Irga is often underestimated by housewives, but this berry with a slightly astringent taste has many useful properties. Pastries with irga have a special aroma and will give you a real gastronomic pleasure. Irga pies can be served with tea, cocoa or milk.
Open curd pie with irga on shortcrust pastry
This unusual berry cheesecake has a delicate texture. In combination with ripe, juicy, slightly tart berries of irgi, a sand cake will decorate even a festive table.
You will need for the test:
- premium flour - 1 glass,
- eggs - 1 pc.,
- softened butter - 150 g,
- 100 g sugar or 5 tbsp. l. unsweetened honey,
- baking powder - 1 tsp.
For filling:
- low-fat cottage cheese - 500 g,
- eggs - 2 pcs.,
- sour cream - 150 g,
- 100 g sugar or 5 tbsp. l. honey,
- irgi berries - 300 g.
Step-by-step process of making shortbread dough
Soften the butter in a deep bowl and combine with the sifted flour. Gradually add sugar or honey to the mass. Then add baking powder and egg. Knead to a homogeneous dough.
It is undesirable to use slaked soda in this recipe, since the dough may not work out. Sometimes housewives do not add an egg to the shortbread dough, but in this case, without this product, it may turn out to be too crumbly, which is not suitable for curd cake with irga.
Preparation of the filling
Place cottage cheese, eggs, sugar and sour cream in a blender bowl. Whisk everything until smooth.
Treat irga thoroughly: remove debris and stalks, rinse the berries from dirt and dust.
Assembling the cake
Grease a special baking dish with vegetable or butter. Place the shortbread dough in it and distribute it evenly over the entire surface.
Pour the prepared curd mass onto the dough. Pour berries on top of it.
Preheat the oven to 180 ° C and send the cake to the oven. Sand cheesecake with irga will be ready in 35-40 minutes.
Garnish with whipped cream, mint leaves, caramel syrup and serve.
Irga pie with yeast dough: a classic recipe
Yeast dough irga pie is considered a classic of Russian cuisine.
You will need:
For dough:
- 25-30 g of fast-acting yeast,
- 1 glass of warm water
- 2-3 st. l. Sahara,
- 5 tbsp. l. flour.
For the test:
- 2 cups of flour,
- a pinch of salt,
- vegetable oil.
For filling:
- 200 g of irgi berries,
- 2-3 st. l. water,
- 2-3 st. l. Sahara,
- additional ingredients to taste: peanuts, walnuts.
Step-by-step process
Dilute the fast-acting yeast in a glass of warm water. Stir well and add sugar and flour. Knead the dough, cover the bowl with plastic and a towel and leave in a warm place for 15-20 minutes.
When the dough is ready, add 2 cups of flour, salt and vegetable oil to it. Knead loose dough, cover again with plastic and a towel and leave to rise in a warm place for another 10-15 minutes.
Prepare the filling during this time. Take a stewpan, rub the berries of a sirgi through a sieve to make a puree. Put the saucepan on low heat, add 2-3 tbsp. l. sugar and water. If you wish, you can add the zest of one lemon or orange to the filling, so the yeast pie with irga will be even more fragrant.
Cook the filling until the sugar dissolves and the puree starts to stick to the bottom of the saucepan. Stir the berry mixture the entire time. Add a little more water if necessary to prevent the filling from burning.
It is important not to bring the berries to a boil. When the sugar has dissolved, remove the puree from the heat. Chop the nuts, add to the berry mass, mix everything well and let the filling cool. If you are afraid that the berry filling will flow out of the pie, add 1 tbsp to the warm berry mass. l. sifted flour or cornstarch. For this, flour must first be lightly fried in a dry frying pan.
Divide the risen yeast dough into 2 parts and roll each to the size of a baking dish. Grease the mold with butter, put the first layer of dough on the bottom, distribute the filling evenly over it. Gently cover the top with a second layer of dough.
Brush the top with whipped egg yolk for a crispy top when baked. Bake the cake for 40 minutes in the oven at 180 ° C.
For a note
In this recipe for pie with irga, you can change the ordinary filling and use the famous ricotta or mascarpone cheese with the berry. To do this, beat 150 g of cheese with 200 ml of heavy cream in a blender, add sugar, vanillin, lemon zest and agar-agar to taste. The filling is laid out on a layer of dough in a mold and sprinkled on top with irga. You need to bake the cake for 50 minutes at a temperature of 180 ° C.
Quick pie with irga in a slow cooker
This simple recipe for a delicious irga pie can be made in minutes at home.
You will need:
- 1 cup flour;
- 200 g sour cream (33%);
- 200 g of irgi berries;
- 8 tbsp. l. sugar or unsweetened honey;
- 1 bag of baking powder;
- 3 eggs;
- 200 g of low-fat cottage cheese.
In a deep bowl, mix the sifted flour with sour cream and gradually add sugar and baking powder to the mass, without ceasing to interfere.
Pass the curd through a sieve and mix thoroughly with the eggs. Combine this mass with flour and mix well. The dough for the pie should be like thick sour cream in consistency.
Lubricate the multicooker bowl with vegetable oil and pour the dough into it. Place the processed berry berries on top. Bake a light pie in a slow cooker for 50-60 minutes in the "Bake" or "Oven" mode.
