Lean chocolate mannik with oat milk

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr 40 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   To prepare lean chocolate manna, measure out the necessary ingredients. Oat milk should not be cold, but at room temperature, so take it out of the refrigerator in advance. You can use vanilla, regular oat milk without additives, or chocolate. I used vanilla. Take high-quality semolina, well sifted without black spots. Use premium flour.

2. STEP 2

   

   In a deep bowl, combine semolina and sugar. Stir with a spoon.

3. STEP 3

   

   Pour in oat milk and vegetable oil. Mix everything well with a whisk. There should be no lumps left. Leave the mixture for 40 minutes at room temperature so that the semolina swells well. This is an important point: semolina should swell well and absorb milk and butter. If this does not happen, for example, due to cold milk, then the grains of semolina in the finished pie will crunch on your teeth.

4. STEP 4

   

   Sift together the flour, baking powder, cocoa and vanilla and add to the semolina mixture.

5. STEP 5

   

   Mix everything with a whisk until smooth. The finished dough should be viscous, but fluid. Let the dough rest for another 10 minutes. During this time, the semolina should swell even more, if this has not happened before, and the flour will release gluten and the dough will become a little more viscous.

6. STEP 6

   

   While the dough is infusing, chop the chocolate into small pieces. You can take regular bitter or dark chocolate or heat-resistant chocolate in the form of small drops that do not need to be chopped further. I had regular dark chocolate with 70% cocoa content.

7. STEP 7

   

   Pour the chocolate-semolina mixture into the cake pan. If the mold is silicone, there is no need to grease it with anything. Sprinkle chocolate pieces on top. Place the manna in an oven preheated to 180°C and bake for about 40 minutes until ready.

8. STEP 8

   

   The chocolate melted slightly, but overall retained its shape, which gives the manna an interesting look and some kind of French charm. Place the finished manna out of the mold onto a dish and, if desired, sprinkle with powdered sugar. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Natalia M

29.09.2023

4.5

I was specifically looking for a recipe for Lenten Chocolate Mannik with oat milk, I’ve been wanting to try it for a long time. And when I found it, it turned out that he was also lean! I made the oat milk myself in advance, poured water over the cereal in the evening, and in the morning I whipped it and immediately kneaded the dough on it. At first it was liquid, even after soaking the semolina for an hour, but after adding flour the consistency became thick. I ran out of baking powder and replaced it with a teaspoon of baking soda, quenched with lemon juice. The replacement went well, the cake rose and the crumb turned out to be porous and crumbly. I replaced the chocolate with prunes, chopped them and lightly pressed the pieces into the dough. The mannik turned out to be quite dense, with a crispy crust. The inside is soft, moist, juicy and very chocolatey. I liked this option! A very tasty pie that can be offered to those who are fasting.

Anya Shishkova

29.09.2023

5

I have prepared manna according to this recipe many times already. I just cook it in the form of cupcakes and add jam inside. Dad really likes it, especially during Lent.