Posts Tagged ‘leavened dough’

Raisin Bread (Vianočka)

Ingredients: leavened dough, raisins Prep Time: about an hour Another food item that can be prepared from the sweet leavened dough is vianočka. It is a sweet braided raisin bread that looks very much like the Jewish challah. It is often eaten for breakfast, topped with butter and jam (raspberry being my favorite). It is also often prepared for Easter and for Christmas. In fact, the name vianočka is derived from the Slovak word for Christmas, vianoce. The trick in making this bread is in braiding the dough. I am sure that just about every Slovak babička (grandma) has her Read the Rest…

Baked Buns (Pečené Buchty)

Ingredients: leavened dough, thick jam or farmer’s cheese, raisins Prep Time: 10 minutes to make the buns, 20 minutes to let the dough rest, 20 minutes for baking Pečené buchty are tasty baked buns filled with a sweet surprise. It may be plum jam (slivkovký lekvár), farmer’s cheese (tvaroh), poppy seeds (mak) or even walnuts (orechy). Either way, they are delicious! They are somewhat analogous to the American cookies, in that they are something you can always count on when visiting grandparents. I have tried baking buchty before. Although they ended up tasting great, the filling leaked out during baking. Read the Rest…

Steamed Sweet Dumplings (Buchty na Pare)

Ingredients: leavened dough, plum jam, butter, poppy seeds, ground walnuts, powdered sugar Prep Time: 30 minutes (not counting time to prepare the dough) I have a sweet tooth. This ought to be apparent to anyone by simply looking at the ratio of recipes in the Sweets category compared to the rest of the site. Unfortunately this is also apparent to my dentist. But it’s so hard not to like sweets, when Slovak cuisine is full of them. One of my favorites are sweet dumplings (buchty) on steam (na pare), which I show you how to prepare in this recipe. This Read the Rest…

Bobalky (Opekance)

Ingredients: leavened dough or few days old bread rolls, ground poppy seeds, sugar, milk, butter Prep Time: 5 minutes if you use old bread, about 2 hours otherwise Integral part of the Christmas table in many Slovak families are little pieces of sweet bread known as bobaľky, opekance or pupáčky. They are typically topped with poppies (s makom), but some people eat them with farmer’s cheese (tvaroh) or even cabbage (kapusta). In this recipe I show you how to prepare this delicious desert. Opekance are typically eaten as the third “course”. First, there is the prípitok, a shot of liquor. Read the Rest…