Dishes made from sour kefir

Dishes made from sour kefir are various pancakes, pancakes, muffins, pies and other homemade baked goods, the dough for which is mixed with sour kefir that has exceeded its shelf life, and such kefir is often found in our refrigerators. It is sour kefir that makes baked goods very fluffy, and what to bake with it, the recipes offered in this collection will help you.

Pancakes made from sour kefir

Pancakes made from sour kefir have an airy, delicate texture and unusual taste. They go great with a salty filling of sausage, cheese, meat and herbs. In this recipe, mix the dough with sour kefir, flour, eggs and soda.

1. 
   Sift wheat flour into a bowl for kneading dough and break two eggs into it.
2. 
   Then pour in soda and sugar and mix them with flour without touching the eggs.
3. 
   Warm the kefir a little or keep it at room temperature in advance so that it is not cold. Pour two cups of kefir into the flour and knead the dough with a whisk.
4. 
   Then pour a third glass of kefir and mix everything until smooth and without lumps of flour. The texture of the kneaded dough should be similar to that of sour cream.
5. 
   Heat the frying pan well and grease it with vegetable oil. Pour the dough into a ladle, spreading it into an even thin layer. It is better to fry such pancakes over low heat and under a covered lid, it will be tastier. Fry the pancakes until golden brown on both sides. If they don't turn well, add a little flour or an egg.
6. 
   Grease baked pancakes with sour kefir with butter or add the chosen filling and serve. Bon appetit!

Fluffy pancakes made from sour kefir

Fluffy pancakes made from sour kefir are prepared simply and quickly. These pancakes have a special taste, not the same as those made with milk or fresh kefir, but with a slight sourness, which many people like. The splendor of the pancakes directly depends on the degree of fermentation of kefir and the correct proportion of ingredients is important, otherwise the pancakes will not turn out.

Cooking time: 35 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Servings: 6.

Ingredients:

• Sour kefir – 1 l.
• Flour – 500 gr.
• Egg – 2 pcs.
• Sugar – 4 tbsp.
• Soda – ½ tsp.
• Salt – 1 pinch.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Break two eggs into a bowl for kneading dough, add salt and sugar and pour sour kefir at room temperature. Mix these ingredients well with a whisk.

Step 2. Sift the wheat flour into a sieve, pour portions into the liquid base and knead the dough until it has a uniform texture.

Step 3. Then pour soda into the dough and mix again with a whisk. Give the dough a little time so that the reaction of soda with sour kefir begins and air bubbles appear on the surface.

Step 4. The consistency of the kneaded dough should be thicker than that of sour cream.

Step 5. Heat a frying pan with enough vegetable oil.Spoon the pancakes into the oil and fry over medium heat until golden brown on both sides. You can cover the frying pan with a lid so that the pancakes are well baked inside.

Step 6. Serve the prepared fluffy pancakes from sour kefir to the table hot, adding any topping. Bon appetit!

Sour kefir pie in the oven

A recipe for sour kefir pie in the oven will solve the problem of fermented milk products, fruits and berries “forgotten” in the refrigerator. You can easily and quickly prepare delicious homemade cakes for tea from them. The pie, although without yeast, will turn out fluffy and freshness will remain for a long time. In this recipe, we use apples, plums and berries for the filling, but you can use vegetables and meat products.

Cooking time: 1 hour.

Cooking time: 15 minutes.

Servings: 6.

Ingredients:

• Sour kefir – 230 gr.
• Flour – 250 gr.
• Egg – 2 pcs.
• Sugar – 200 gr.
• Soda – 1 tsp.
• Apples – 5 pcs.
• Plum – 7 pcs.
• Cherry - to taste.
• Butter - for greasing the pan.

Cooking process:

Step 1. First of all, prepare the ingredients for the kefir dough according to the recipe proportions. You can choose a set of fruits according to your taste. The dough kneads quickly, so immediately turn on the oven at 180°C.

Step 2. Pour slightly warmed kefir into the bowl for kneading the dough. Pour sugar into it, break the eggs and whisk everything until smooth. There is no need to beat the mixture.

Step 3. Sift the flour into a sieve, pour into the liquid base, add soda and knead the dough until the texture is smooth and without lumps of flour.

Step 4. Wash the selected fruits and cut into small pieces. You can add frozen berries to the pie.

Step 5.Grease a baking dish with a small amount of butter and sprinkle with flour or breadcrumbs. Pour some of the kneaded dough into it. Place the sliced ​​fruit in an even layer on top of the dough and sprinkle the frozen berries evenly.

Step 6. Completely fill the filling with the rest of the dough. Place the pie in the preheated oven for 45 minutes.

Step 7. Cool the sour kefir pie cooked in the oven a little. When hot, due to the large amount of fruit, it can fall apart somewhat, but when it cools, it stabilizes. The finished dessert can be served with tea. Bon appetit!

Pancakes made from old kefir

Pancakes made from “old” or sour kefir will be an interesting dessert with an unusual taste. The fluffy and moist texture of pancakes is obtained due to the reaction of baking powder with sour kefir. In this recipe we do not add butter to the dough. Pancakes are baked with sour kefir, just like regular pancakes.

Cooking time: 25 minutes.

Cooking time: 5 minutes.

Servings: 5.

Ingredients:

• Sour kefir – 400 ml.
• Flour – 320 gr.
• Egg – 2 pcs.
• Sugar – 100 gr.
• Baking powder – 1 tsp.
• Salt – 1 pinch.
• Vegetable oil – 1 tbsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Break eggs into a bowl for kneading dough and pour kefir at room temperature. In any way, simply mix these ingredients without whipping.

Step 2. Sift the flour into another bowl, add sugar, baking powder and a pinch of salt. Mix dry ingredients with a spoon.

Step 3. Add the flour mixture to the kefir mixture, add a spoonful of vegetable oil, knead the dough until smooth and let it stand for 5 minutes so that the baking powder reacts with the kefir. The mixed pancake batter should be moderately liquid.

Step 4.To fry pancakes, heat a dry, clean frying pan. Pour the dough onto it with a spoon to make a round cake no more than 0.5 cm thick.

Step 5. When small bubbles appear on the surface of the cake, turn it over to the other side.

Step 6. Fry all the pancakes in this way and stack them on a plate. Pancakes, unlike pancakes, are not greased with butter.

Step 7. Add pancakes prepared with old kefir with sweet topping and can be served for breakfast. Bon appetit!

Mannik on sour kefir

Mannik, as a well-known homemade pastry, is especially tasty with sour kefir and differs from baked mannik with fresh kefir. If there is no sour kefir, let fresh kefir stand in a warm place for several hours and it will sour. In this recipe, we knead the manna dough only with semolina, without flour, and add baking powder with butter and whipped egg whites.

Cooking time: 1 hour 55 minutes.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Servings: 8.

Ingredients:

• Sour kefir – 450 ml.
• Semolina – 300 gr.
• Egg – 4 pcs.
• Butter – 100 gr.
• Sugar – 80 gr.
• Baking powder – 10 gr.
• Salt - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Immediately prepare, according to the proportions of the recipe, all the ingredients for the manna. Keep the kefir at room temperature in advance.

Step 2. Pour semolina into a separate bowl, pour in kefir and mix well.

Step 3. Leave this mixture for 1 hour so that the cereal swells.

Step 4. Carefully separate the eggs into whites and yolks and place the latter in a separate bowl. Pour 40 grams of sugar into them and add room temperature butter cut into pieces.

Step 5. Grind these ingredients with a whisk until smooth and the sugar is completely dissolved.

Step 6.Then add baking powder to it, add the swollen semolina and mix.

Step 7. Pour the whites into a dry, fat-free mixer bowl and add 40 grams of sugar and salt.

Step 8. Beat the whites into a stable fluffy mass.

Step 9. Place the whipped whites in portions, in 3-4 additions, into the dough.

Step 10. After each portion of whites, immediately stir the dough carefully so that the whites do not settle. Turn on the oven at 180°C.

Step 11. Grease the walls of a springform baking dish with butter and line the bottom with paper. Carefully transfer the kneaded dough into it.

Step 12. Bake the manna for 50 minutes. Check the doneness of the baked goods with a skewer. Remove the baked manna from the oven and cool in the pan.

Step 13. Then remove the mold. Sprinkle the prepared manna on sour kefir with powdered sugar, cut into portions, add sweet topping and can be served for tea. Bon appetit!

Cupcake with sour kefir

A cupcake made with sour kefir, like all baked goods made with this fermented milk product, is distinguished by its fluffiness and moist texture. The cake dough is mixed according to a standard formula of proportions and based on flour, soda/baking powder, eggs and butter, only these ingredients should be at room temperature. In this simple and quick recipe, we knead the dough with margarine and soda.

Cooking time: 1 hour.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Servings: 3.

Ingredients:

• Sour kefir – ½ tbsp.
• Flour – 1.5 tbsp.
• Egg – 2 pcs.
• Margarine – 100 gr.
• Sugar – 1 tbsp.
• Soda – 0.5 tsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Measure out the ingredients for the cake according to the recipe proportions.

Step 2. Pour a glass of sugar into the bowl for kneading the dough, pour melted margarine and whisk everything well so that the sugar is completely dissolved.

Step 3.Break two chicken eggs into another bowl and whisk until fluffy.

Step 4. Pour the beaten eggs into the margarine mixture and mix everything carefully.

Step 5. Mix sour kefir with soda, pour into the main mass in a thin stream and mix immediately.

Step 6. Sift the flour into a sieve. Pour it into the liquid ingredients in portions and at the same time knead the dough until it has a homogeneous texture and the consistency of thick sour cream.

Step 7. Grease a special cake pan with margarine and sprinkle with semolina or breadcrumbs.

Step 8. Turn on the oven at 170°C. Pour the kneaded dough into the mold. Bake the cake for 40-50 minutes, checking the doneness with a wooden skewer.

Step 9. Let the cake baked in the oven with sour kefir stand for a while in the turned off oven. Then carefully remove it from the mold, cut into portions and can be served with tea. Bon appetit!