Pumpkin mannikin on kefir

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to bake a delicious pumpkin mannikin on kefir in the oven? Very simple! First, prepare the necessary ingredients according to the list. Take the flour of the highest grade. Kefir is suitable for any fat content. Butter should be at room temperature, so take it out of the refrigerator in advance.

2. Step 2:

   

   Pour the semolina with kefir at room temperature and leave for 30 minutes to swell.

3. Step 3:

   

   Peel and seed the pumpkin. Grate the pulp on a medium grater.

4. Step 4:

   

   In a bowl, combine the soft butter, eggs, lemon zest, sugar and vanilla sugar. Beat with a mixer until fluffy. The better you beat the eggs, the more airy the mannikin will turn out.

5. Step 5:

   

   Add the swollen semolina with kefir and grated pumpkin. Whisk everything again.

6. Step 6:

   

   Add the flour sifted with baking powder in parts and whisk until smooth. Do not rush to pour all the flour at once, as it may need more or less. Focus on the consistency.

8. Step 7:

   

   The dough should be thick, but not steep.

9. Step 8:

   

   Put the dough in a greased form. There is a lot of dough, so choose the appropriate form for it. The size of my form is 31 by 11 cm. Place the mannikin in a preheated 180 ° C oven and bake for about 45-55 minutes until the skewer is dry.

10. Step 9:

    

    While the mannikin is baking, prepare the mixture for impregnation. Depending on how much juice was extracted from the lemon, adjust the amount of water so that the total volume of liquid is 100 ml. I got 45 ml of lemon juice and 55 ml of water.

11. Step 10:

    

    Pour lemon juice and water into a saucepan. Add sugar. Put the mixture on low heat, bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes. Then remove the saucepan from the heat.

12. Step 11:

    

    Remove the finished mannikin from the oven and soak it with lemon syrup on top. Let stand for about 15 minutes. Then transfer to a platter and serve to the table. Bon appetit!