark or milk chocolate.

We prepare as follows:

  1. Traditionally pour kefir to semolina and set aside the container with these components. Meanwhile, with a mixer, beat the softened butter with white sugar powder and fluff.
  2. Melt the chocolate in a microwave or the old fashioned way on a steam bath and pour into a lush oil mass, continuing to whip with a mixer. Then introduce one egg at a time. It should be a slightly liquid mixture.
  3. Combine the chocolate-cream mixture with prepared cereals and flour. Knead with a spatula or spoon.
  4. Bake in a greased form at a temperature of 180-200 degrees for 40-60 minutes, focusing on your own oven.

Having decided to cook manna even according to the simplest recipe, you can give your finished product its zest using various additives of citrus zest (lemon, orange, lime), vanilla, nutmeg, cinnamon and even cardamom.