Old Russian kurik. Pie, the recipe of which was known even under Ivan the Terrible

Famous Russian pies have always been the pride of our national cuisine. Kulebyaki and pies with juicy fat filling, from a lush yeast dough, browned in the oven, served in the best Moscow restaurants, described in classical works of Russian literature, were and remain one of the main dishes at any festive feast.

Kornik - pie, the recipe of which was especially popular in the southern regions of Russia, on the Don and Kuban, has been known since time immemorial. There remained written evidence that a tall layered pie filled with chicken was served at the table by Ivan the Terrible. Complex, consisting of several layers and a variety of fillings, the main part of which was chicken meat, this cake was a symbol of abundance, hospitality and very often decorated the wedding table.

A classic old Russian kurnik is a pie, the recipe of which had its own specific features. The cone-shaped shell of it was baked from freshly baked dough. In it, as in a peculiar bag, was a complex filling, consisting of meat, mushroom and cereal layers, which were shifted thin pancakes. At the top of this complex structure, an opening was left, so that the steam formed during baking would come out. When the pie was taken out of the oven and served with heat from the heat, it was smoked like a volcano, it is believed that this explains its name.

A classic kurik - a pie, the recipe of which can be found in old culinary books, is difficult and troublesome to make. It takes a lot of effort and time to make it. But the result will be worth it. And, probably, a good housewife should try to bake such a pie on an important family holiday to conquer the guests.

How to bake a kurik? For this cake use at least three kinds of filling. One layer is necessarily made from boiled chicken meat, the second one is made from buckwheat or rice porridge mixed with fried onions, the third layer can be from mushrooms, boiled eggs, acid currant, etc.

Prepare a real Russian kurik. Pie, the recipe of which has traditionally been used for a wedding celebration. First we make a dough for the shell. It is kneaded from two glasses of flour, a half-pint of butter, egg, three tablespoons of sour cream, a quarter of a glass of milk, hydrated soda. A well-kneaded dough rolls into a bowl and is placed in the fridge.

For the filling boil the chicken, free the meat from the skin and bones and finely chop. The second layer of filling we will have from boiled rice mixed with chopped fresh herbs, the third layer will be fried mushrooms with onions. All layers should be added to taste.

Each layer of filling is shifted with a pancake. Pancakes are cooked according to any known recipe, by leaven or fresh. For the kurik, you need to bake nine pancakes.

After all the ingredients of the pie are ready, it can be collected. The fourth part of the fresh dough is rolled into a layer, which in size should be slightly larger than the diameter of the pancake. On top of the cake spread the third part of the rice, then pancake, on top of the pancake chicken, which is again covered with a pancake on top. On top lay out a third of the filling of mushrooms, again close it with a pancake, etc., until the entire filling is over. The topmost layer should be from the filling, not from the pancake. To make the pie more juicy, pour each layer of the filling with a small amount of sauce, which we cook so. 50 grams of butter melted on the stove, add a spoonful of flour, mix it with flour and cook it, then gradually add the chicken broth to this mixture, until the sour cream density sauce is obtained. At the last stage, we add two tablespoons of sour cream or a quarter of a glass of creamy cream.

From the rest of the dough a little detached for decoration, and the rest is rolled into a round layer and we cover a slide of filling and pancakes, making a hole on the top of the "volcano". Kurnik decorate the figures cut out of the dough, grease it with yolk and put it to bake in a low heat.

A simple recipe for a kurnik for those who are not confident in their abilities or does not want to spend a lot of energy on culinary delights can be prepared with stuffing from chicken and potatoes (a layer of boiled chicken and a layer of boiled potatoes that are watered with sour cream sauce). In this case, for the pie itself, you can take both fresh and yeast dough.