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Hungarian "Bejgli" with sweet chestnut filling
Not yet reviewedPreparation: 60 min
Serves6
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Allergens
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Milk, Eggs, Wheat, Gluten
Nutrition
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Ingredients
- 190 g Sweet chestnuts, puréed
- 380 g All purpose flour
- 1 1/8 tbsp Milk
- 40 ml Cream
- 75 g Butter, unsalted, softened
- 90 g Icing sugar
- 8 g Fresh yeast (approximately 1 package)
- 3/4 pcs Egg
- 3/8 tsp Rum extract
- 3/4 pcs Egg yolk
- 3/4 pinch Salt
- 25 g Bread crumbs
- 60 g Prunes
- 1/4 tsp Cinnamon, ground
- 9 g Vanilla sugar
Method
- Mix the softened butter with 40g of icing sugar in a bowl.
- Make the yeast rise in a little bowl with 1.5tbsp warm milk and one pinch sugar, then add the mixture to the flour.
- Add the whole egg and salt, then knead the dough well.
- Divide the dough into 3 and let the dough rest for a couple hours.
- Meanwhile, prepare the filling.
- Mix the cream, chestnut purée, prunes, remaining sugar, vanilla sugar, bread crumbs, rum aroma, and cinnamon in a bowl.
- Mix well to get a homogene cream.
- Roll the dough out into 0.5cm thick rectangular shape.
- Spread the filling onto, then roll the dough carefully by keeping the filling in.
- Wash the rolls with the egg yolk and let them rest in the baking tray for half an hour in a warm place.
- Wash again, then let them rest for another half hour, this time in a cool place.
- Heat the oven to 180°C.
- Before baking, prick the rolls with a fork several times.
- Bake the rolls uncovered until the top starts to be golden.
- Do not dry it out.
- Let them cool down completely before slicing.
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