Lenten mannik, the taste of which will be remembered for a long time

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Many fasting people deny themselves a lot. Often pastries and various sweets, which are constantly in short supply, are put in the background.

But don't worry, we've found a solution! We will prepare a lean orange mannik, the recipe of which even a novice cook can master.

A little something interesting

Initially, this dish was considered a real dessert, because it included milk, eggs, and butter, but this does not mean that our lean mannik will be inferior in taste.

On the contrary, without dairy products, it will become light and airy, and orange will add tropical and summer notes.

The most important thing is that in the lean mannik, the recipe of which we will soon consider, it will be possible to add dried fruits, various seeds that will make the cake not only tasty, but also he althy.

List of ingredients

Really, it's great that a lean orange manna doesn't require any fancy ingredients. It contains only what can be found in the bins of every housewife, and it is very convenient!

Needed:

• semolina - 200 grams;
• orange juice - 300 ml;
• cane/regular sugar - 180 g;
• vegetable oil - 80 ml;
• wheat flour - 50g;
• baking powder for dough - 2 tsp;
• orange zest - 1 tsp

Still need a variety of spices to your taste, nuts, dried fruits and so on. The main thing to consider is that if you use a large amount of sweet additives, such as raisins, then you will need to reduce the amount of sugar for the dough.

Preparing oranges

To make our lean mannik really useful, we will take the juice production into our own hands. In this way, we will not only control the quality of the products, but also reduce the amount of sugar.

In fact, you can not add sugar at all, since the natural sweetness of an orange should be enough even for a whole pie.

So, we bought a couple of large and ripe citrus fruits and washed them well with water, as in the future the peel will also work.

After that, we peel off the zest from it, namely its bright orange part, not reaching the white layer. When it is added, an unpleasant bitterness will appear, and we do not need this.

And now we squeeze the juice using a special orange juicer or our own power. If you don't plan to use all of the juice, boil it to extend its shelf life.

Preparing dough

In a deep bowl, combine semolina, sugar, coconut flakesand orange zest, mixing thoroughly. The finished mixture should be poured with orange juice and left for several hours to swell the cereal. If you don't have a few hours to wait, you'll need to heat the juice slightly to speed up the reaction.

After the "ripening" of the semolina, pour in the vegetable oil, mix and add the remaining ingredients, flour and baking powder. At the very end, you can add your favorite fruits and nuts, but do not overdo it, otherwise the dough will not simply rise.

Preparing the shape by making a "French shirt". This is a way of preparing a container, when its entire surface is smeared with oil, and then sprinkled with flour. This forms the thinnest layer, which does not affect the taste, but helps the dessert to easily come out of the mold.

We remove our lean mannik into the oven (180 degrees, 40-50 minutes depending on the power of your oven). After that, you need to let it cool slightly.

Additional decor

Of course, it will be even tastier if we decorate the mannik. This can be done in many ways, but we will focus on the sweet glaze.

For her we need:

• powdered sugar - 50 g;
• cornstarch - 1 tsp;
• lemon juice - 1 tsp;
• water - 3 tsp

Preparing the glaze will not take much time, but it will certainly make our lean dessert many times more beautiful. And to facilitate this process, we will write it down point by point, having studied all the features and details.

Mix all drycomponents together, mixing thoroughly, and then adding in portions, pour in water.

When all the lumps disappear, you can safely pour glaze over our wonderful mannik, decorate with fruit and mint and serve with hot green tea.

For true chocoholics

Don't like lean orange mannik? Bake chocolate!

Moreover, the main recipe remains the same, but only some components change. Therefore, we remove the orange and its derivatives from the composition, replacing the juice with water, and the zest with cinnamon or nutmeg.

Add a few tablespoons of cocoa to the total dry mixture, depending on the desired taste (if you want a more delicate version, then a tablespoon is enough, but if your love for chocolate desserts is very great, then you can not be stingy and pour two, three, or even four tablespoons).

You can leave the coconut flakes on, but add to it, for example, walnuts (it goes well with chocolate) and prunes.

The rest of the process is the same, which is really cool, because you can experiment so much without fear of ruining the dough or anything.

Conclusion

Well, today we baked two wonderful desserts with you. The first, lean mannik, goes well with an orange. In addition, we can say with confidence that an orange can be safely replaced with any other fruit, for example, juicy peaches or ripe bananas.

The second, lean chocolate mannik, just struck on the spot all those whocannot live without this sweetness. This time we've gone big with the resulting texture with nuts and prunes that burst into flavor fireworks in your mouth.

Though what are we telling you? This is a must try for yourself, because once you cook it, you are unlikely to want to cook it again and again!