The well-known semolina is just no less well-known whole wheat grits. Semolina is rich in vegetable protein and starch, is well absorbed, contains B vitamins, potassium, phosphorus, iron, calcium. It is well-digested, which makes its preparation quick and easy. True, not everyone loves semolina, and the same breakfast dish quickly bothers. But this is not a problem, because there are a great many dishes from semolina.
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Do you consider semolina porridge a plain and boring dish? Count Dmitry Guryev, Minister of Finance and a member of the State Council, would not agree with you. It was in his honor that Guryev’s porridge was named, for the preparation of which froths are melted from milk, and then laid out on a dish interspersed with thick porridge. Nuts, dried fruits and jam are added to the dish. By the way, Guryev’s porridge was the most favorite dish of Emperor Alexander III.
From semolina porridge you can make a real dessert without fussing with foams. Just add raisins, dried apricots, prunes, nuts, chocolate, jam, condensed milk, fresh berries or fruits to your taste, and turmeric, vanilla, cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg from spices. Do not make the porridge too thick, do not serve it cold and avoid the appearance of lumps: for this, pour the cereal in a small stream or dilute it in milk or water in advance.
This cereal is widely used for the preparation of casseroles, puddings, cakes, pancakes. Recipes from semolina are not limited to sweets. It is added to soups and salads, serves as the basis for dumplings. In some semolina dishes, this cereal is not even felt, for example, after trying semolina mousse, your guests may not guess what this gentle dessert is made of.
It is prepared as follows: first cook a concentrated compote of berries (for example, cranberries), then wipe them through a sieve and, based on the resulting mass, cook a thick sweet semolina. After that, it needs to be quickly cooled and whipped with a mixer at maximum speed until the mass becomes airy. Serve with milk or just like that.
Baking from semolina is simple, but it turns out to be very tender and melting in your mouth. There are a lot of options for cooking manna, and here is one of them. You will need:
- 1 tbsp. decoys
- 1 tbsp. flour
- 1 tbsp of brown sugar, - a little vanillin (you can add lemon zest)
- 100 gr. butter
- 1 tbsp kefir (baked milk, fermented baked milk)
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 0.5 tsp citric acid
- 1 tsp soda.
You can add cocoa (carob), pre-soaked raisins, poppy seeds, nuts, chopped apples.
Cooking is simple: mix the dry ingredients, rub the oil, pour in the kefir. Put the resulting dough on a baking sheet sprinkled with semolina. Bake for 35-40 minutes at 180-200 degrees.
Easy to prepare and tasty dish - cottage cheese pancakes with semolina. In order for their recipe, it is enough to add semolina instead of flour, or add it instead of part of the flour. In addition to the fact that cheesecakes will better keep their shape, they will turn out more magnificent and tender.
Another great solution to making semolina is rava fret. These delicious golden color sweet balls are popular in india. They are prepared from semolina, sugar, butter and spices.
- Guryev porridge
- Rawa fret