Instructions for making an open cake in Lorraine

Master of the detective genre Georges Simenon is known to readers as a connoisseur of culinary wisdom and subtleties of French cuisine. Many dishes mentioned in the novels of the writer, went popularly as "Recipes of Madame Maigret".

Among them are duck with oranges, lamb with fried potatoes, tomato soup, red pepper stew, rice cake, chocolate profitroles, lemon cream and, of course, lorraine - Commissioner Maigret's favorite pie. And tonight. "Site" teach you how to cook it.





Kish with Kish mushrooms is an open cake on chopped dough with salt filling. Some hostess think pastry It's sandy, but it's not exactly true. The chopped dough is a false puff. Prepare it without liquid or with a minimum amount of it.

The easiest way. mince - pour flour into a large bowl and rub it with chilled butter into a dry crumb. Then add baking powder, liquid ingredients (water, milk, sour cream) to the mixture and quickly roll into the ball. Then put in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.

Dough can not be long and intensively kneaded. Mixing contributes to the formation of gluten, and the dough will not look like a puff. When the dough is cooled, layers are formed, because the oil does not melt or mix with flour.





The classic open cake is prepared in a Lorraine manner with bacon, pieces of butter and poured with egg and cream pouring. If desired, you can add mushrooms, greens, tomatoes and other vegetables.

Test ingredients

• 500g flour
• 250g butter
• 1 egg
• 5 tbsp water
• pinch

Filling ingredients

• 150g smoked lard or bacon
• 200g champignon
• 3 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 bulb
• 100g hard cheese
• 70g dried tomatoes
• 2 cloves of garlic

Filling ingredients

• 400ml cream
• 2 eggs
• salt, spices to taste

Preparation

1. Butter Cube it and put it in the freezer for 10 minutes.
   
   
   
   
2. Mix the sown flour with chilled butter. In the dry crumb add an egg, ice water and ball-roll. Put it in a bag and put it in the fridge for 40 minutes.
3. In the meantime, peel and chop the mushrooms and onions. Roast them in vegetable oil. Sprinkle and add the crushed garlic. Mix for pouring cream and whipped eggs. Send it to your taste.
   
   
   
   
4. Rested dough distributed in shape, form the sides and in some places pricked with a fork. 577468
   
   
   
   
5. Put on the dough pieces of smoked lard, mushroom filling and dried tomatoes. Sprinkle with grated cheese and pour cream-egg mixture.
   
   
   
   
6. Bake the cake 30-45 minutes (time depends on the size of the shape) in the oven, heated to 180 degrees. Serve warm. Bon appetit!
   
   
   
   

According to this recipe, you can make a cake with any filling. Be it. chicken-mushroom Or salmon and broccoli. Crunchy dough and delicate cream filling is a win-win option to deliciously feed loved ones and surprise guests.