Posts Tagged ‘yeast’

Slovak Bread Rolls (Rožky)

Ingredients for 8 rolls: 2 cups flour (225g), 1 cup milk (1/4L), 4 tbsp oil (60g), 1 tbsp sugar and 0.5 tbsp of salt, half a packet of yeast Prep time: only about 20 minutes of actual work, two hours to let the dough rise, 20 minutes for baking If you have visited Slovakia, you surely came across little slightly-curved mini baguettes called rožky. These baked bread rolls are a HUGE part of Slovak cuisine. I have no statistics to back this up, but I suspect Slovaks get at least half of their bread in the form of rožky (plural Read the Rest…

Rye Bread (Ražný Chlieb)

Ingredients: (these are just estimates) 3 cups all-purpose flour, 2 cups rye flour, teaspoon of caraway seeds, teaspoon of basil leaves, plenty of salt, sugar, milk, oil Prep time: about 30 minutes to get the dough ready, some hour or two to let it rise, another hour for baking Is there anything more delicious than freshly baked bread, still warm to melt the butter, sprinkled with bit of salt? I don’t think so. And the Slavs of the past shared this view, since bread and salt (chlieb a soľ) became the universal gift offered to visitors through out all Slavic Read the Rest…

Bacon Biscuit (Škvarkovník)

Ingredients: 1lb flour, yeast, ground-up bacon bits Prep Time: 30 minutes to an hour for the dough to rise, some 20 minutes to prepare the biscuits, another 20 minutes for dough rising and finally 20 minutes for baking. In Slovakia, we make this amazing bacon-flavored biscuit (pagáč) called škvarkovník. The name is derived for the word for bacon bits, škvarky. When done properly, the biscuits are extremely fluffy and the dough comes apart in layers. I actually like to eat them like that, layer-by-layer. To make these biscuits, you will need ground up bacon bits. These are quite easy to Read the Rest…

Flat Bread and Rolls (Osúch a Rožky)

Ingredients: bread dough, caraway seeds, oil, salt Prep Time: 30 minutes for baking We had some dough left over from making bread, so we used it to make osúch (dry flat bread) and rožky (bread rolls). Rožky are very popular in Slovakia. They look like tiny baguettes and are eaten with salads. Lightly roll out a piece of dough to make a pancake about half inch thick. Move onto a greased baking sheet. Grease, salt and top with few caraway seeds (rasca). To make rožky, take smaller pieces of dough and roll them into cylinders. Let rise for some 10 Read the Rest…

Bread (Chlieb)

Ingredients: 2lb flour, pack of yeast, milk, sugar, caraway Prep Time: 2 hours Good bread is hard to find in America. At least, if you don’t want to spend upward of 5 dollars for a tiny artisan loaf. So I had my grandmother show me how to bake bread. In this recipe, I show you how to make bread at home, without the use of any fancy gizmos. All you need is flour and yeast, and the will to get your hands a little dirty. Place 2lbs of flour (múka) into a large container. Prepare the yeast mixture (kvások) by Read the Rest…