Gooseberries, which are also known in Rus' as bersen, northern grapes and royal berries, often appear on tables as part of jam, various preserves, compotes, jams, jelly, sauces, soups... Of course, you cannot list all the drinks and dishes. But what is the main delicacy with gooseberries in the recipe? Pie, of course, we answer! This sweet and slightly sour berry, coupled with a biscuit, can remind you of the taste of grapes, raspberries, plums or even peach. That is why even the most capricious and picky children will like this dish.
Choosing gooseberries for baking
At the moment, countless varieties of this berry have been developed. So which one should you choose to make gooseberry pie? The recipe does not limit you in terms of the size of the berries or other qualities. For example, it has long been proven that the presence or absence of thorns on berry branches does not affect their taste at all. It may depend on the region, soil and conditions in which gardeners grew and harvested their crops. But we cannot give a definite answer to the question about the best variety, since everyone has different tastes. We will introduce you to the sweetest of them:
- So, Kooperator is a variety of dark cherry, sweet and sour berries of medium and large size.
- Krasnoslavyansky. The berries of this variety have a lot of prickly thorns, and they are distributed along the entire length of the shoot. But they are famous for their sweet taste with an almost imperceptible pleasant sourness.
- And the third grade is the Ural emerald. These berries are green, slightly transparent and almost always sour.
Choose the variety you like and start making the pie.
Charlotte with gooseberries
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Who would have thought that the usual charlotte can be prepared not only with apples, but also with gooseberries. With this sweet and sour berry, the pie turns out very tasty and also original. By the way, not only fresh gooseberries are suitable, but also frozen ones. The main thing is to defrost the berries at room temperature in advance. You can cook charlotte either in the oven or in a slow cooker. The second option is ideal for those who can forget about the baking they are preparing and remember about it when it smells burnt. In a slow cooker, your pie is guaranteed not to burn, even if you forget about it and go to the store or for a walk. Upon your return, a ready-made hot charlotte will be waiting for you.
Gooseberry pie with kefir (ingredients)
To prepare this delicious dessert, you won’t need much time, and you don’t really need any culinary knowledge. We will list everything you need:
- a little wheat flour (300 g);
- one glass of sugar;
- three pieces of eggs;
- a mug of milk;
- half a glass of sunflower oil;
- a teaspoon of baking powder (can be replaced with soda slaked with vinegar);
- a pinch of powdered sugar;
- two spoons of vanilla sugar;
- two glasses of gooseberries.
Cheesecakes with gooseberries
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As we have already determined in the casserole recipe, cottage cheese goes well with gooseberries in taste and texture. Especially with ripe and sweet berries. We invite you to verify this completely by preparing cheesecakes with gooseberries. For this baking we use classic yeast dough - first we make the dough, then add it to the dough and leave the dough to rise. The process is not difficult, but it will require your time, so keep in mind that preparing the cheesecakes from start to finish will take you about six hours. Of this time, the dough will be prepared for three hours and the dough will rise for another two.
- 4-8 servings 3 hours 4 steps
Ingredients:
For the test:
- Wheat flour 400 g
- Dry yeast 5 g
- Filtered water 120 ml
- Granulated sugar 70 g
- Egg 1 pc.
- Butter 100 g
- A pinch of salt
For filling:
- Low-fat cottage cheese 200 g
- Sour cream 70 g
- Granulated sugar 30 g
- Egg white 1 pc.
- Gooseberries 70 g
- A pinch of salt
Preparation
Now let's start cooking:
- First, let's start kneading the dough. Break three eggs into a deep container, add sugar, butter and kefir, mix with vanilla sugar.
- The second step is to add wheat flour with baking powder mixed in it and achieve a homogeneous mass. Next, we wash the gooseberry berries, clearing them of twigs, leaves and other unnecessary debris. Please note that sometimes the size of the berries can reach the average size of a plum. In this case, we will need to cut them in half or even into quarters.
- Grease a baking sheet (any other baking dish will do) with sunflower oil, or you can simply lay parchment on it. Pour out the liquid mass and then add the gooseberries. But not all of it, we must leave one third, and mix the rest with the dough. Now we simply sprinkle the remaining gooseberries on top so that it looks beautiful.
- The oven should already be preheated to 180-200 degrees. Let the pie bake for forty minutes. To check if it is ready, poke it with a match or toothpick. If it is damp or a little wet, then you need to leave it for another five minutes, but if it remains dry, feel free to serve the pie!
Gorgeous gooseberry pie - my summer hit with an unusual taste of sourness and sweetness
Many housewives, especially those of the “old school,” believe that healthy food cannot be tasty. As proof to such people, I often prepare dishes that will not only be remembered for their taste, but will also bring only benefits to the body. Summer is the time for berries and fresh vegetables, so you can often serve baked goods with these ingredients in the lead role for breakfast. One of my family's favorites is a healthy whole grain flour pie with gooseberries. The fruits of this shrub perfectly combine sourness and sweetness, so necessary on hot, sultry days. In addition, gooseberries are hypoallergenic and contain a huge amount of microelements, vitamins and macroelements.
Shortbread pie with gooseberries
It is hardly possible to imagine a more pleasant pastime than a warm summer evening in the company of loved ones with aromatic hot tea and a slightly crispy freshly baked pie. Absolutely all family members will not mind enjoying this. The recipe for gooseberry pie is quite simple, now we will tell you about it.
The ingredients for the sand text will be different. Instead of kefir, sunflower oil and milk, we add sour cream (100 grams) and half a stick of butter. The filling for the pie will be gooseberries with sugar and two tablespoons of starch.
Pie with gooseberries and cottage cheese (from frozen puff pastry)
Pizza and pies author - Natalya Grekova Pie with gooseberries and cottage cheese (from frozen puff pastry)
Piece of gooseberry pie
There were a lot of gooseberries today, I bought a whole bag of them, but they were unripe and hard. It was delicious to eat, but ripe gooseberries were still sweeter and softer.
I didn’t want to make jam; I don’t really understand gooseberry jam. And then I decided to bake a gooseberry pie - when cooked, the piercing sourness of unripe berries softens and mellows.
And gooseberries are very helpful in sweet curd soufflé!
Anyway, I just baked a puff pastry pie with gooseberries and a layer of cottage cheese. Consolidation!
If you are sensitive to berry acid, then this gooseberry pie is best baked with ripe sweet berries.
What you need for gooseberry pie
Frozen puff pastry – 500 g; Cottage cheese – 300-400 g; Eggs – 2-3 pieces; Sugar – 0.5 cups; Pinch of salt; Gooseberries – 1.5-2 cups; Flour – for rolling out dough + 2 tablespoons in berries.
Vegetable or butter - just a little to grease the baking dish.
Prepare the pie dough
- Remove the dough from the freezer in advance and deflate according to the instructions on the package. When warm, roll out half the dough as needed for your baking dish or baking tray (I had a rectangular shape 35x25 cm, rolled it into a suitable rectangle). Sprinkle the board and rolling pin with flour to prevent the dough from sticking.
- Grease a pie pan with oil and place a layer of dough in it.
Prepare the filling from curd soufflé and gooseberries
- Beat eggs with salt and half the amount of sugar (this is a quarter cup). Combine eggs with cottage cheese, knead until smooth.
- Mix gooseberries with flour and the second half of sugar.
Assemble the gooseberry pie
- Distribute the curd mass over the dough. Scatter gooseberries on top.
Place gooseberries on a layer of cottage cheese
- Roll out the second part of the dough and cut into strips - 4 thicker strips - for the sides. the rest are thin for the pie lattice.
- Place the sides of the pie and a lattice of pastry (on top of the cottage cheese and gooseberry filling).
Cut the remaining dough into strips and weave them into a lattice.
Bake a gooseberry and cottage cheese pie
- Place the pie in the oven, heated to 180 degrees C and bake until the dough is browned (30-40 minutes). Focus on the appearance of curd aroma and the smell of baking. If the dough is browned, the gooseberry pie is ready!
This is what a heavy, juicy and delicious pie with gooseberries and cottage cheese looks like!
What kind of dough can you use to bake a gooseberry pie?
Any yeast dough (both homemade and store-bought) is suitable for gooseberries. The recipe for homemade dough for pies or pies with gooseberries can be taken from the recipe for pies with currants. If you have your own proven recipe for yeast dough, cook according to it.
If you are baking a sponge cake or cupcake, you can add gooseberries to the dough instead of raisins. Chocolate sponge cake with gooseberries will be very tasty! The recipe for such a simple sponge cake can be taken from the Sancho Panza cake - we don’t need the recipe. We don’t need cream, just bake the sponge cake by mixing its dough with gooseberries.
Gooseberries will also be very good in an open shortbread pie, which can be baked with soufflé filling or in the same way with cottage cheese, as in this recipe, only make the dough crust not from puff pastry, but from shortcrust pastry. The principle of preparation and the option of pouring gooseberries can be found in the recipe for peach soufflé (just replace the peaches with gooseberries).
Shortbread dough can also be taken homemade or purchased.
Piece of quiroga with gooseberries
Gooseberry pies will be very tasty with any dough! Gooseberries splash bright juicy sourness in sweets. It's always so healthy and juicy!
Do I need to peel gooseberries?
If you are a heroine and a very careful person, cut off the tails of the gooseberries. And if you already eat these berries with tails, then why waste time on a useless activity? This will not change the taste of the pie, nor will it spoil the appearance.
I didn't peel the gooseberries. Whether you clean it is a matter of your conscience and character.
The cottage cheese turns into a delicate cream in which gooseberries are buried!
Other recipes with gooseberries
You can also make delicious compotes from gooseberries (you can see the recipe, as with other berries, in the Preparations section) or jelly - recipe. And if you don’t finish cooking the jelly (do not add starch), then you will get gooseberry compote, which you can drink right away. ))) And here is another recipe for gooseberry jam with oranges (very simple and quick).
Gooseberries can be added to stews as a sweet and sour seasoning, or you can make berry sauces for meat from gooseberries (you can even puree them in a blender and serve them with fried meat).
Enjoy your meal!
Bon appetit!
Source: https://amamam.ru/pirog-s-kry-zhovnikom-i-tvorogom-iz-zamo/
How to cook?
First we make the dough:
- Mix the prepared ingredients in one container.
- After adding sour cream to the eggs and sugar, beat the resulting mixture with a mixer or whisk, then sift the wheat flour and grate the butter there.
- Knead the dough until soft and pliable.
- We put it in a bag or wrap it in cling film and put it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
We rinse the gooseberries with a cold stream of water and clean them thoroughly. Next, we put them on a piece of paper or a waffle towel to remove unnecessary moisture, and then twist them in a meat grinder. Add a cup of sugar and starch to the finished liquid mass.
Grease the mold, take the frozen dough out of the refrigerator and roll it out to the very edges so that you get two-centimeter sides. Now pour the gooseberry filling with sugar into it, level it with a spoon and leave it in the oven for half an hour at a temperature of up to two hundred degrees.
When the pie is ready, let it cool for a few minutes with the window open. And only then do we invite all household members to the table.
Gooseberry tart
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A simple recipe for a delicious French shortcrust pastry tart. To prepare it, you will need only a few ingredients that can be found in almost every kitchen - flour, sugar, butter. That's all, actually. From them you prepare a dough, inside which you put fresh berries and sprinkle them with sugar. During the baking process, the filling will automatically turn into a thick, sweet berry jam. The tart is best eaten hot, served with a scoop of ice cream or garnished with homemade whipped cream, according to the French tradition.
- 4 servings 1.5 hours 2 steps
Ingredients:
- Wheat flour 1 cup
- Granulated sugar 1.5 cups
- Butter 100 g
- Gooseberries 3 cups
- A pinch of salt
- Filtered water 1.5 cups
Prepare shortbread dough for tart according to the classic recipe: mix flour with a pinch of salt, 1 tbsp. l. sugar and rub with soft butter with your hands. Pour in cold water and knead. Roll the dough into a ball, wrap in cling film and refrigerate for 20-30 minutes.
Grease a tart tin, such as Tefal Easy Grip 27 cm, well with butter. Distribute the dough over the bottom and walls. Place gooseberries without stems inside and sprinkle them evenly with the remaining sugar. Place in the oven preheated to 180 degrees and bake for about 40-45 minutes.
Ingredients:
- Wheat flour 1 cup
- Granulated sugar 1.5 cups
- Butter 100 g
- Gooseberries 3 cups
- A pinch of salt
- Filtered water 1.5 cups
Cooking tips
When preparing a gooseberry pie, the recipes for which we have brought to your attention, use the following tips:
- When you put the baking sheet in the oven, you first need to keep it at a low temperature of up to 150 degrees and only then add it to 200. This is necessary so that the dough rises higher and swells more.
- It will be better if you cool the cake directly in the pan, so it will thicken and completely harden in its shape.
- When you take the dessert out of the oven, it will not break or crumble when cutting into pieces if you preheat the knife.
- To ensure that the cake retains its taste and aroma, place it in a closed enamel bowl with vanilla at the bottom.
- If you decide to cook a gooseberry pie in a slow cooker, then keep in mind that it does not have a top heating function, so a few minutes before taking the pie out, just turn it upside down and serve it that way. It will look much more appetizing!
- The pie can be decorated with melted chocolate, candied fruits, marmalade and Easter sprinkles.
That's all. We hope that this article will be of great service to you when preparing gooseberry pie. You can choose any recipe, depending on your personal tastes and mood. We wish you a pleasant tea party!
Sweet cottage cheese casserole with gooseberries
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Gooseberries go well with cottage cheese. For example, you can simply add ripe sweet berries to crumbly cottage cheese - you will get a tasty and dietary dish. Another option is to cook a casserole in the oven or slow cooker. A couple of tricks for those who want the dessert to be as airy and tender as possible. Firstly, cook without flour, adding only semolina. Secondly, separate the yolks from the whites. Grind the yolks with sugar until white and mix with cottage cheese and other ingredients, and beat the whites thoroughly and add to other products at the very end, carefully stirring with a spatula.
- 4-6 servings 1 hour 3 steps
Ingredients:
- Low-fat cottage cheese 500 g
- Eggs 4 pcs.
- Granulated sugar 150 g
- Gooseberries fresh or frozen 200 g
- Semolina 1 tbsp. l.
- Vegetable oil 1 tsp.
Separate the whites from the yolks. Beat the egg whites well using a mixer, such as PowerMix HM613130.
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Grind the yolks with sugar, add cottage cheese and semolina, pureed through a sieve. Mix well.
Add stemless berries and beaten egg whites. Stir gently with a wooden or plastic spatula. Transfer the mixture into the greased bowl of a multicooker like Tefal Induction RK805E32. Turn on the “Bake” mode for 45 minutes. It is advisable not to open the lid during the entire cooking period. When finished, open the slow cooker and inspect the casserole. If the edges are well baked, the dessert is ready; if not, then cook it for another 15-20 minutes. If you cook in the oven, you will need 30-40 minutes at 160 degrees.
Ingredients:
- Low-fat cottage cheese 500 g
- Eggs 4 pcs.
- Granulated sugar 150 g
- Gooseberries fresh or frozen 200 g
- Semolina 1 tbsp. l.
- Vegetable oil 1 tsp.
