Lenten pie is a delicious homemade pastry for the Lenten table, prepared using different types of dough, kneaded without eggs, milk and butter, which is replaced with vegetable oil. The filling options are also lean (fruits, mushrooms, vegetables), as well as the formation of the pies are different, which you can choose from the proposed recipes.
Lenten pie with apples in the oven
Lenten pie with apples in the oven can be prepared in different ways and its taste is mainly determined by the filling, and the dough only complements it. In this recipe, mix the dough with boiling water and baking powder. We will add frozen berries to the apple filling, which will make the pie “decorative,” and crushed cookies, which will make it denser.
- Wheat flour 300 (grams)
- Vegetable oil ½ (glasses)
- Salt 1 pinch
- Boiling water ½ (glasses)
- Baking powder 1 (teaspoons)
- For filling:
- Apples 4 (things)
- Cherry 300 gr. (frozen)
- Cookie 100 (grams)
- Granulated sugar 2 (tablespoons)
- Vegetable oil 1 (tablespoons)
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Sift wheat flour into a bowl for kneading dough. -
Add a teaspoon of baking powder and a pinch of salt to the flour. Mix everything well with a spoon.Sugar is not added to the dough, as the filling is sweet. -
Pour half a cup of vegetable oil into the flour mixture. -
Then pour half a glass of boiling water. -
Simultaneously and vigorously knead the dough until the flour absorbs the liquid ingredients. -
Then complete the kneading with your hands for a couple of minutes. Roll the dough into a log and leave to proof for 20 minutes. -
During this time, prepare the apple filling. Peel the apples, cut into small pieces, place in a frying pan and add sugar. -
Over low heat and stirring, dissolve the sugar and simmer the apples in this caramel for 5-7 minutes. -
Grind any shortbread or biscuit cookies in a blender into fine crumbs. -
Sprinkle the crumbs over the apples. -
Mix the filling and cool, removing from heat. -
Spread the dough into the baking pan with your hands, forming sides. The mold does not need to be greased with oil. -
Spread the apple filling onto the dough in an even layer. -
Place frozen berries on top of the apples. -
Sprinkle the berries with a little sugar if they are sour. Turn on the oven at 190°C. -
Bake the pie for 35-40 minutes. -
Transfer the oven-baked Lenten pie with apples to a plate, cool slightly and serve. Bon appetit!
Lenten jellied pie with cabbage in the oven
Lenten jellied pie with cabbage in the oven will be a truly homemade and tasty dish for your Lenten table. We knead the jellied dough with dry yeast and vegetable oil and its texture will be thicker than that of non-lenten jellied dough. We use more cabbage filling than dough and add mushrooms.
Cooking time: 1 hour 40 minutes.
Cooking time: 20 minutes.
Servings: 4.
Ingredients:
- Wheat flour – 450 gr.
- Dry yeast – 1 tsp.
- Vegetable oil – 3 tbsp.
- Warm water – 200 ml.
- Salt – 1/2 tsp.
- Sugar – 2 tsp.
For filling:
- Cabbage – 450 gr.
- Carrots – ½ pcs.
- Onion – 2 pcs.
- Mushrooms – 200 gr.
- Salt - to taste.
- Sugar – 1 tsp.
Cooking process:
Step 1. Pour the amount of dry ingredients indicated in the recipe into the bowl for kneading the dough, preferably sift the flour and mix everything.
Step 2. Mix warm water with vegetable oil. Pour it into the flour mixture and knead the dough until smooth. Leave the dough in a warm place for 20 minutes to proof and activate the yeast.
Step 3. Prepare vegetables and mushrooms for the filling. Peel them, rinse and finely chop the onion and mushrooms. Grate the cabbage and carrots on a coarse grater. Place the grated cabbage in a bowl for filling, add salt and rub a little with your hands.
Step 4. In heated oil, fry the chopped onions and carrots until soft and add to the cabbage.
Step 5. Fry sliced mushrooms in the same oil until the mushroom juice has completely evaporated. Salt the mushrooms.
Step 6. Transfer the mushrooms to the cabbage and mix the filling well, adding salt to taste.
Step 7. Line a baking pan with paper and grease it with butter. Pour half of the kneaded dough into it.
Step 8. Place the cabbage filling in an even layer on top of the dough.
Step 9. Then pour the rest of the dough over the filling and smooth the surface with a spatula. Turn on the oven at 175°C.
Step 10. Dissolve a teaspoon of sugar in water and grease the surface of the pie with this solution so that a beautiful crust is baked. If desired, the cake can be sprinkled with sesame or flaxseed. Bake the pie in the oven for 1 hour.
Step 11. Cool the Lenten jellied pie with cabbage baked in the oven a little, transfer to a dish and serve at the Lenten table, both hot and cold.Bon appetit!
Quick Lenten pie with jam
A quick Lenten pie with jam is very popular among various pastries for the Lenten table and is distinguished by its simple and quick preparation, excellent taste of the filling in a crispy dough crust. In this recipe, we mix the dough with lean margarine and baking powder, and any jam is suitable, just without the pit.
Cooking time: 1 hour.
Cooking time: 20 minutes.
Servings: 4.
Ingredients:
- Wheat flour – 320 gr.
- Lenten margarine – 150 gr.
- Baking powder – 2 tsp.
- Ice water is optional.
- Salt – ¼ tsp.
- Sugar – 2/3 tbsp.
- Vanillin - to taste.
- Jam for filling - to taste.
- Butter – for greasing the mold.
Cooking process:
Step 1. Melt lean margarine in the microwave or keep at room temperature, pour into a bowl for kneading dough, pour in sifted flour with sugar, vanilla, salt and baking powder, according to the recipe proportions.
Step 2. First use a whisk and then use your hands to knead the dough. If it turns out stiff, pour a little ice water into the dough and then knead.
Step 3. Separate part of the dough and put it in the freezer for 10 minutes.
Step 4. Grease the baking dish with butter. Transfer the kneaded dough into it, spreading it into an even thin layer and forming the sides.
Step 5. Place the chosen jam on the dough.
Step 6. Grind the frozen piece of dough on a coarse grater and sprinkle the crumbs evenly over the filling. Turn on the oven at 200°C.
Step 7. Bake the pie in the oven for 30 minutes. Quickly cool the baked Lenten pie with jam a little, cut into portions and serve as dessert for the Lenten table. Bon appetit!
Lenten yeast dough pie
A pie made from lean yeast dough, mixed only with dry yeast with vegetable oil and water, always turns out fluffy and soft, because such dough without baking is very light and rises quickly. The filling for a lean yeast pie can be either sweet or savory. In this recipe we prepare such a pie with cabbage.
Cooking time: 2 hours.
Cooking time: 20 minutes.
Servings: 6.
Ingredients:
- Wheat flour – 600 gr.
- Dry yeast – 7 gr.
- Vegetable oil – 50 ml.
- Warm water – 300 ml.
- Salt – 1 tsp.
- Sugar – 1 tbsp
For filling:
- Cabbage – 600 gr.
- Onion – 1 pc.
- Carrots – 1 pc.
- Salt - to taste.
- Seasonings - to taste.
- Butter – for greasing the mold.
Cooking process:
Step 1. Sift 2 cups of flour into a bowl for kneading dough and add dry yeast, salt and sugar to it, according to the recipe proportions. Mix these ingredients well.
Step 2. Make a well in the flour mixture and pour warm water and 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil into it. Using your hands, knead the dough until it has an elastic texture that does not stick to your palms. Add sifted flour little by little until the dough becomes elastic. The dough should not be dense, otherwise the baked goods will not be fluffy.
Step 3. Stir the rest of the butter into the kneaded dough.
Step 4. Then roll the dough into a log and, covering it with a napkin, put it in a warm place for 1 hour to rise.
Step 5. For the filling, chop the cabbage into thin strips, transfer to a saucepan and pour boiling water over it for 10-15 minutes.
Step 6. Cut the onion into cubes. Grind the peeled carrots on a coarse grater. Fry these vegetables until soft in heated vegetable oil.
Step 7Drain the cabbage in a colander, place it in a frying pan with the fried vegetables, sprinkle with salt and seasoning and simmer until tender over low heat and covered.
Step 8. Transfer the risen dough to a floured countertop, knead and divide into two unequal parts.
Step 9. Grease the baking dish with butter. Roll out a larger piece of dough and place it in a mold, forming sides along the edge.
Step 10. Place the cabbage filling on the dough in an even layer.
Step 11. Cover the filling with the second rolled out piece of dough and make a hole in the middle for steam to escape. Give the formed pie 10 minutes to proof. Turn on the oven at 180 degrees. Bake the pie for 30 minutes.
Step 12. Cool the baked pie from lean yeast dough a little and serve warm. Bon appetit!
The easiest carrot cake for Lent
Baking the simplest carrot cake for Lent, from a vegetable, and even without savory or rich ingredients, is not an easy task, but there are delicious options. In this simple and quick recipe, we mix the carrot cake dough with vegetable oil, juice with pulp and baking powder, and add walnuts to the flavor.
Cooking time: 1 hour.
Cooking time: 20 minutes.
Servings: 2.
Ingredients:
- Wheat flour – 150 gr.
- Carrots – 150 gr.
- Vegetable oil – 8 tbsp.
- Juice with pulp – 1 tbsp.
- Walnuts – 100 gr.
- Baking powder/soda – 1 tsp/0.5 tsp. slaked.
- Sugar – 1 tbsp.
- Salt – 1 pinch.
- Vanillin – 1 gr.
Cooking process:
Step 1. Roast the walnuts for the pie in the oven or in a dry frying pan.
Step 2. In a mixing bowl, mix the amount of sugar indicated in the recipe with vegetable oil.
Step 3.Pour any fruit juice with pulp into this mixture and stir until the sugar dissolves completely.
Step 4. Peel the carrots, rinse and chop on a fine or better Korean grater.
Step 5. Grind the roasted nuts into coarse crumbs using a blender, leaving a little for decoration. Add chopped carrots with nut crumbs to the liquid dough base and mix.
Step 6. Pour sifted flour mixed with vanillin and baking powder into this mixture through a sieve.
Step 7. Knead the dough with a spatula so that there are no lumps of flour. Turn on the oven at 200°C. Pour the kneaded dough into the mold and bake in the oven for 40 minutes.
Step 8. Cool the baked pie slightly, remove from the pan onto a plate.
Step 9. Decorate the Lenten carrot cake to your liking and serve it on the Lenten table. Bon appetit!
Lenten fish pie
Lenten pie with fish, or rybnik, is prepared as a separate dish for the Lenten table, and with noble fish, it is perfect for a festive Lenten meal. The fishmonger's dough is kneaded without eggs, butter or milk and according to any recipe. In this version, we prepare fish pie on puff pastry and for the filling we take pangasius fillet, like fish that is affordable, tasty and without small bones, complement it with vegetables, and form the pie beautifully, in the shape of a fish.
Cooking time: 1 hour.
Cooking time: 20 minutes.
Servings: 8.
Ingredients:
- Yeast puff pastry – 250 gr.
- Pangasius fillet – 400 gr.
- Onion – 1 pc.
- Carrots – 1 pc.
- Sweet pepper – 1 pc.
- Salt – ½ tsp.
- Greens - to taste.
Cooking process:
Step 1. First of all, prepare all the ingredients for the pie according to the recipe. Thaw pangasius fillets in the refrigerator in advance.Thaw the dough for an hour at room temperature.
Step 2. Peel and rinse the vegetables. Cut the onion and pepper into small cubes, and chop the carrots on a fine grater.
Step 3. Rinse the defrosted pangasius fillet, dry with a napkin and grind in a meat grinder with a fine grid.
Step 4. In heated vegetable oil, fry the chopped vegetables until soft. Add minced pangasius to them, add salt, mix everything and simmer over low heat for a couple of minutes.
Step 5. Roll out the defrosted dough a little into a layer. Place the fish filling lengthwise on the middle third. Cut the free edges of the dough obliquely into strips 1 cm thick.
Step 6. Wrap strips of dough over the filling in the form of a pigtail and form a “head and tail”.
Step 7. During a non-strict fast, grease the cake with yolk, and during a strict fast, with strong tea. Bon appetit!
Lenten pumpkin pie
Lenten pumpkin pie is usually prepared sweet and served as dessert at the Lenten table. The baked goods are bright, with good taste and delicate texture. In this recipe we use pumpkin, cut into pieces and complement its taste with raisins, citrus fruits and spices. The base of the pie will be wheat flour with baking powder.
Cooking time: 1 hour 10 minutes.
Cooking time: 10 minutes.
Servings: 8.
Ingredients:
- Pumpkin – 600 gr.
- Flour – 300 gr.
- Baking powder – 1 tsp.
- Sugar – 200 gr.
- Cognac/orange juice – 30 ml.
- Honey – 2 tbsp.
- Raisins – 200 gr.
- Orange – 1 pc.
- Cinnamon - to taste.
Cooking process:
Step 1. Cut a piece of peeled ripe pumpkin into medium cubes and place in a separate bowl.
Step 2: Sprinkle the pumpkin with sugar.
Step 3. Rinse the raisins well, dry with a napkin and add to the pumpkin.
Step 4.Add liquid honey to these ingredients and pour in 30 ml of cognac, but it can be replaced with orange juice.
Step 5. Add a little ground cinnamon to the pumpkin for flavor.
Step 6. Using a fine grater, remove the zest from one orange and add to the pumpkin.
Step 7. Squeeze the juice from the orange pulp and add to the rest of the ingredients.
Step 8. Sift the flour into a sieve, mix with baking powder and pour this mixture over the pumpkin with the ingredients.
Step 9. Mix everything well with a spatula. You can, if desired, grind these ingredients in a blender into a homogeneous mass, but the pie with pumpkin pieces will be tastier.
Step 10. Line a baking dish with paper and grease it a little with oil.
Step 11. Place the mixed mixture in an even layer in the mold. Turn on the oven at 180°C.
Step 12. Bake Lenten pumpkin pie for 1 hour until golden brown on top. Serve the baked pie hot or cold with tea. Bon appetit!
Orange pie for Lent
Orange pie for Lent is prepared in different versions, and all of them delight with a rich citrus aroma, good taste and delicate texture.
In this recipe, mix the pie dough with crushed oranges, flour, soda and vegetable oil. It is advisable to replace part of the wheat flour with whole grain, corn or rice.
Cooking time: 1 hour.
Cooking time: 20 minutes.
Servings: 5.
Ingredients:
- Medium orange – 2 pcs.
- Premium wheat flour – 140 gr.
- Whole grain flour – 100 gr.
- Soda without a slide - 1 tsp.
- Sugar – 70 gr.
- Vegetable oil – 80 ml.
- Powdered sugar - for decoration.
Cooking process:
Step 1. First of all, measure out all the ingredients for the pie according to the recipe proportions.
Step 2. Wash the oranges with a brush and a fine grater, carefully remove the zest.
Step 3.Peel orange slices from white layers and puree them in a blender bowl.
Step 4. Pour the orange puree into a bowl for kneading dough, add the zest and add baking soda. Mix these ingredients well to foam actively. If the foaming is not strong, add a spoonful of apple or wine vinegar to the mixture.
Step 5. Pour sugar into this mass, pour in vegetable oil and stir until the sugar dissolves.
Step 6. Then pour whole grain flour into the orange mixture through a sieve and mix.
Step 7. Sift the wheat flour into a sieve, pour portions into the orange mixture and at the same time knead the dough with a spatula until it has a uniform thick texture.
Step 8. Transfer the kneaded dough into a silicone mold and smooth the surface with a spoon. Turn on the oven at 190°C.
Step 9. Bake the pie for 40 minutes until golden brown, checking the doneness with a toothpick.
Step 10. Cool the baked Lenten orange pie slightly, remove from the pan, sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve. Bon appetit!
Lenten chocolate pie in the oven
Lenten chocolate pie in the oven is prepared from a simple set of ingredients, but the dessert turns out fragrant and similar to a sponge cake. Nuts, berries and pieces of fruit will complement the taste of the pie well. High-quality cocoa powder is selected for the cake, and it is not advisable to replace it with pure chocolate.
Cooking time: 45 minutes.
Cooking time: 5 minutes.
Servings: 4.
Ingredients:
- Wheat flour – 200 gr.
- Cocoa powder – 3 tbsp.
- Vanilla extract – 1 tsp.
- Soda – 1 tsp.
- Apple cider vinegar – 1 tbsp.
- Sugar – 160 gr.
- Salt – 1 pinch.
- Vegetable oil – 5 tbsp.
- Water – 200 ml.
- Candied orange peels – 50 gr.
- Butter – for greasing the mold.
Cooking process:
Step 1.For the pie, measure the ingredients according to the proportions of the recipe, and so that everything is at hand.
Step 2. Pour all the dry ingredients into the mixing bowl and mix well with a whisk. Be sure to sift the flour into a thick sieve.
Step 3. Make two holes in this mixture with a spoon and pour vegetable oil into one and apple cider vinegar into the other. Then pour all the ingredients with water and knead the dough until smooth and without lumps of flour.
Step 4. Finely chop the candied orange peels. Transfer them to the kneaded dough, add vanilla extract and mix the dough again.
Step 5. Turn on the oven at 180°C. Grease a baking dish with butter and sprinkle with flour or semolina. Pour the dough into the mold and place in the oven for 40 minutes. Check the readiness of the baked goods with a wooden skewer.
Step 6. Cool the oven-baked Lenten chocolate pie slightly, remove from the mold, sprinkle with powdered sugar or decorate to your liking and serve. Bon appetit!
Pie with berries on lean shortbread dough
Lenten shortbread dough is a good basis for any Lenten baking, and in this recipe we prepare a pie with berries. The dough is mixed with flour, vegetable oil, sugar and liquid in a certain proportion, and when baked it turns out crispy. Any berries are suitable for the pie.
Cooking time: 1 hour.
Cooking time: 10 minutes.
Servings: 8.
Ingredients:
- Wheat flour – 3.5 tbsp.
- Berries – 2 tbsp.
- Vegetable oil – ¾ tbsp.
- Sugar – 1 tbsp. + 4 tbsp.
- Water/orange juice – 4 tbsp.
- Starch – 3 tbsp.
- Salt – 1 pinch.
- Vanillin – 1.5 g.
Cooking process:
Step 1.Sift the amount of wheat flour specified in the recipe into a bowl for kneading dough, add 4 tablespoons of sugar with a pinch of salt and mix well with a whisk.
Step 2. Pour vegetable oil with water or orange juice into this dry mixture and first use a whisk and then knead the dough with your hands.
Step 3. You don’t need to knead this dough for a long time, just gather the ingredients into a ball. Separate a third of the dough for crumbs.
Step 4. Sprinkle a pie pan, preferably round, with flour. Place a large piece of dough into it in an even layer and form sides.
Step 5. In a separate bowl, mix the berries chosen for the pie with starch and the rest of the sugar. The aroma of the berry filling can be supplemented with cinnamon or nutmeg.
Step 6. Place the berry filling in an even layer on top of the dough.
Step 7. Crumble the rest of the dough over the berries with your hands. Turn on the oven at 190°C.
Step 8. Bake the pie for 45-50 minutes until golden brown on top.
Step 9. Cool the baked pie with berries on lean shortcrust pastry, remove from the pan and serve, cut into portions. Bon appetit!
