The Ukrainian apricot pie or pennik is vitamin-rich and easy-to-cook dessert.
Ingredients
Egg white 8 pieces
Apricots 500 g
Sugar 200 g
Dairy butter 0.5 tsp
Breadcrumbs 1 tbsp
Water 1 glass
Citric acid to taste
Stages of cooking
1
Rinse the apricots. Put them into the casserole, cover with water and simmer until they are ready (the apricots should soften).
2
Rub the cooked apricots through the sieve and combine them with sugar and citric acid.
3
Whip the egg white in stiff foam and carefully combine with rubbed apricots. Put the batter into the baking pan, brushed with butter and sprinkled with breadcrumbs.
4
Bake the pennik for 30 mins in oven preheated to 180C. The finished pennik could be dusted with powdered sugar.
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