Pesto Buns
Incredibly aromatic, light and airy buns. Both store-bought and homemade pesto will work for this recipe. These treats are a great addition to soup or can be part of breakfast with coffee or tea. The given ingredients make 9-10 pieces.
- Total cooking time
- not set
- Number of servings
- 9
- Recipe difficulty
- 3 / 5
Ingredients
for 9 servings
- milk 250 ml
- dry yeast 7 g
- sugar 15 g
- salt 5 g
- vegetable oil 50 ml
- flour 400-450 g
- pesto sauce 150 g
Instructions
Preparing the starter
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Warm the milk (it is important that it be warm, not hot).
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Stir in the sugar.
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Add the yeast.
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Mix.
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Stir in 100 g of flour.
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Leave to rise.
Preparing the dough
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Add oil to the starter.
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Add salt.
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Mix.
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Add all the remaining flour.
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Knead the dough (knead for at least 10 minutes).
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Place it in a bowl and cover with plastic wrap.
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Leave to rise.
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Divide the dough into 9–10 parts (approximately 80 g each).
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Roll out each part into a rectangle measuring 15×25 cm.
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Apply 1–2 tsp of pesto and spread evenly.
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Form a roll.
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Pinch the edges.
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Make cuts without going all the way through.
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Interweave the parts.
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Curl into a circle.
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Place the buns on a baking pan lined with parchment paper or greased with oil.
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Let them rise. Place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees. Bake for 20–25 minutes.