Delicious Lean Pastries: Step-by-step Recipes With Photos, In The Oven, Slow Cooker And In A Pan

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 12:53

Lenten recipes: delicious pastries for every taste

During Great Lent, we try to limit ourselves to food, as required by Orthodox traditions. Many are frightened by the fact that you should not eat animal products, which include milk and eggs. They are the main ingredients in most desserts and baked goods. But it turns out that lean cuisine is very rich in a wide variety of dishes, and pastries are no exception. Here are some simple dishes that will diversify your table during Lent.

Content

• 1 Recipe for lean pie with prunes and apples in the oven
• 2 Lean chebureks with potato and mushroom filling
• 3 Video: lean pies stuffed with vegetables
• 4 Lean Orange Cake
• 5 Lenten pie "Monastyrsky", cooked in a slow cooker
• 6 Video recipe for lean chocolate cake from a multicooker

The recipe for lean pie with prunes and apples in the oven

Everything is perfect in this cake: sweet chocolate taste, lightness, a combination of apples, prunes and nuts. To prepare it you will need:

• 160 grams of flour;
• 60 grams of any flakes (rye, oat or 4 cereals);
• 2 tablespoons of cocoa;
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• a pinch of salt;
• 40 ml of vegetable oil;
• 60 ml boiling water;
• 300 grams of apples;
• 50 grams of prunes;
• 2 tablespoons of peanut petals
• 4 tablespoons of sugar;

• 2 tablespoons of honey.

  

  Apples and prunes are a great filling for a lean pie

If you don't have fresh apples, I advise you to use a dryer. I often do this, because during Lent there are no more apples left from my garden, and the store ones are either too expensive or simply reluctant to go after them. I thoroughly rinse the dryer in running cold water, then pour boiling water over it and leave it until the water cools down. It is important to add the soaked apples to the filling while they are still damp: this will bake them in the oven rather than dry out again.

1. Take a deep bowl, sift flour into it, salt, add flakes, cocoa and baking powder, honey and butter. Mix everything thoroughly, then pour in boiling water. Knead the dough so that the surface is slightly sticky. Roll it into a ball and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

   

   The pie dough should be firm and slightly sticky.

2. Grate apples, add finely chopped prunes to them. Mix with 2 tablespoons of sugar.

3. Divide the chilled dough in half. Roll each part into a layer and put ½ of the filling on them.

   

   Instead of fresh apples, you can use dry apples for the filling, but first they need to be soaked and finely chopped

4. Roll up the rolls from the layers and cut them into equal pieces, about 2-3 cm wide.

   

   Cut dough rolls with filling into equal pieces

5. Line a baking dish with baking paper and place the pieces tightly together in it. Sprinkle with peanut petals and remaining sugar on top. Place the dish in an oven preheated to 180 ° C for 30 minutes.

   

   Arrange the pieces in the mold so that they fit snugly together

6. The finished cake is served chilled.

   

   When the cake is cold, serve it with tea or coffee.

Lean chebureks with potato and mushroom filling

Baking can be more than just sweet. Try serving family and friends with fried meatless pasties. Surely you will cook them not only in the Post!

Lean pasties with potato and mushroom filling will surely fall in love with your family

For chebureks you will need:

• 2 cups of flour;
• 1 cup very hot water
• 2 tbsp. l. olive oil + 0.5 cu. for frying;
• 500 g potatoes;
• 4 champignons;
• 1 clove of garlic;
• 1 tbsp. l. soy sauce;
• 1 pinch of salt;
• 1 pinch of ground black pepper;
• 0.5 bunch of parsley;
• 1 chili pepper

Instead of champignons, you can use any mushrooms you like. For example, I love fried chanterelles; for lean pasties, they are just an excellent filling. You can add more if you like.

1. Peel the potatoes, rinse well, cut into pieces and boil, slightly salt, until tender.

   

   Boil the potatoes for mashed potatoes

2. Prepare the dough: pour olive oil, hot water into the sifted flour, salt and knead. The dough should be soft and elastic. Wrap it in plastic wrap and leave it on the table until it cools.

   

   The dough should cool down by itself at room temperature

3. Chop the onion finely and fry it until transparent, adding 1 tbsp. l. olive oil. Chop the garlic or squeeze through a press.

   

   Fry the onion so that it only has time to become transparent

4. Rinse the mushrooms, peel and cut into small cubes. Place them in a skillet with onions and fry until tender. Then add garlic, chili, black pepper, soy sauce.

   

   Use your favorite mushrooms for filling

5. Make mashed potatoes from the boiled potatoes. Drain the water into a separate container and add a little while you crush the potatoes to get a medium consistency. Put the mushrooms and onions in the puree.

   

   Puree thoroughly so that there are no lumps left in it.

6. Rinse the parsley, let dry and chop finely. Add it to the potato filling, season with salt and pepper. Stir well, let cool.

   

   Dill, green onions and other fresh herbs can be added to parsley

7. Roll out the dough as for dumplings. Cut it into 10 equal pieces. Roll each part very thinly, adding flour if necessary. Put 1.5 tbsp on one half of the layer. l. filling and cover with the other half. Pat the cheburek lightly to release all the air. Press the dough along the edge with your fingers, cut off all excess with a knife. Use a fork to press down on the edges of the cheburek.

   

   Shape the pasties gently to prevent the thin dough from breaking

8. Fry the pasties in a little oil on both sides until golden brown. Place on a napkin and leave to absorb excess oil.

   

   Fry the pasties so that they are covered with a golden brown crust

Video: lean pies stuffed with vegetables

Lean cake with oranges

It turns out that in Post you can pamper yourself with a real cake with cream. And even a biscuit can turn out great without eggs and milk.

Treat yourself to cake on fast days

For an orange cake, use the following foods:

• 700 ml orange juice (200 ml for biscuit, 500 ml for cream);
• 6 tbsp. l. orange zest (3 tbsp. l. for biscuit, 3 tbsp. l. for decoration);
• 100 ml of vegetable oil;
• 240 g sugar (200 g for biscuit, 40 g for cream);
• 1 g vanillin (0.5 g for biscuit, 0.5 g for cream);
• 40 ml of wine vinegar;
• 290 g wheat flour;
• 1 tsp salt;
• 1.5 tsp. soda;
• 3 tbsp. l. water for dissolving soda;
• 2 tbsp. l. almond flour;
• 2 tbsp. l. semolina.

This cake is not for every day, but rather for special occasions, because its preparation will take you at least two hours.

1. Combine orange juice, vanillin, vegetable oil, sugar and zest in one bowl. Beat until sugar is completely dissolved. Then add the wine vinegar and beat for a few more minutes.

   

   Whisk juice, butter and sugar for the crust.

2. Add flour and salt to the juice mixture. Continue whisking on low mixer speed until smooth.

   

   Add flour and knead the dough

3. Dissolve the baking soda in water, add it to the dough and stir quickly. The mass will increase in volume and become lighter.

   

   Add baking soda and wait for the dough to rise

4. Pour the dough into a mold (the optimal diameter for this amount is 26 cm), having previously greased it with vegetable oil and sprinkled with flour. Place in an oven preheated to 180 ° C for 35 minutes. When the crust is golden brown, check its readiness with a match or toothpick.

   

   Bake the cake until tender

5. Now let's prepare the cream. Mix almond flour with semolina and sugar, add vanillin. Pour in orange juice and cook like semolina for 20 minutes. When the cream thickens, refrigerate and whisk.

   

   It is very easy to make lean cream from semolina and juice.

6. Cut the crust in 2 pieces lengthwise. From the inside and from above, smear it with cream, decorate with zest.

   

   Brush the cake with cream and garnish with zest

The cake is ready, invite everyone to the table!

Lenten Pie "Monastyrsky", cooked in a multicooker

Making this cake will take time and attention from you - prepare all the necessary foods in advance so that they are at your fingertips.

You will need:

• 400 g flour;
• 2 tbsp. l. honey;
• 200 ml of water;
• 200 g sugar;
• 100 ml of sunflower oil;
• 2 tbsp. l. baking powder for dough;
• 50 g sesame seeds;
• 100 g pumpkin seeds;
• 100 g of berries;
• 1 pinch of salt;
• 1 bag of black tea.

The traditional recipe for Monastyrsky pie includes walnuts. But if they are not there, you can replace them with sesame seeds.

Let's start cooking.

1. Boil the kettle - you need boiling water for the dough. Place the berries in a plate. If they are frozen, defrost them first.

   

   If you do not have fresh berries, take frozen

2. In a deep bowl, combine sugar, vegetable oil and honey softened in a water bath. Stir everything with a wooden spatula.

   

   Stir sugar, honey and butter with a wooden spatula

3. Brew a tea bag in boiling water. It is desirable that it be very strong. Pour it into a bowl of sugar and honey, mix. Add baking powder and wait until foam appears on the surface.

   

   For the test, you need strong black tea.

4. Add berries, nuts or sesame seeds and pumpkin seeds immediately to a bowl. Mix everything gently.

   

   Mix berries, sesame and seeds

5. Lightly salt the mixture and add the sifted flour. Knead the dough, which should be of medium consistency - not liquid and not tight.

   

   Be sure to sift the flour before adding to the dough.

6. Lubricate the inside of the multicooker bowl with vegetable oil and transfer the dough into it, level the surface. Select the "Baking" mode on the appliance, set the time to 65 minutes.

   

   The cake takes 65 minutes to bake well

The Monastyrsky pie is ready.

Video recipe for lean chocolate cake from a slow cooker

As you can see, even during Lent you can indulge in delicious pastries. It can be very varied and at the same time easy to prepare. Enjoy your meal!