Zebra pie with kefir

Zebra pie with kefir is one of the options for baking a favorite dessert for its lightness, good taste and original design. The airiness and delicate texture of the pie is given by kefir slaked with soda, well-beaten eggs and the absence of butter in the dough, and cocoa or chocolate gives a contrast of ornament and aroma. With low-fat kefir, the dessert will also be low-calorie.

Zebra pie with kefir in the oven - a classic recipe

Many people have known the taste and original design of the classic Soviet Zebra pie since childhood. According to the classics, the pie is baked with sour cream, but kefir makes such baked goods more airy and with a beautiful, uniform texture. The pie is simple to prepare, does not require decoration and delights with its taste and appearance.

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   How to bake a classic Zebra pie with kefir in the oven? One chicken egg is broken into a bowl and regular and vanilla sugar and salt are poured into it.
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   Using a whisk or mixer, beat these ingredients into a homogeneous mass.
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   Butter can be melted using any method.
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   The egg mixture and melted butter are poured into the bowl for kneading the dough. Wheat flour sifted through a sieve is poured onto them.
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   Kefir is slightly heated and mixed with a teaspoon of soda.
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   It is then poured into the rest of the ingredients. The dough is kneaded with a whisk until it has a uniform texture.
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   At this stage, washed raisins are added to the dough, at the request of the hostess.
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   Half of the kneaded dough is poured into a separate bowl. Cocoa powder is poured into it, and the dough is mixed well again.
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   The two-color dough is laid out in layers in a baking dish.
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    A wooden toothpick is used to form patterns to the hostess’s taste, but you can simply mix it a little with a spoon.
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    Zebra pie is baked in the oven for 40 minutes at 180°C. The baked pie is sprinkled with powdered sugar, cooled slightly and served with tea. Delicious and successful baking!

Zebra pie on kefir with semolina

A variant of the classic “Zebra” would be a pie mixed with wheat flour, semolina in equal quantities and kefir. This pastry is often called simply manna. Semolina gives the cake a crumbly texture, and kefir makes the cake moist and airy. The cooking fat in the dough will be vegetable oil.

Cooking time: 1 hour 40 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Servings: 8.

Ingredients:

• Semolina – 1 tbsp.
• Kefir – 2 tbsp.
• Sugar – 1 tbsp.
• Flour – 1 tbsp.
• Flour – 2 tbsp.
• Cocoa powder – 2 tbsp.
• Vegetable oil – ½ tbsp.
• Soda – 0.5 tsp.
• Vanillin - to taste.
• Salt – 1 pinch.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Add a glass of semolina and sugar, a pinch of salt and vanillin to taste into a bowl for kneading dough. These dry ingredients are mixed well.

Step 2.Then kefir at room temperature is poured into them and everything is mixed again. The mixture is left for 30–40 minutes for the semolina to swell.

Step 3. After this time, baking soda is poured into the mixture.

Step 4. A glass of flour is sifted through a sieve, poured into the liquid mixture and vegetable oil is added. Using a whisk, knead the dough until smooth. The consistency of the dough should be like thick sour cream.

Step 5. Half of the dough is poured into another bowl and mixed with cocoa powder. Add two tablespoons of flour to the second half of the dough and mix everything together.

Step 6. Cover the baking dish with special paper. The two-color dough is poured into the mold with a spoon, alternately and in layers.

Step 7. Use a wooden toothpick to form a beautiful pattern. The oven is heated to 180°C and the pie is placed in it for 50 minutes. Readiness is also checked with a dry toothpick.

Step 8. The baked cake is removed from the mold and cooled slightly.

Step 9. Then the “Zebra” made with kefir and semolina is cut into pieces and served with tea. Bon appetit!

How to bake a Zebra pie with kefir without eggs?

Most home baking recipes contain eggs as ingredients, and they are often added according to a stereotype developed over the years. Lush pies, biscuits, muffins, including Zebra, can be prepared with kefir with soda and without eggs. For the pie, take warm kefir, mix the dough with flour and semolina and give it time to infuse, bake the pie in a preheated oven and leave it in it until it cools, then baked goods without eggs retain their fluffiness.

Cooking time: 1 hour 15 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Servings: 8.

Ingredients:

• Semolina – 1 tbsp.
• Kefir – 2 tbsp.
• Sugar – 1 tbsp.
• Flour – 1 tbsp + 2 tbsp.
• Cocoa powder – 2 tbsp.
• Vegetable oil – 0.5 tbsp.
• Soda – 0.5 tsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. A glass of semolina is poured into a bowl for kneading dough.

Step 2. Kefir is heated in the microwave and the semolina is poured with it.

Step 3. The ingredients are mixed well.

Step 4. Then pour a glass of sugar onto them.

Step 5. The ingredients are mixed well again until the sugar dissolves, and the mixture is left for 40 minutes to allow the semolina to swell.

Step 6. After this time, soda is poured into the liquid kefir mixture.

Step 7. Then pour in a glass of wheat flour sifted through a sieve.

Step 8. The dough is kneaded with a spoon or whisk.

Step 9. Half a glass of vegetable oil is poured into the dough and mixed again.

Step 10. The kneaded dough is poured equally into two bowls. Cocoa powder is poured onto one part of the dough.

Step 11. Add 2 tablespoons of flour to the other part.

Step 12. The dough with additives is mixed again until smooth.

Step 13. Grease a round baking dish with a small amount of vegetable oil.

Step 14. White and dark dough are poured into it layer by layer and two spoons at a time.

Step 15. The dough in the mold is not mixed so that the striped pattern is preserved.

Step 16. Then use a toothpick to form a beautiful pattern in the dough.

Step 17. “Zebra” is placed in an oven preheated to 200°C for 25 minutes.

Step 18. The pie baked with kefir without eggs is allowed to cool slightly in the turned off oven.

Step 19. The pie is cut into pieces and served with tea. Bon appetit!

Zebra pie on kefir with vegetable oil

Pie “Zebra on Kefir” is a time-tested recipe, simple and always turns out beautiful and tasty. Kefir dough, like any other dough, requires oil for a moist and tender texture.In this recipe, butter is replaced with vegetable oil, which will reduce the calorie content of baked goods.

Cooking time: 55 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Servings: 10.

Ingredients:

• Flour – 320 gr.
• Egg – 3 pcs.
• Sugar – 1 tbsp.
• Kefir – 1 tbsp.
• Vegetable oil – 100 ml.
• Cocoa powder – 2 tbsp.
• Soda – 1 tsp.
• Vanillin - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. First of all, measure out the specified amount of ingredients for the pie. Chicken eggs are broken into a mixing bowl, a glass of sugar is poured in, and using a mixer, these ingredients are whipped into a fluffy mass.

Step 2. A glass of kefir is slightly heated in the microwave, mixed with a teaspoon of soda and poured into the beaten eggs. Immediately add salt and vanillin to this mixture and add vegetable oil. The ingredients are mixed with a mixer.

Step 3. The required amount of wheat flour is sifted through a sieve, and it is poured into the liquid dough base.

Step 4. Gently knead the dough until the consistency is homogeneous and thick, like sour cream.

Step 5. Half of the dough is poured into a separate bowl. Add cocoa powder to it and mix well.

Step 6. Turn on the oven to preheat at 180°C. In a baking dish (silicone in this recipe), two tablespoons of dark and light dough are laid out in layers and alternately.

Step 7. Using a wooden stick or toothpick, apply a cobweb-shaped pattern through all layers of dough.

Step 8. Place the “zebra” in a preheated oven for 45 minutes. The pie is also checked for doneness with a wooden stick.

Step 9. The pie baked in kefir and vegetable oil is cooled slightly, carefully transferred from the mold to a serving dish and served. Bon appetit!

Homemade Zebra pie on kefir with baking powder

An alternative to the classic recipe for baking Zebra pie, in which the dough is kneaded with sour cream, can be a version with kefir, because it makes this pastry softer and tastier. Soda is traditionally added to the dough, but when using non-acidic kefir, it is better to replace it with baking powder, and natural kefir is chosen, then the cake will bake and rise well. The delicate texture of kefir dough will allow you to form a beautiful pattern, which is not possible with thick dough.

Cooking time: 1 hour.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Servings: 6.

Ingredients:

• Flour – 220 gr.
• Sugar – 180 gr.
• Kefir – 70 ml + 1 tbsp.
• Vegetable oil – 70 ml.
• Egg – 3 pcs.
• Cocoa powder – 1 tbsp. with a slide.
• Baking powder – 1 tsp. with a slide.

Cooking process:

Step 1. The eggs are broken into a bowl for kneading dough, and beaten with a mixer into a light fluffy mass, with sugar added to them in portions.

Step 2. The flour is sifted through a sieve and mixed with baking powder. Kefir at room temperature is poured into the beaten eggs, vegetable oil is poured in and the flour mixture is poured.

Step 3. These ingredients are mixed with a mixer until smooth and the consistency of thick sour cream.

Step 4. Half of the kneaded dough is poured into another bowl. Cocoa powder is poured into it, two tablespoons of kefir are added and everything is mixed well with a mixer.

Step 5. Grease the baking dish with oil. Two-color dough is poured into the middle one by one with a tablespoon and mixed a little to form thin, clear stripes. You can scroll the form with the dough a little.

Step 6. The oven is heated to 180 degrees and the cake is placed in it for 50 minutes. The readiness of the baked goods is checked with a wooden skewer.The baked Zebra pie with kefir and baking powder is cooled slightly, carefully removed from the mold and served. Bon appetit!