Potato babka

Potato babka is a everyone’s favorite dish that is familiar to each of us since childhood. Surely many grandmothers prepared this dish in their ovens, and it was always incredibly delicious! So why don’t we treat ourselves to this dish, prepared with our own hands, and even in our own kitchen? For additional juiciness and balance of taste, you can use additives such as lard, twisted meat and onions.

Belarusian potato babka in the oven

Belarusian potato babka in the oven is an Old Slavic dish that includes both vegetables and meat components. We suggest you prepare a potato dish in clay pots. With this method of cooking, the components are maximally saturated with each other’s juices and aromas.

1. 
   Cut the peeled onion into quarter rings and finely chop the garlic.
2. 
   Cut the washed meat into arbitrary pieces.
3. 
   Sauté the onion in hot butter.
4. 
   Add the meat to the transparent onion slices.
5. 
   Stir and fry for about 10 minutes, cool.
6. 
   Peel and wash the potatoes, chop them on a fine grater and squeeze out the excess juice.
7. 
   Mix mashed potatoes with garlic, fried ingredients, egg, flour and salt.
8. 
   We achieve a uniform consistency.
9. 
   Distribute the mass among the pots and place the dishes in a cold oven, turn on the heat to 180 degrees and set for 60 minutes.
10. 
    7-10 minutes before readiness, sprinkle the food with grated cheese.
11. 
    Serve to the table directly in pots, without waiting for cooling. Bon appetit!

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Potato babka with meat in the oven

Potato babka with meat in the oven is a hearty and easy-to-prepare dish that is sure to please everyone in your household. After all, there is nothing tastier than the combination of grated potatoes with twisted meat, onions and spices.

Cooking time – 60 min.

Cooking time - 30 min.

Portions – 8.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes – 2 kg.
• Minced meat – 500 gr.
• Onion – 200 gr.
• Eggs – 2 pcs.
• Flour – 3 tbsp.
• Hard cheese – 70 gr.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Marjoram – 2 pinches.
• Semolina – 2 tsp.
• Sour cream – 2 tbsp.
• Parsley - to taste.
• Chili pepper - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.
• Vegetable oil - for greasing the mold.

Cooking process:

Step 1. First of all, remove the skins from the potatoes and the peels from the onions and wash them.

Step 2. Cut the vegetables into arbitrary large segments.

Step 3. Pass the components through a meat grinder using a grid with fine holes.

Step 4. Add the mixture with minced meat, eggs, salt, seasonings, and flour.

Step 5. Mix the ingredients vigorously and let stand for about 5 minutes.

Step 6.At this time, coat a heat-resistant dish with vegetable oil and sprinkle with a small amount of semolina.

Step 7. Spread the potato and meat mixture, flavor the top with sour cream.

Step 8. Move the semi-finished product to the oven for 50 minutes (180 degrees).

Step 9. Using a borage grater, turn the cheese into shavings.

Step 10. Sprinkle the babka.

Step 11. Cook for another 10 minutes, but at a temperature of 200 degrees.

Step 12. Cut the hot dish into portions and eat. Bon appetit!

Potato babka with lard and onions

Potato babka with lard and onions, cooked in portioned molds in the oven, is an amazingly tasty and juicy dish that literally melts in your mouth. Due to the addition of lard, the potatoes are maximally saturated with pork fat, which accordingly amazes with its taste characteristics.

Cooking time – 1 hour

Cooking time – 15-20 min.

Portions – 2.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes – 350 gr.
• Lard – 150 gr.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Flour – 1 tbsp.
• Smoked ground paprika - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Vegetable oil – 2-3 tbsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Place all the ingredients on the work table: peel and wash the potatoes, peel off the lard skin.

Step 2. Using a grater with large holes, chop the potatoes, add salt and knead with your hands - leave for 5-10 minutes.

Step 3. Cut the lard into small slices and fry for 3-5 minutes in a dry frying pan, rendering the fat.

Step 4. Now add finely chopped onion to the lard, mix and brown for a few more minutes.

Step 5. Squeeze out the potato chips and add seasonings and flour.

Step 6. Next, add the cooled lard and onions, add some salt and mix.

Step 7Line a baking dish for baking in the oven with a sheet of parchment, grease with vegetable oil and fill tightly with the prepared mass.

Step 8. Cook the food at 180 degrees for 40-50 minutes.

Step 9. Cool the hot babka slightly and transfer it to a serving dish - take a sample. Bon appetit!

Potato babka with minced meat in the oven

Potato babka with minced meat and onions in the oven is very similar in its ingredients to a classic potato casserole. However, this dish contains ingredients such as chicken eggs and wheat flour, which makes the babka dense and very satisfying.

Cooking time – 90 min.

Cooking time - 20 minutes.

Portions – 4.

Ingredients:

• Eggs – 2 pcs.
• Flour – 2.5 tbsp.
• Potatoes – 6 pcs.
• Minced chicken – 200 gr.
• Green onions - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Peel and rinse the potatoes under running water, grate them on a coarse grater and mix with eggs, flour, salt and ground pepper.

Step 2. In a separate container, add chopped herbs, salt and pepper to the minced meat.

Step 3. Coat a refractory mold with vegetable oil and distribute half of the potatoes along the bottom, laying the meat component on top.

Step 4. “Cover” the filling with the remaining potato mixture and put it in the oven, heated to 180 degrees for 50-60 minutes.

Step 5. If the top is actively golden, we recommend covering it with a sheet of foil. Cook and enjoy not only the result, but also the process!

Potato babka in pots

Potato babka in pots is a nutritious and satisfying dish that will become a delicious lunch or dinner for you, which all family members will undoubtedly appreciate.For a harmonious taste, we recommend supplementing the potato mass with smoked lard and brisket, and serving with chilled sour cream.

Cooking time – 120 min.

Cooking time - 30 min.

Portions – 4-5.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes – 1 kg.
• Smoked lard - to taste.
• Smoked brisket - to taste.
• Eggs – 1 pc.
• Large onion – 1 pc.
• Flour – 3 tbsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Ground sweet paprika - to taste.
• Dill - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Arm yourself with a vegetable peeler and peel and rinse the potatoes.

Step 2. Grind the main component in any convenient way.

Step 3. Add seasonings and salt, egg and flour, as well as finely grated onion to the homogeneous mass.

Step 4. Cut the meat components into small slices.

Step 5. Place smoked lard on the bottom of the pots.

Step 6. Mix the brisket pieces into the main mixture.

Step 7. Also, do not forget to add ground pepper to the “dough”.

Step 8. Fill the fireproof dish with potato mixture.

Step 9. Bake the food for about 90 minutes at a temperature of 170 degrees.

Step 10. Place on serving plates and sprinkle with dill. Bon appetit!

Potato babka with milk in the oven

Potato babka with milk in the oven will pleasantly surprise you with its delicate taste and pleasant creamy texture that literally melts in your mouth. This dish can easily be served at a holiday table, or you can simply pamper your family and “bake” babka for dinner.

Cooking time – 1 hour 30 minutes

Cooking time - 20 minutes.

Portions – 8.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes – 2 kg.
• Fatty pork – 200 gr.
• Salo - to taste.
• Bulbs – 2 pcs.
• Milk/cream – 100 ml.
• Breadcrumbs – 2-3 tbsp.
• Eggs – 1 pc.
• Sunflower oil – 2 tbsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Layer by layer, remove the peel from the onion, cut into small cubes.

Step 2. Cut the lard into small pieces and fry together with the onion until golden brown (about 10 minutes).

Step 3. At the same time, peel and grate the potatoes using a fine grater or in the bowl of a food processor.

Step 4. Cut the pork into cubes and fry in a separate frying pan.

Step 5. Add a chicken egg, heated milk or cream, salt, seasonings to the potato mixture and mix thoroughly.

Step 6. We supplement the base with cracklings and onions, as well as golden cubes of pork.

Step 7. Grease a baking sheet with vegetable oil and sprinkle with breadcrumbs, distribute the “dough”. Cook the babka for about an hour at 180 degrees.

Step 8. Serve the babka with chilled sour cream. Bon appetit!

Potato babka with chicken

Potato babka with chicken is a traditional dish of Belarusian cuisine, which is very popular all over the world. However, this is not surprising, because it is difficult to find a person who will refuse a portion of hearty potatoes, supplemented with meat, onions and spices.

Cooking time – 1 hour 25 minutes

Cooking time – 20-25 min.

Portions – 2-3.

Ingredients:

• Chicken fillet – 250 gr.
• Potatoes – 5 pcs.
• Sour cream – 4 tbsp.
• Flour – 3.5 tbsp.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Butter – 1 tbsp.
• Sunflower oil – 4 tbsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Spices for poultry - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Clean the fillet from films and rinse under running water, peel and rinse the vegetables.

Step 2. Cut the chicken fillet into medium-sized cubes and place in a bowl, sprinkle with seasonings and salt, mix and leave to soak.

Step 3.Finely chop half an onion and sauté in four tablespoons of oil until brown.

Step 4. Add the meat to the golden onion, mix and cook over moderate heat for about 5 minutes.

Step 5. Grind the potatoes on a fine grater and lightly squeeze out the juice. We also grate the remaining onions and combine them with the potatoes.

Step 6. Now mix the potato mixture with chicken, two tablespoons of flour and two tablespoons of sour cream. Taste and add salt if necessary.

Step 7. Coat the baking dish with a layer of butter and sprinkle with the remaining flour, spread the mixture and move it to the oven: 180 degrees 50 minutes.

Step 8. Approximately 10-15 minutes before readiness, season the top with the remaining sour cream.

Step 9. Without waiting for it to cool, put it on plates and take a sample. Bon appetit!

Potato babka without meat in the oven

Potato babka without meat in the oven is no less satisfying than preparing this dish with pork or poultry. To make the dish juicy and not bland, we will use lard. But if you basically do not consume animal products, then this component can be replaced with a large amount of butter.

Cooking time – 2 hours

Cooking time – 25 min.

Portions – 8.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes – 2 kg.
• Eggs – 2 pcs.
• Flour – 4 tbsp.
• Onion – 5 pcs.
• Salted lard – 100 gr.
• Salt - to taste.
• Butter – 1 tbsp.
• Breadcrumbs – 1.5 tbsp.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. In a frying pan, melt the fat from the lard and saute the finely chopped onion (3 jokes).

Step 2. Bring it to a light brown color and remove it from the burner.

Step 3. At the same time, peel the potatoes and the remaining two onions.

Step 4.In the bowl of a blender or food processor, turn the potato tubers and two onions into a homogeneous mass.

Step 5. Add flour, eggs, salt and ground pepper to the resulting mixture and mix well.

Step 6. Next, stir in the frying.

Step 7. Grease a mold with high sides with butter and “powder” it with breadcrumbs, spread the dough in an even layer. Cook the babka at a temperature of 170-180 degrees for one and a half hours.

Step 8. If desired, also flavor the top of the finished dish with butter and serve to the table, to a delight

ost of household members. Bon appetit!