Good afternoon dear friends! Everyone probably remembers how in kindergarten or in the school canteen we were given such a delicacy as manna. Mom also often prepared it, because the ingredients for this pie were available and inexpensive.
To be honest, I completely forgot about this pie and remembered it by chance when I was thinking about making something so delicious for tea. I searched the Internet and came across an article that described the process of preparing manna from milk. I saved this miracle recipe for myself, tried to cook it and realized how simple but tasty a dish it is. I decided not to stop and try to bake this wonderful pie using other ingredients. And, as it turned out, don’t add it to manna, it’s always delicious!
In general, I want to share with you recipes that, undoubtedly, have taken their place of honor in my cookbook, where I write down my most favorite dishes. Probably every housewife has a book (notebook) where the best proven recipes are written down. I hope that now the manna recipe you like will be there.
It is prepared quickly and simply, easier even than my favorite charlotte. Thanks to semolina, the dough turns out airy, loose, and rises perfectly. And the most important thing about this miracle pie is that you can easily find all the ingredients at home.
Well, what am I telling you, let’s start cooking, so everything will be clearer...
A simple recipe for manna with kefir and margarine in the oven
Ingredients:
- 3 eggs;
- 100 grams of margarine or butter;
- 1 glass of semolina;
- 1 cup of sugar;
- 1 glass of kefir;
- 1 cup flour;
- 1 teaspoon of slaked soda (you don’t have to slak it, the soda will be slaked with sour milk).
Step-by-step recipe for preparing manna with kefir and margarine in the oven:
- Beat the egg, sugar, melt the margarine.
- Add semolina, soda, kefir, and margarine to the resulting mass. Mix everything carefully.
- Grease the mold with oil.
- We introduce the flour last.
- Mix everything.
- Pour the dough into the mold and bake for 20-30 minutes in a preheated oven at 180 degrees until golden brown, check with a toothpick for readiness
Pie 'Mannik' is ready! All that remains is to turn it over and decorate it as you wish. Bon appetit!
Mannik classic recipe
List of products needed for cooking:
- Semolina - 2 glasses;
- Sour cream or kefir - 1 glass;
- Sugar - 1 glass;
- Chicken egg - 2 pcs;
- Raisins - 100 gr;
- Soda - 1 tsp;
- Lemon juice - 1 tsp;
- Butter - 30 g;
- Powdered sugar.
How to cook manna according to the classic recipe:
1. Rinse the raisins well and pour boiling water over them.
2. Pour sugar and eggs into a deep bowl and beat with a whisk. Next, quench the soda with lemon juice and add to the bowl, mix everything well again.
3. Add sour cream and semolina, mix everything thoroughly so that there are no lumps. Leave the resulting dough for 1-1.5 hours until the semolina swells.
4. Drain the water from the raisins, dry them with a towel and add them to the bowl with the dough. Mix everything well again.
5. Grease the bottom and walls of the mold with butter and pour in the dough. Bake in a preheated oven at 180º for about 40-45 minutes until golden brown. Sprinkle the cooled manna with powdered sugar. Mannik according to the classic recipe is ready! Bon appetit!
If there are no eggs in the house, they can be replaced with potato starch at the rate of 1 tbsp = 1 egg
Recipe for manna on kefir with margarine and apples
To prepare apple manna you will need:
- 2 tbsp. semolina;
- 2 pcs. chicken eggs;
- 1 tbsp. granulated sugar;
- 100 g butter margarine;
- 1\2 lemon;
- 100 g raisins;
- a pinch of salt;
- 1\2 tsp. soda slaked with vinegar;
- 30 g wheat flour;
- 150 g kefir;
- 20 g butter;
- 10 g breadcrumbs;
- 3 pcs. medium sized apple.
Recipe for making manna on kefir with apples in the oven:
Mix semolina with kefir and let it soak for an hour. After the time has passed, start kneading the dough. To do this, beat the eggs with a mixer, gradually adding sugar to them. When the mass is airy, add it to the swollen semolina.
Mix thoroughly and pour in the cooled melted margarine. Grate the lemon on a fine grater, leaving the pulp, and add to the total mass. Mix everything well. Add washed and dried raisins, flour and slaked soda to the dough.
Wash the apples; no need to peel them. Simply cut in half, remove the pits and cut them into wedges. Add to the dough and mix well.
Place the baking pan in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for a minute, remove it from there and grease it with butter. Sprinkle breading on top. Pour the dough into the pan and place in the oven for 40-50 minutes.
Mannik with berries and milk
An equally delicious pie can be made with milk, because it is always available in every housewife’s refrigerator.
Compound:
- vegetable oil – 70 ml;
- eggs – 2 pcs.;
- semolina – 1 glass;
- flour – 160 gr.;
- milk – 1 glass;
- berries – 250 gr.;
- sugar – 200 gr.;
- butter – 20 gr.;
- salt – 1/4 tsp;
- baking powder – 15 g;
- vanilla.
Mannik on kefir with sour cream
To prepare kefir manna with sour cream you will need:
- 1 tbsp. kefir;
- 200 g semolina;
- 2 pcs. chicken eggs;
- 100 g granulated sugar;
- a pinch of salt;
- 10 g vanillin;
- 10 g baking powder;
- 20 g butter margarine;
- 1 tbsp. sour cream.
Recipe for making manna with sour cream:
Add semolina little by little to the container with kefir, mix well and leave to stand for half an hour. You can even knead this mixture the night before and leave it in the refrigerator. But in this case, be sure to cover the container with cling film so that the semolina does not get airy.
Next, start preparing the dough. Beat the eggs a little with a mixer. Gradually add sugar and salt to them, without ceasing to beat. When the mixture becomes fluffy, turn off the mixer and add baking powder and vanilla. Mix everything carefully and pour into the semolina soaked in kefir.
Knead the dough well and pour into a frying pan previously greased with margarine. Place it in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for half an hour. When the manna has cooled, serve it along with sour cream. This is delicious!
Step-by-step cooking recipe
Preparing delicious pastries for tea is simple, even easy! The delicate and porous structure of the pie and the aroma of fresh baked goods will not leave you indifferent! It is enough to have a minimum set of ingredients and you will definitely succeed. Mannik can be baked one large, and also made in the form of muffins, even faster. Add apples to the dough without flour, but you can use berries or fruits according to the season. Prepare!
Mix dry ingredients: semolina, salt, soda and sugar.
Add kefir and mix. Add thinly sliced, peeled apples.
Place in greased molds (large mold). Bake for 30 (50) minutes at 180 (200) degrees.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Quick baking for tea - ready! Also watch the recipe in the video below:
Cooking secrets
- As additives you can use chocolate, cocoa, apple, any berries, condensed milk, fresh or canned pineapples, peaches, plums, apricots, bananas, raisins and other dried fruits (all of this, of course, without seeds), and to add flavor - vanilla, cinnamon, cardamom, etc.
- You can take yesterday’s or even the day before yesterday’s kefir, just make sure that it is not very sour. If you want to surprise your family with an unusual kefir-based manna in the oven, take a fermented milk product with fruit filling. You can also use drinking yogurt or yogurt.
How to cook manna without eggs?
You can get fluffy manna without eggs by following the basic requirements of the recipes and the recommended proportions of ingredients.
- Semolina should initially be soaked in milk, kefir, sour cream or water for at least 30 minutes to swell.
- When using soda as a baking powder, quench it with vinegar or lemon juice before adding it.
- When adding flour, it is initially sifted to enrich it with oxygen.
- You can add vanilla, cinnamon, citrus zest, other spices and savory additives to the dough for flavor.
- You can bake a delicious manna without eggs in a pan in the oven, in a slow cooker or in the microwave using special utensils.
Mannik on kefir without eggs
Mannik with kefir without eggs and flour is a delicious, affordable pie that can be easily baked even by a novice in the kitchen. When ready, the ruddy product can be poured with sweetened boiled milk or fruit syrup for juiciness, and instead of raisins, candied fruits, chopped nuts or dried fruits can be added to the dough.
- kefir – 1 glass;
- semolina – 1 glass;
- granulated sugar – 1 cup;
- raisins – 150 g;
- butter – 100 g;
- baking powder - 1.5 teaspoons;
- vanillin, salt.
- Semolina is soaked in kefir for 40 minutes.
- Add kefir and sugar, melted butter and baking powder, vanillin and steamed raisins.
- Transfer the resulting base into an oiled pan and bake the manna without eggs and flour in the oven for 40 minutes at 190 degrees.
Recipe for manna with milk without eggs
Manna made with milk without eggs turns out amazingly airy and tender. For better swelling of semolina, it is better to heat the milk. The pie is good simply with powdered sugar, sour cream or any sweet sauce. If desired, when decorating the product, you can add slices of peeled fresh apples or pears to the dough.
- milk – 1 glass;
- semolina – 1 glass;
- granulated sugar – 1 cup;
- sour cream – 1 glass;
- oil – 2 tbsp. spoons;
- flour – 5 tbsp. spoon;
- baking powder - 1.5 teaspoons;
- vanillin, salt.
- Pour hot milk over the semolina and leave for an hour.
- Add sugar mixed with sour cream, melted but not hot butter, flour with baking powder and vanillin.
- Stir the dough and transfer it to an oiled pan.
- Bake manna without eggs in the oven for 40 minutes at 190 degrees.
- Remove the cake from the oven and leave to cool in the pan.
Mannik without eggs on water - recipe
Manna in water without eggs is suitable for consumption during Lent, as it does not contain any fasting products. Nuts, raisins, candied fruits or dried fruits are added to the dough to make the dessert filling and nutritious. When the pie is ready, sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve with tea, fruit juice, compote or jelly.
- water – 1 glass;
- semolina – 1 glass;
- granulated sugar – 1 cup;
- vegetable oil – 5 tbsp. spoon;
- flour – 0.5 cups;
- baking powder - 1.5 teaspoons;
- vanillin, salt.
- Mix semolina with sugar and add water for an hour.
- Add vegetable oil, vanillin or vanilla sugar.
- Mix flour into the dough until the base has the texture of thick sour cream.
- Transfer the mass into an oiled form and bake lean manna without eggs in the oven at 190 degrees for 30-40 minutes.
Mannik with sour cream without eggs - recipe
Mannik with sour cream without eggs can rightfully be considered one of the most successful variations. The product turns out soft and juicy, crumbly and airy. The basic version of the recipe presented below can be used as a basis for experiments and various flavoring additives can be added to the dough: chocolate or cocoa. Vanillin or other spices, fruit slices or dried fruits.
- sour cream – 1 glass;
- semolina – 1 glass;
- granulated sugar – 1 cup;
- baking powder - 1.5 teaspoons;
- vanillin, salt.
- Add semolina to the sour cream, mix and leave for 1 hour.
- Add sugar, baking powder, vanillin and a pinch of salt.
- Transfer the resulting dough into an oiled pan and place it in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 35 minutes.
- When ready, sprinkle the pie with powdered sugar or add jam.
Chocolate manna without eggs
Another Lenten version of the pie is chocolate mannik with kefir without eggs. Cocoa powder added to the dough will fill the product with a rich chocolate taste, which will be appreciated by fans of this product. Instead of vegetable oil, you can add melted and cooled butter to the base.
- water – 180 ml;
- semolina – 1 glass;
- flour – 1 glass;
- granulated sugar – 1 cup;
- vegetable oil – 120 ml;
- cocoa – 4 tbsp. spoons;
- baking powder - 1.5 teaspoons;
- vanillin, salt.
- Semolina mixed with sugar is poured with water and left for a couple of hours.
- Add salt, vanillin, vegetable oil, and then cocoa to the semolina base.
- Mix sifted flour with baking powder into the dough.
- Transfer the mixture into an oiled pan lined with parchment.
- Bake chocolate manna without eggs in the oven for 45 minutes at 190 degrees.
Curd manna without eggs
Manna with cottage cheese without eggs is even more aromatic by adding orange zest to the dough. Raisins or any dried fruits are always expected in such baked goods. If you wish, you can add some fresh or frozen raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, cranberries to the dough, adjusting the portion of sugar.
- semolina – 1 glass;
- granulated sugar – 1 cup;
- sour cream – 100 g;
- cottage cheese – 300 g;
- baking powder - 1 teaspoon;
- orange zest - 1 tbsp. spoon;
- vanillin, salt.
- Pour semolina with sour cream and leave for 1 hour.
- The cottage cheese is ground with sugar, adding vanillin, salt and zest.
- Combine the curd and semolina base and mix.
- Pour the resulting dough into an oiled pan and bake in the oven for 40 minutes at 190 degrees.
Mannik without eggs in the microwave
A simple manna without eggs can be baked in just 10 minutes using the microwave. Instead of kefir, medium-fat sour cream is suitable, in which semolina traditionally should be soaked. Slices of canned or fresh fruit and all kinds of berries are suitable as a filler.
- semolina – 1 glass;
- kefir – 300 ml;
- sugar – 100 g;
- soda – ¼ teaspoon;
- salt - a pinch;
- vanillin, berries, fruits.
- Add sugar and semolina to kefir and leave for about an hour.
- Mix in vanillin, salt, and slaked soda.
- Add berries or fruit slices to the base.
- Mix the mass and transfer it to a form suitable for cooking in a microwave oven.
- Turn on the device at high power, setting the timer for 8 minutes.
Mannik with apples without eggs
Juicy and aromatic manna without eggs on kefir with apples, which should be peeled and seeds and cut into slices or medium-sized cubes. If desired, the fruit slices are supplemented with banana slices, which will give the pie pulp unique notes and an incomparable aroma.
- semolina – 1 glass;
- kefir – 250 ml;
- sugar – 1 glass;
- butter – 50 g;
- baking powder - 1 teaspoon;
- apples – 2 pcs.;
- vanillin, cinnamon, salt.
- Soak semolina in kefir for 1 hour.
- Add sugar and stir until the crystals dissolve.
- Add melted butter, stir in salt, vanillin, baking powder.
- Place half of the dough in an oiled pan.
- Place apple slices and remaining dough on top.
- Prepare manna without eggs for 40 minutes at 190 degrees.
Mannik without eggs in a slow cooker
It’s easy and simple to prepare manna with kefir without eggs in a slow cooker. Instead of kefir, you can take natural yogurt without additives or liquid sour cream, reduce or increase the amount of sugar, if desired, to taste, and replace vegetable oil with melted and cooled butter or high-quality margarine.
- semolina – 1 glass;
- kefir – 1 glass;
- sugar – 1 glass;
- flour – 1 glass;
- oil – 0.5 cups;
- baking powder - 1.5 teaspoons;
- vanillin, salt.
- Semolina is soaked for an hour in warm kefir.
- Add vegetable oil, salt, sugar and vanillin.
- Mix sifted flour and baking powder into the dough.
- Transfer the mixture into an oiled multi-pan.
- Turn on the device in the “Baking” mode for 1 hour.
Mannik on water in a frying pan
Compound
- semolina - glass;
- sugar - glass;
- water - glass;
- flour - a little less than half a glass;
- vegetable oil – 1/3 tbsp.;
- soda - ¼ tbsp. l.;
- a pinch of salt.
Preparation
- Mix semolina with sugar, water, salt and set aside in a cool place for 30 minutes.
- When the cereal swells a little, add butter and flour. The dough should resemble thick sour cream.
- Pour the finished mixture into a greased frying pan, close and bake over low heat for 30 - 40 minutes. Then turn off and leave for another quarter of an hour under the lid.
Manna from semolina porridge
You can prepare a dessert or breakfast dish not only from raw cereal, but also from already cooked semolina porridge, even yesterday’s porridge. It is convenient to make small manna cakes from it, resembling cheesecakes and pancakes in shape.
Products:
- ½ tbsp. and separately 3 tbsp. l. semolina;
- 500 ml milk;
- 1 tbsp. Sahara;
- 1 egg;
- rast. oil – will be needed to add to the pan when frying;
- 3 g salt.
Time spent: 1 hour.
Calorie content per 100 g: 133 kcal.
To cook porridge, you need to put a pan of milk on the stove and wait until it boils. Then carefully add the cereal, stirring the milk with a spoon. Make the temperature no higher than medium and, without stopping stirring, cook the porridge for 10 minutes. Before preparing mannikov, the porridge should cool (but not be cold).
Beat the egg with sugar, pour the mixture into the porridge and mix the mixture with your hands until smooth. Place a frying pan with oil on the stove with the temperature set to medium.
Small pancakes are formed from the mixture mixed with porridge and, having previously rolled them completely in semolina (for this, 3 tablespoons of raw cereal are poured onto a plate), they are placed in oil heated in a frying pan. The mannas are fried on each side until they turn golden brown.
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How to bake properly
1. Prepare a baking dish. To do this, you need to slightly heat it in the oven and only then grease it with vegetable oil. To prevent the cake from sticking to the walls of the pan, sprinkle them lightly with semolina, and only then pour the dough.
2. Manna is baked on kefir with flour for 30-40 minutes at a heating temperature of 180 degrees.
3. If you need to reduce the baking time, for example, guests are already on the doorstep and there is no time to wait, you can resort to using a microwave oven. In this case, you need to set the power to 600W and be sure to make sure that the selected baking dish can be used in the microwave. As a last resort, pour the dough into a glass mold, also greased with vegetable oil and sprinkled with semolina. In this case, the preparation time for the manna will be only 6 minutes, and its readiness can be easily checked with a match or toothpick.
Semolina pie with kefir in a frying pan
To prepare this manna without an oven you need very little time and ingredients. The result is a delicious dessert that has been loved by many since childhood.
Products:
- 2 eggs;
- 120 g sugar;
- 250 g raw semolina;
- 2 tbsp. kefir 3.2%;
- 30 g plums. butter (it needs to be prepared in advance so that it is not cold, then it will be easier to melt);
- 1 pack baking powder;
- 3 g salt.
You can prepare manna in 1.5 hours.
Calorie content per 100 g: 227 kcal.
Semolina is poured into kefir and set aside for half an hour or an hour. Beat salt, sugar, baking powder with eggs until sugar is completely dissolved. The resulting mixture is whipped until foamy.
The egg mass is mixed with semolina and kefir. The butter is melted in the microwave or over steam and poured into the frying pan. The stove is turned on to the lowest temperature, a frying pan is placed on it, into which the dough is poured.
Cover with a lid and leave for about half an hour, beginning to check the condition of the pie towards the end. If the top becomes jelly-like, you can turn off the stove, close the lid again and wait another 10 minutes.
It is better to remove the manna from the pan when it has cooled down a little. This must be done carefully, using a spatula, so as not to destroy the product.
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