Poale-n Brâu: Romanian Sweet Cheese Buns
A traditional Romanian dessert or snack made with leavened dough and filled with raspberries and cottage cheese.
Ingredients
For the dough:
- 240 g milk
- 60 g butter
- 7 g dry yeast
- 90 g sugar
- 2 eggs
- 500 g flour
- ⅓ tsp salt
- grated lemon/orange zest
For the filling:
- 250 g cottage cheese
- 1 egg
- 100 g sugar
- 30 g semolina
- grated orange zest
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- fresh raspberries (or raisins)
For the assembly and decoration:
- 1 egg yolk
- 3-4 tbsp milk
- powdered sugar
Instructions
- Mix the lukewarm milk with the yeast and set aside for 5-6 minutes.
- Mix together the sugar, soft butter, eggs, lemon zest, flour, and salt and knead into an elastic dough.
- Let the dough rise for one hour or until it doubles in volume.
- With a spatula, mix all the ingredients for the filling except the raspberries.
- Once the dough has risen, roll it out into a 7-8 mm ( ~1/4 - 1/3 - inch) thick rectangle.
- Cut the dough into twelve 10-12 cm ( ~4-5-inch) squares.
- Place a spoonful of the cheese filling in the middle of each square, place 3-4 raspberries on top, and bring the corners of the square to the center, sticking them together over the filling.
- Let the buns rise in the pan for another 20 minutes, then brush with egg yolk mixed with 3-4 tablespoons of milk.
- Bake the buns in a preheated oven at 200° C/392 ° F for 20 minutes.
- After baking, dust with sugar and serve hot or cold!
Notes
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