Sour cream is an excellent base for baking. Pies, cookies, muffins and other dishes are lush and soft, with a delicate taste. There are many recipes, according to which you can easily prepare a variety of delicacies on the "sour cream" dough.
A few secrets of the sour cream dough
The dough will work better if the food is at room temperature. So, cold sour cream mixes worse with the rest of the ingredients of the dish. Therefore, it is advisable to get everything out of the refrigerator in advance.
If there is no time, then sour cream can be warmed up in a bowl or glass by dipping the dishes into moderately hot water (not boiling water). The product must be stirred periodically. A microwave is not the best option.
Sour cream, slightly "outlived" the expiration date, can be used for the test. Of course, if she did not start to become bitter, smell foul, or strongly exfoliate.
Very simple sponge cake with sour cream
A quick universal recipe. Such a biscuit can be baked in the oven or multicooker, taking less than an hour to cook. And for the filling, whatever is found at home will do.
Ingredients:
- sour cream - 1 glass
- chicken eggs - 3 pcs.
- sugar - 1 glass
- wheat flour - 1-1, 2 glasses
- baking powder - 0.5 teaspoon
You can also use vanillin.
For the filling, take apple slices, raisins or fresh berries: pitted cherries, currants, raspberries. Frozen berries are also fine. In this case, they must first be allowed to thaw. The volume of the filling is approximately one glass.
Better to start with the preparation of the filling. Rinse apples or berries. Wipe the apples with a towel, and sprinkle the berries or raisins on a napkin to dry. If you are using berries with seeds, then remove the latter.
Set the oven to preheat to 180 degrees. Meanwhile, prepare the dough:
- Break the eggs into a deep bowl.
- Pour in sugar, beat until it dissolves.
- Add sour cream and stir well until smooth.
- Add sifted flour along with baking powder. Mix again.
- If you love the vanilla flavor in your baked goods, add this flavoring at the end.
Grease a slightly warmed dish with a thin layer of butter. Add the filling to the dough, stir and pour everything into the mold. Put in the oven for 40-45 minutes, until golden brown. If you use a multicooker, then cook according to the standard baking program.
Cool the biscuit before serving. If desired, decorate the top with powdered sugar sprinkles.
In this recipe, flour can be replaced with a glass of semolina, the end result is a delicious and satisfying mannik cake. Since it does not require any filling, the finished dish comes out very quickly!
Snail cookies with sour cream
Such baked goods are prepared without much hassle. And it looks very impressive due to its spiral shape and the alternation of two colors.
Ingredients:
- margarine - 150 g
- sour cream - 1 glass
- sugar - 1 glass with a "slide"
- flour - 400 g
- cocoa powder - 3 tbsp. spoons
- butter for lubrication - 1 tbsp. the spoon
Dough preparation:
- Melt margarine in a metal bowl over low heat. Stir constantly at the same time so as not to boil.
- Sift about half of the flour into a bowl.
- Add sour cream, sugar and melted margarine. Mix everything thoroughly.
- Add the rest of the flour and knead the dough. If it sticks to your hands, then the portion of flour can be slightly increased.
- Divide the dough into two equal portions.
- Pour cocoa into one half and continue to knead until the mass becomes evenly "chocolate" in color.
Then leave both pieces for 20-30 minutes, covering with a napkin.
Formation of products:
- Roll out each half of the dough into a layer 5-8 mm thick. You should get two cakes of the same size - light and dark.
- Combine both parts by placing one on top of the other.
- Roll the two layers together into one puff roll.
- Cut the roll across into pieces about 1 cm thick. As a result, we get beautiful two-color spirals, similar to the shell of a snail.
Grease a baking sheet with butter, spread the future cookies at small intervals. Bake at 180 degrees for no more than half an hour.
Serve lukewarm or completely cooled. A great addition to tea, coffee or milk!
Cracker and sour cream cake
An uncomplicated recipe for a treat that does not require an oven. For the dough, not flour is used here, but an ordinary cracker. But you need to cook this cake in advance, better on the eve of a dinner or dinner party.
Ingredients:
- sour cream (preferably 15%) - 1 l
- unsalted cracker - 600 g
- sugar - 2 thin glasses
- vanilla sugar - 2 sachets
- gelatin - 25 g
- drinking water - 0.5 thin glass
Step by step recipe:
- Pour gelatin with cold water in a small deep bowl, leave for 15 minutes.
- Boil water for the "bath" in a saucepan. Place dishes with swollen gelatin in it. Heat, stirring continuously, until the gelatin is completely dissolved. Do not bring to a boil! Remove the gelatinous solution from the "bath", let cool.
- Prepare crackers. If the products are large, then they should be chopped into pieces. Small crackers (such as "Rybka") can be left as they are.
- Pour sour cream into a deep bowl, add granulated sugar and vanilla. Beat with a mixer until the crystals dissolve.
- Combine completely cooled jelly solution with sweet sour cream. Add crackers, stir well.
The dough is ready!
Cover the bottom of the mold with cling film, put the dough on it. Tighten the top with foil too. Refrigerate for several hours, or better overnight.
When the cake is completely frozen, release it from the mold and film. Turn over onto a platter and garnish with pieces of fruit and berries.
This recipe for sour cream crackers can be considered a "classic", basic for other variations of the dish. It is very tasty if you replace half of the sour cream with condensed milk. You can also add nuts, bananas, and other fruits to the cake. Some housewives make such cakes with the addition of cottage cheese.
Bagels
Excellent quick baked goods. In addition, as a rule, everyone loves her bagels.
Ingredients:
- sour cream - 0.5 cups;
- oil - 100 g
- flour - 2 cups
- icing sugar - about 2 tbsp. spoons
Condensed milk (preferably boiled), jam, jam, cheese are suitable for the filling.
Preparation:
- Let the oil stand warm, knead well with a fork.
- Add sour cream (also not cold) and beat with a whisk or mixer.
- Add flour little by little, continuing to stir. Knead the dough until it is completely homogeneous.
- Gather the dough into a ball and roll into a round, thin cake.
- Cut the dough from the center to the edges into equal sectors - about 12 pieces.
- Put 1-2 tablespoons of the filling on each sector, not bringing a couple of centimeters to the edge. Roll up the bagels from the base of the "triangle" towards the sharp corner so that the filling is inside.
The bagels are baked in the oven at 180 degrees until golden brown. This usually takes about 20 minutes.
Open pie with tomatoes. Not pizza
Do you like tender sour cream dough but avoid a lot of carbohydrates? Then try unsweetened sour cream pastries with vegetable filling.
Ingredients:
- wheat flour - 1 faceted glass
- sour cream - 2 tbsp. spoons
- butter - 70 g
- fresh tomatoes - 230 g
- hard cheese - 100 g
- mayonnaise (preferably light) - 90 g
In addition, you will need a little fine salt to taste and fresh herbs.
Now the preparation is in stages. First we make the base:
- Place the softened butter in a deep bowl, add flour and salt. Knead everything to a state of lumps.
- Add sour cream and knead the dough. You can add some more flour. As a result, we get a soft dough, but not sticky. Cover with foil and place in the cold for about half an hour.
- Take out the dough, roll it into a thin layer. Place in a small form with high sides. Chop the dough with a fork to prevent bubbles from forming during baking.
- Bake in the oven at 180 degrees for 15 or 20 minutes.
In parallel, we are preparing the filling. Cut the washed tomatoes into thin slices, grate the cheese. When the base of the cake is baked, take it out and fill it like this:
- put half of the cheese on the bottom;
- then - slices of tomatoes;
- mix the other half of the cheese crumbs with mayonnaise, put on the tomatoes
Bake the product again for the same 15-20 minutes. Sprinkle the finished pie with chopped herbs. You can eat it both hot and cold.
Juice with meat
And here is a recipe for those who like to eat deliciously, not counting calories.
Ingredients for the dough:
- sour cream - 220 g
- flour - 2 cups
- egg - 1 pc.
- salt - 0.5 tsp
For filling:
- beef - 350 g
- ham - 100 g
- eggs - 2 pcs.
- onion - 1 head
- milk - 0.5 cups
- butter - 50 g
You also need salt and pepper to taste, vegetable oil for frying.
First, prepare the dough:
- Beat the egg and sour cream.
- Pour in the sifted flour with baking soda.
- Knead a soft dough.
- Cover with cling film and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Filling:
- Boil the eggs, cool, peel and chop finely.
- Grind the meat in a meat grinder or blender.
- Cut the ham into small cubes.
- Finely chop the onion and send to a hot pan until golden brown.
- Then pour the minced meat and ham there, fry until tender.
- Add chopped eggs, milk, pepper and salt to the filling. Mix everything and remove from the stove.
Divide the dough into balls and roll each into a thin cake. Put the filling on half of the blank, cover with the free part of the cake, pinch the edges. Juice will look like a cheburek, only smaller.
Allow the products to distance, and then fry on both sides in a pan in vegetable oil.
Baked pies on sour cream dough
Unleavened dough with sour cream is a great option for pies. And it takes less time than yeast.
Ingredients:
- sour cream - 300 ml
- eggs - 2 pcs.
- butter / margarine - 100 g
- flour - 4-5 cups
- salt - 1 tsp
- soda - 0.5 tsp
Almost any filling that your family loves will do with such a dough. Prepare like this:
- Let the butter or margarine soften in room heat.
- Break eggs into a bowl, add butter, mash. Whisk everything together thoroughly with a whisk or mixer.
- Pour sour cream into the mixture, add salt and soda. Beat again.
- While stirring the mixture, gradually add the sifted flour. Knead well. If necessary, add a little more flour so that the dough does not stick too much to your palms.
- Cover the finished dough with cling film or a napkin and refrigerate for an hour or two.
While the dough “reaches” in the cold, it's time to prepare the filling. It can be ordinary mashed potatoes with onions, cottage cheese with eggs and sugar, fruit jam or jam, - whatever your family loves.
The dough can be used directly from the refrigerator. Divide it into flat cakes of equal volume, roll each one out. Lay out the filling and mold the pie.
Preheat the oven to 180-200 degrees. Place the patties on a baking sheet, leaving small distances. Bake until golden brown.
