Flavored apple Solozhenyk: how to cook an authentic dish to make it perfect

Solozhenyk is a Ukrainian sweet dough pie that was mostly prepared for Easter. However, it turned out to be so delicious that housewives often began to cook it on ordinary days.

Food blogger Valeria Matrokhina shared the correct recipe for this dish on Instagram. She also noted that the filling does not have to be apple.

Ingredients for the dough

• Eggs - 5 pcs
• Flour - 150 gr
• Sugar - 50 gr
• Milk - 150 ml
• Butter - 100 g
• Vanilla sugar - 10 g
• Salt - a pinch

Ingredients for the filling

• Apples - 6 pcs
• Butter - 30 g
• Sugar - 2 tbsp
• Cinnamon - 1 tsp

Ingredients for the meringue

• Proteins - 2 pcs
• Sugar - 120 g

How to prepare the dough

1. Separate the whites from the yolks. Set aside the yolks and add vanilla sugar and a pinch of salt to the whites. Beat until stiff peaks form.

2. In a separate bowl, beat the egg yolks with sugar, milk and a pinch of salt until the mass becomes lighter and larger. Add the flour and beat. At the very end, add the melted butter (not hot) and the egg whites. Beat everything and let the dough rest for a while.

3. Bake the pancakes in a frying pan.

How to prepare the filling

1.Melt the butter in a saucepan and fry the sliced apples without the skin.

2. Once the apples are soft, add 2 tbsp of sugar and cinnamon. Caramelize until the apples turn an attractive golden color.

3. Add nuts if desired.

How to prepare the meringue

1.Thoroughly beat the egg whites with the sugar until stiff peaks form.

How to form the dish

1.Put the parchment on a baking sheet, then the pancake, then the meringue and the filling, and so on.

2. Each time, fold the filling closer and closer to the center, leaving the edges empty to create a hemisphere shape.

3. Grease the top pancake with a good layer of meringue on all sides

4. Bake for 15 minutes at 210 degrees.