Farmer's Cheese Vatrushki
Stunning vatrushki with tender dough and a juicy filling. The farmer's cheese can be replaced with jam or marmalade, and nuts, candied fruits, or raisins can be added to the cheese mixture. This amount of ingredients will make approximately 20 pieces.
- Total cooking time
- not set
- Number of servings
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- Recipe difficulty
- 4 / 5
Ingredients
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- milk 250 ml
- dry yeast 10 g
- sugar 100 g
- butter 100 g
- eggs 2
- flour 400-450 g
- 1/2 tsp salt
- farmer's cheese 500 g
- sour cream 100 g
- sugar 70-100 g
- vanilla sugar 2 tsp
- egg for brushing
Instructions
Dough Preparation
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Warm the milk (avoiding overheating). Stir in the yeast and 1 tbsp sugar.
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Mix in 150 g flour.
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Leave the starter in a warm place (you can place the bowl in a container with hot water). Wait about 15 minutes until it rises.
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Combine the eggs with the starter.
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Add the butter.
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Mix.
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Add salt and sugar.
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Mix.
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Gradually add flour (the amount may vary depending on its density) and knead the dough. Leave in a warm place.
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Wait about 30 minutes until the dough rises.
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Punch down the dough and leave it in a warm place again until it rises.
Filling Preparation
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Mix the farmer's cheese with vanilla sugar and regular sugar.
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Stir.
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Add sour cream.
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Stir.
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Beat the egg.
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Prepare a baking pan by greasing it with oil or lining it with parchment paper. Form small patties from the dough and place them on the pan.
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Brush the surface with egg.
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Make an indentation in the center of each patty.
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Place the filling inside. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 20–25 minutes.