Vatrushki
20 servings
120 minutes
The iconic example of Slavic baking is vatrushki. We are used to those with cottage cheese, but they can be with all sorts of fillings - from potatoes to jam. For "Golden Thousand" we filmed a recipe for pies, of course, with cottage cheese.
1
Prepare the necessary ingredients
2
Mix warm milk with yeast and 1 tablespoon of sugar, add 150 grams of flour, stir and place the mixture in a warm place for 15 minutes.
- Milk: 250 ml
- Dry yeast: 10 g
- Sugar: 200 g
- Wheat flour: 450 g
3
Mix the dough starter and 2 eggs.
- Chicken egg: 3 pieces
4
Add softened butter, 0.5 teaspoon of salt, 85 grams of sugar and mix.
- Butter: 100 g
- Salt: 0.5 teaspoon
- Sugar: 200 g
5
Add the remaining flour and knead the dough. Cover with plastic wrap and place in a warm spot for the dough to rise. This will take 30–60 minutes.
- Wheat flour: 450 g
6
Knead the risen dough again, cover it with plastic wrap, and let it rise once more. This will take about another 30 minutes.
7
For the filling, mix cottage cheese with sugar, vanilla sugar, and sour cream.
- Cottage cheese: 500 g
- Sugar: 200 g
- Vanilla sugar: 2 teaspoons
- Sour cream: 100 g
8
Form fifteen to twenty balls from the dough, place them on a baking sheet, and flatten them slightly.
9
Brush them with beaten egg, make indentations in the buns, and fill them with cottage cheese filling.
- Chicken egg: 3 pieces
10
Send the cheesecakes to the oven preheated to 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes.