Buckwheat Krupenik With Cottage Cheese, As Well As Rice And Millet: Step By Step Recipes With Photos And Videos

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

Hearty krupenik for breakfast and afternoon tea: 3 recipes for a traditional Russian dish

Ruddy, fragrant, crumbly grains occupy an important place in the traditional cuisine of the Russian people. Most often, such a dish is prepared from buckwheat, however, you can find many related recipes, the basic product of which is other cereals: rice, millet, semolina and even wheat. Krupenik can be a main course, side dish or dessert. Today we're going to talk about sweet varieties of Russian casseroles.

Step-by-step recipes for cooking cereal

Now, when I decided to write this article, I cannot understand how, with my love for a variety of casseroles, I could ignore such an amazing thing as a cereal. And given the variety of food variations, this is generally unforgivable! A hearty and tasty dish is a real find for the whole family. At least in my family, no one refuses to have a krupenik. I offer you some of my favorite recipes among my household.

Buckwheat groats with cottage cheese

A savory casserole that will appeal to both adults and kids.

Ingredients:

• 100 g of buckwheat;
• 250 g of cottage cheese;
• 2 eggs;
• 2 tbsp. l. granulated sugar;
• 1 pinch of salt;
• butter for greasing the mold.

Preparation:

1. Boil the buckwheat until tender in slightly salted water, cool.

2. Beat the eggs with sugar until the crystals of the dry product are completely dissolved.

   

   Beat eggs with sugar

3. Place cottage cheese in a bowl of egg mixture.

   

   Add cottage cheese to the eggs

4. Mash the fermented milk product with a fork and mix thoroughly with the eggs.

   

   Mix eggs and curd

5. Add buckwheat, mix everything well again.

   

   Put boiled buckwheat in the curd-egg mixture

6. Put the resulting mass in a greased baking dish.

   

   Transfer the buckwheat and curd mass to the mold
7. Cook the cereal for 35–45 minutes at 200 degrees until golden brown.

8. Cool the finished dish slightly, remove from the mold and brush with butter. Serve with condensed milk, jam, natural yoghurt or sour cream.

   

   Brush the cereal with butter before serving

Video: buckwheat and cottage cheese groats

Rice groats with raisins

An excellent breakfast that will turn the morning into a wonderful holiday.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 tbsp. round rice;
• 1 tbsp. raisins;
• 1/4 Art. granulated sugar;
• 2-3 eggs;
• 2 tbsp. l. butter + for greasing the mold;
• 1/2 tsp vanilla sugar;
• breadcrumbs.

Preparation:

1. Rinse the rice well, cover with water in a ratio of 1: 3, bring to a boil and cook over medium heat for 15–20 minutes. Place the rice in a colander, rinse and leave to drain the liquid.

2. Transfer the cooled rice to a large bowl, add eggs, granulated sugar and vanilla sugar.

   

   Mix rice with eggs and sugar

3. Spoon in softened butter and steamed raisins. Mix everything well.

   

   Add raisins and oil

4. Transfer the rice mixture to a greased pan sprinkled with bread crumbs.

   

   Place the rice mass into the prepared mold.

5. Place the dish in an oven preheated to 180 degrees and cook the cereal for 40 minutes until golden brown.

   

   Bake the cereal until golden brown

6. Cut the casserole into squares or triangles and serve warm.

   

   Serve the cereal warm or cold

Millet krupenik

Another variant of a delicious dish, in which millet groats are perfectly combined with delicate cottage cheese.

Ingredients:

• 125 g millet groats;
• 250 g of cottage cheese;
• 3 eggs;
• 50 g sour cream;
• 35 g wheat flour + for sprinkling the mold;
• 50 g granulated sugar;
• 1/2 tsp vanilla sugar;
• 10 g butter;
• salt to taste.

Preparation:

1. Stock up on the right ingredients.

   

   Prepare food

2. Rinse millet well and boil for 20 minutes.

3. Cool the prepared porridge completely.

   

   Boil the millet and cool it completely

4. Transfer the cottage cheese to a bowl, grind, mix with eggs, sugar and a pinch of salt.

5. Add sour cream to the curd mass, beat everything with a blender until smooth.

   

   Mix the ingredients with a blender

6. Add flour, stir.

7. Put the millet in a bowl and mix well again.

   

   Add millet and mix well

8. Grease a baking dish with butter and sprinkle with a little flour.

   

   Prepare the form

9. Transfer the millet-curd mass into a mold, smooth the surface with a spoon.

10. Cook the casserole for 40–45 minutes at an oven temperature of 170 degrees.

    

    Bake the cereal until tender

11. Remove the finished cereal from the mold and cut into segments.

    

    Serve in portions

Below I offer an alternative version of a millet cereal.

Video: the most delicious millet casserole

Krupenik is a wonderful option for a delicious meal for adults and children, and cooking such a meal is a pleasure. If you also love pampering your family with wonderful cereal casseroles, share your recipes in the comments below. Enjoy your meal!