With the advent of a multicooker in the house, the process of making a dish of any complexity becomes the forces of any mistress. Today, with the help of a little assistant, we will prepare the national dish of Lithuanian cuisine - Cugelis. In Russia, this dish is also very fond of and consider it hearty and very tasty. Its name is very simple - potato grandmother.

Potato grandmother in a slow cooker

What is Cugelis or a grandmother of potatoes? This is, in fact, a regular casserole that can be prepared in different ways from various ingredients. A real Lithuanian potato grandmother is prepared from a mixture of raw and boiled potatoes. The principle of cooking is very similar to the recipe for ordinary pancakes, but there are also their secrets. To prepare a real potato grandmother, it is not at all necessary that the house has a good oven, a multure baby will be able to cope with all the tasks.

Products:

• raw potatoes - 5 pcs.;
• boiled potatoes - 3 pcs.;
• egg - 1 pc.;
• onions - 1 pc.;
• kefir or milk - 125 ml;
• vegetable oil - 2 tbsp.;
• salt, seasonings - to taste.

How to cook a potato grandmother in a slow cooker:

1. Potatoes need to be washed, cleaned and grated on a fine grater, but not on the smallest so as not to injure the fingers. Try to cope with this task as best as possible, be patient, it will be useful to you. Of course, you can cope faster and rub the potatoes on the largest grater, but then the taste of the potato grandmother will be different. So we do everything according to the recipe.
2. You need to add onions to the potatoes. It needs to be cleaned and chopped (using a blender, meat grinder or grate). We need an average onion, if you have a small onion - take 2 onions, large - half is enough.
3. Mix the mixture, add grated boiled potatoes. You need to boil it in advance, you can in a slow cooker using the "soup" or "extinguishing" mode. Potatoes can be welded in a uniform, and then cleaned, it will be much more convenient. By the way, this time you can grate potatoes on a coarse grater.
4. Add vegetable oil, a minimum of 2 tbsp, it is possible more, since potatoes quickly absorb fats.
5. Following the oil, pour half a glass of milk or kefir, and then salt and pepper to taste.
6. Another ingredient remained - this is an egg, it must also be added to the mixture and kneled it well so that the potato mass becomes homogeneous.
7. Lubricate the multicooker container with oil (vegetable) and slightly sprinkled with flour. We lay out a homogeneous potato mass. You can cook in the “soup” or “rice” mode for the first 50 minutes, then you need to open the lid very carefully to turn the potato grandmother in the slow cooker and switch the device into the “porridge” or “rice” mode. Leave for 10 minutes.
8. You can do otherwise and immediately install the “Baking” program, the time will be displayed automatically, only after the sound signal it is advisable to try the potato grandmother in the slow cooker to taste in order to understand whether it is well baked or you will still need to extend the cooking time.

What is good potato grandmother in a slow cooker, prepared according to this recipe? The dish is tender and starchy. You can serve the grandmother with sour cream or any warm sauce, put a plate with meat and vegetable slices on the table. Enjoy your meal!

Potato grandmother in a slow cooker with filling

Kugelis is delightful, tasty and very satisfying. You can cook a potato grandmother in a slow cooker, it will turn out airy and very tender. Each piece literally melts in the mouth. Cautious, the dish is very satisfying, try not to overeat and listen to your body.

• potatoes - 10 pcs.;
• fat pork - 150 g;
• onion - 1 pc.;
• cream or milk - 100 ml;
• egg - 1 pc.;
• any vegetable oil - 2 tbsp;
• crackers for breading - 1 tbsp;
• salt and spices - to your taste;
• greens - to taste.

How to cook a potato grandmother in a slow cooker:

1. The meat needs to be washed, pour oil into the working bowl (you can olive or sunflower), turn on the "frying" mode.
2. Cut the pork with cubes (do not cut areas with fat) or in stripes and fry in vegetable oil until a rosy crust.
3. While the meat is fried, you need to clean the onion and cut as smaller as possible.
4. By the way, instead of pork, you can take smoked bacon or lard with a slot.
5. The meat is ready, you can start the second stage: prepare potato puree. We do this like this: on a grater (you can use the side with large notches) rub the potatoes (first and clean it), you do not need to squeeze out the juice, since then the potato grandmother in the slow cooker will turn out to be dry.
6. The resulting potato mass must be salt, add pepper, raw egg, chopped (very finely) fresh greens, fried meat with onions, pour cream (or milk), mix well.
7. Now the mass needs to be put in a multicooker container. Lubricate the bottom and walls with vegetable oil, sprinkle with crushed crackers and lay out a raw potato grandmother in a slow cooker. We install the “Baking” program, the preparation time is first 60 minutes, then another 40. After an hour you need to open the device cover (after the signal), carefully turn the potato grandmother in the slow cooker and continue baking for another 40 minutes.
8. What is the best way to turn the potato grandmother in a slow cooker? You need to carefully remove the bowl from the device, cover with a plate on top (you can steam a basket for cooking) and turn it over. The grandmother will be on the plate, then it must be put back in the multicooker bowl and inserted it into the device.
9. As a result of the actions done, you should get a ruddy potato grandmother in a slow cooker on all sides.
10. After 40 minutes, as soon as the signal sounds, you can turn off the device and transfer the potato pie to a flat dish.

Everything, a potato grandmother prepared in a slow cooker, can be immediately chopped hot into pieces and served with sauce, sour cream or mayonnaise, decorated with a twig of fresh herbs. Enjoy your meal!

Potato grandmother in a multicooker with minced meat

We offer to prepare a Lithuanian dish in a slow cooker - Cugelis with the addition of minced meat. It turns out a potato grandmother in a slow cooker very tender and tasty, and also hearty - just eat only 1 piece to satisfy hunger.

We get for work and prepare the following products:

• potatoes - 5 pcs.;
• minced meat - 700 g;
• eggs - 2 pcs.;
• flour - 3 tbsp.;
• onions - 2 pcs.;
• vegetable oil - 2 tbsp.;
• salt and spices to taste;
• fresh greens - optional.

Working process step by step:

1. Pour vegetable oil into the multicooker bowl, turn on the "Frying" mode, the time will be set automatically. You do not need to close the lid while operation of the device.
2. While the oil is heated, clean the bulb and grind in any way, and then slightly fry in oil.
3. Add the minced meat to the onion, mix, continue to fry until the meat is completely ready.
4. While the meat is fried, you can do another job. It is necessary to clean the potatoes, rinse it under a stream of water, grind it with a blender or rub on a medium grater. Add a raw egg to the potato mass, add the flour so that the “dough” turns out to be viscous.
5. Add meat to minced meat, mix, salt and pepper. You can put your favorite spices.
6. The multicooker bowl can not be washed, it is enough that there is not a drop of meat or onion at the bottom and walls, we need the working surface to be lubricated with oil.
7. In order to easily shift the finished potato grandmother from a multicooker, sprinkle the walls and the bottom of the bowl with crushed crackers, and then spread the mass. You can do it differently so that the potato grandmother in the slow cooker turns out with the filling. First we spread only a layer of potatoes, then minced meat and a layer of potatoes again.
8. That's it, now you need to turn on the “soup” program for 60 minutes, and after the signal sounds, turn the potato grandmother in a slow cooker and continue preparing in another program - “rice”, set the time for 15 minutes. Or you can do this: immediately set one cooking mode - “baking”, the time will be exposed automatically (on average it is 35 minutes), and then turn the potato grandmother in a slow cooker and extend the program for another 20 minutes.

The potato grandmother in a slow cooker is ready, it remains to transfer the pie to a flat dish, cut into pieces and serve hot with sour cream. You can decorate with chopped greens or just put a twig of fresh dill or parsley. Enjoy your meal!

Potato grandmother in a slow cooker with filling

There are several ways to prepare this dish, you can prepare a simple potato grandmother or add the filling. The tastes of the dish is obtained with meat and mushrooms. We offer a simple recipe for making potato grandmas in a slow cooker.

Prepare the following products:

• potatoes - 5 pcs.;
• onions - 2 pcs.;
• mushrooms - 400 g;
• meat (chicken breast or fat pork) - 300 g;
• cream or milk - 125 g;
• eggs - 2 pcs.;
• flour - 2 tbsp.;
• vegetable oil - 3 tbsp.;
• salt and spices - to your taste.

How to cook a potato grandmother in a slow cooker:

1. First, we will start the filling. We pour vegetable oil into the multicooker bowl (you can any, both sunflower and olive and even corn).
2. We turn on the program “Baking”, while the oil warms up, clean the onion and cut it very finely, cut into small cubes pork or chicken breast, and then mushrooms.
3. First, fry the onion in oil, add meat and mushrooms, a little salt and pepper. We achieve that each ingredient prepare evenly.
4. While the meat with onions and mushrooms is cooked, you can clean the potatoes, rinse under a stream of running water and grate on a medium or fine grater (but not the smallest).
5. Add eggs, milk or cream, flour, salt and pepper to the resulting potato mass, mix.
6. We shift the mushrooms with meat and onions into a separate bowl to free the working bowl of the multicooker, and trigger the bottom and walls of the bowl with breadcrumbs and lay out half a portion of potato mass.
7. We put the filling of meat, onions and mushrooms on top, level it with a spatula so that it lay down in an even layer and only after that we spread the rest of the potato mass.
8. That's it, you can close the device cover and install the desired program. It will be a “baking”, the time of preparing a potato grandmother in a slow cooker is 60 minutes, plus another 40. First we cook the cugelis with a filling of 1 hour, then we turn it over and continue to bake a potato grandmother in a slow cooker for another 40 minutes.

It will turn out to be beautiful - ruddy, and also - very satisfying and tasty. Help yourself!

Potato grandmother in a slow cooker with wings

The potato grandmother in a slow cooker can be prepared with any filling. This time we will cook a dish with chicken wings.

Ingredients:

• chicken wings - 6 pcs.;
• potatoes - 8 pcs.;
• onions - 2 pcs.;
• fat - 50 g;
• milk - 1.5 cups;
• salt and spices are to taste.

How to cook a potato grandmother in a slow cooker:

1. We pick up chicken wings with onions. Onions need to be cleaned, cut with rings, add salt, slightly ground black pepper and mix meat with onions and spices. Leave for 2 hours.
2. Instead of wings, you can take smoked brisket, then you do not need to pickle anything, you can save time.
3. My potatoes, clean, again wash and rub on a grater for pancakes.
4. We throw the mass on a colander so that the fiber is juice.
5. Cut the onion and fat smallly. We turn on the slow cooker, set the “Frying” program, time will be exposed automatically.
6. Fry the lard with onions in a slow cooker until a golden shade, add spices and a little salt. And now an interesting moment: we pour right into the slow cooker and wait for it to begin to boil. At this moment you need to turn off the device.
7. Now the milk needs to be poured into the potato mass, and the bowl of the device should be washed and wiped dry.
8. Lubricate the walls and the bottom of the multicooker bowl with vegetable oil, then spread it directly on the bottom of the wings, pour the potato mixture.
9. We prepare a potato grandmother in a slow cooker in "Baking" 1 hour.

How to make raw potatoes darken? Grind the onion in advance and put in a bowl in which you will rub the potatoes. They rubbed one little thing, mixed with a small portion of onions, then again, mixed again.

Carefully turn the potato pie on a flat dish. If there is a desire, you can brown a potato grandmother in a slow cooker from the other side. Serve hot, water it with sour cream, decorate with fresh herbs.

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