Kurnik is an original multi-layer cake, which has long been very popular in Russia. The filling for him was originally made from poultry meat. From here came this unusual and quite telling name. Depending on the personal taste preferences, the dough for the chicken can be prepared in different ways.

Kefir dough for chicken

To simplify your work as much as possible, it is best to make the dough for the kefir on the kefir. In addition, this can significantly reduce the time allotted for the preparation of the pie.

For work you need to take:

  • 0.5 kilograms of wheat flour;
  • 2 eggs;
  • 50 grams of sugar;
  • 1 cup kefir;
  • a pinch of drinking soda;
  • 10 grams of salt;
  • 110 grams of butter.

Method for preparing a semi-finished product:

  1. First you need to melt the oil. You can melt it in a frying pan or just take it out of the refrigerator and hold it on the table for some time at room temperature.
  2. Kefir pour into a bowl.
  3. Add eggs, salt, soda and sugar to it, and then beat it all thoroughly with a mixer.
  4. Introduce melted butter.
  5. Without stopping mixing, pour the flour in small portions.
  6. Cover the lump of dough with a napkin and leave it on the table for literally 15 minutes.

After this, the dough on the chicken pot can begin to be rolled out, and then proceed to the molding of the cake itself.

Sand base for pie

Very often, they’re using shortbread dough.

Due to its original consistency, it perfectly absorbs moisture and flavor of the filling.

As a result, the cake is juicy and very tender.

To prepare such a dough, you will need:

  • 0.5 kilograms of wheat flour;
  • 2 eggs;
  • 2 pinches of salt;
  • 300 grams of butter;
  • 40 grams of cold water.

You can make such dough with your hands, but it is better to use a special food processor for this purpose.

In this case, you must:

  1. Pour flour into the bowl of the combine.
  2. There, add salt, slightly softened oil and grind it all into crumbs.
  3. Drive eggs into the resulting mass, add water and mix well. To make the dough more homogeneous, it can be additionally wrinkled intensively for a couple of minutes.
  4. Flatten the cake a little in the form of a cake, wrap it with a film and send it to the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

After such processing, the dough rolls out well, and the cake itself is simply amazing.

Cooking on sour cream

To prepare a good dough for the chicken, you can use a variety of dairy products. The option with sour cream is considered one of the simplest and does not require the hostess to have any serious culinary skills.

In this case, usually only five main components are used:

  • 450-500 grams of wheat flour;
  • 5 grams of fine salt;
  • 250 grams of butter;
  • 6 grams of drinking soda;
  • 300 grams of fat sour cream (not less than 20%).

The dough is prepared in three stages:

  1. In a separate bowl, mix the sour cream with pre-softened butter.
  2. In another plate, collect all loose components (sifted flour, soda, salt) and mix them too.
  3. Combine the contents of both plates. After thorough kneading, a soft and very plastic dough should be obtained.
  4. Place the finished product in a plastic bag and leave it on the table until the filling is prepared.

The "rested" semi-finished product remains only, slowly rolling out and preparing for molding.

Chicken puff pastry

Some chefs say the best chicken burner is the one that uses puff pastry as the basis. This is easily verified by personal example.

To work, you need to take:

  • 3 full cups (+ 90 grams of oil layer) of wheat flour;
  • 150 milliliters of water (cold);
  • 2 eggs;
  • 7-8 grams of table salt;
  • a little lemons;
  • 300 grams of butter.

How to make such a dough:

  1. Collect all ingredients (except oil) in one bowl and mix them thoroughly.
  2. Cooked elastic, but rather steep dough, you need to cover with a towel and let it lie for about 30 minutes.
  3. Chop the butter with flour. Roll this mixture into a layer, and then put it in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
  4. Now you can proceed to the main procedure. First, the ripened dough needs to be rolled out in the form of a thin rectangle. Then put an oil layer on it. Wrap the edges of the dough and roll it again.
  5. Fold the blank several times, wrap with a towel and send to the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
  6. Take out the dough, roll it out again, and then fold it again. Repeat such actions at least 3-4 times.

After that, you can immediately begin assembling the cake.

Margarine Recipe

Using butter for making dough is expensive and not always justified. If desired, it can be replaced with margarine. This option is not so useful, but more affordable.

To make a dough for a chicken in the conditions of home cooking, you will need:

  • 0.8 kilograms of wheat flour;
  • 250 grams of margarine and the same amount of sour cream;
  • a little salt;
  • 5 grams of baking powder.

The way this dough is prepared is extremely simple:

  1. Mix bulk ingredients in a separate container.
  2. Add margarine and grind it with flour mixture into crumbs.
  3. Pour sour cream here and make the final batch.
  4. Allow the dough to rest for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.

In this recipe you must be very careful with salt, because it is already part of margarine. Excess amount of salt will spoil not only the taste, but also the consistency of the semi-finished product.

Loose base on mayonnaise

Depending on the chosen filling, you can also use friable dough for cooking the kurnik. The easiest way to do it on mayonnaise.

For this recipe you will need the simplest products:

  • 2.5 cups of wheat flour;
  • 50 grams of vegetable refined oil;
  • 0.5 cups of mayonnaise and the same amount of boiled water;
  • some salt.

It takes just a few minutes to prepare such a test:

  1. First, the mayonnaise must be diluted with water.
  2. Add oil to this mass, salt and mix well.
  3. Pour in flour. It must be introduced in parts, without interrupting the mixing process.

The result of these simple actions will be a lump soft and very flexible dough. It is a pleasure to work with him. This semi-finished product easily rolled, does not stick to hands and does not tear.

Yeast on the hen's dough

Proponents of classic baking will more like the dough on the chicken cooked with yeast. As a liquid base, you can use water, milk or a mixture thereof.

For one of the options you will need:

  • 0.5 kilograms of wheat flour;
  • 2 eggs;
  • 250 milliliters of milk;
  • 8 grams of sugar;
  • 30 grams of pressed yeast;
  • 5 grams of table salt;
  • 35 grams of sunflower oil.

How to cook yeast dough:

  1. The first step is to dilute the yeast in warm milk, adding sugar and a little flour.
  2. As soon as the mass begins to foam, pour oil into it.
  3. Add separately beaten eggs with salt and mix.
  4. Add the remaining flour in parts. To stir thoroughly.
  5. Beat the dough by hitting it several times with force on the table. This is necessary so that excess air comes out, and the mass becomes softer.

The finished test should be allowed to lie down a bit so that it can rise well. The pie from it will turn out just airy.

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