Poppy-curd cake

Step-by-Step Cooking Instructions

Step 1

1. Prepare the dough. Mix milk with half the sugar and a little flour. Add yeast. Cover and leave for 1 hour. Pour in the remaining flour, sugar, salt, butter, egg and yolk. Knead the dough. Cover and leave for another 1.5 hours. 2. Prepare the filling. Rinse poppy seeds with warm water, pour into a bowl, scald with boiling water and immediately drain the water. Pour boiling water again and let it brew for no more than 1 minute. Drain the water, cover the bowl with poppy seeds. 3. Boil milk together with sugar. Add vanilla essence and yolk. Boil, stirring constantly, 2 minutes. Remove from fire, let cool. 4. Add steamed poppy seeds, cottage cheese and orange zest. To stir thoroughly. 5. Prepare the sprinkles for the pie. Mix the sifted flour, sugar, egg yolk, butter and cinnamon. Set aside. Punch down the dough, put it on a floured table and roll out into a layer 5 mm thick. Pour into a well greased pan. 6. Preheat the oven to 180ºС. On the dough survive the poppy seed filling. Spread the topping in an even layer on top. Trim the edges of the dough, wrap them inside. Put in the oven and bake for 30 minutes. GASTRONOMER'S TIP * Do not steam the poppy for more than one minute, so that the oil contained in the seeds does not evaporate. Then the poppy must be carefully squeezed out. * If poppy is used for sprinkling confectionery, it needs to be viscous. To do this, it is lightly ground in a mortar, mixed with a small amount of sugar, honey or syrup.