Posts Tagged ‘pastry dough’

Jam Turnovers (Lekvárove Taštičky)

Ingredients: frozen puff pastry sheet, 1 yolk, plum or blueberry jam Prep Time: 30 minutes Lekvárove taštičky means “jam sachets”, but these are basically identical to turnovers. This pastry is amazingly simple to make, assuming you start off with frozen puff pastry sheets. This is another item that was prepared by my dad’s friend Janka. We made them from the same frozen dough that was used for the salt sticks. Take the puff pastry (lístkové cesto) sheet and roll it out on a floured surface until you have a sheet few millimeters thick. Take a sharp a knife and first Read the Rest…

Salt Sticks (Slané Tyčinky)

Ingredients: frozen pastry dough, eggs, salt, sesame seeds, caraway seeds, cheese Prep Time: 30 minutes Today I watched my dad’s friend Janka prepare salt sticks, slané tyčinky. These are tasty snacks that are made from the flaky pastry dough (lístkové cesto, meaning “leafy dough”). In Slovakia, this dough can be purchased frozen in the supermarket. I am not sure how easily available the pastry dough is in the United States. I’ll post the recipe for the dough at a later date. Roll out the pastry dough (lístkové cesto) on a floured surface. It should be few millimeters thick. Cut the Read the Rest…