Honzovky or Honz’s Poppy Seed and Cheesecake Buns

Last Updated on August 23, 2024

The buns that Honza’s mother used to bake for him in fairy tales, before he set off on his journey into the world. Nicely risen, baked golden, filled with poppy seed and cottage cheese filling.

Ingredients:

Rule for 20 buns: 500 g smooth flour 250 g 150 g butter for the dough + 100g to grease the baking dish 50 g caster sugar 40 g crumb sugar 250 ml of semi-skimmed milk 1 sachet of vanilla sugar 2 piecesegg yolks grated zest of one lemon powdered sugar for sprinkling salt For poppy seed filling: 150 g ground poppy 1 bag vanilla sugar 100 ml of semi-skimmed milk For the curd filling: 250 g of cottage cheese 50 g

caster sugar

1 pc whole egg

Procedure:

First prepare the leaven; in a smaller bowl, crumble the yeast, add a tablespoon of sugar, stir in a little lukewarm milk and dust with flour, stir everything into a slurry, let the leaven rise in a warm place

Sieve the flour into a large bowl, add the remaining semolina sugar, vanilla sugar and a pinch of salt, stir, then add the risen sourdough starter, egg yolks, lemon zest, melted butter and the remaining lukewarm milk, work into a smooth dough

Preferably cover the dough with a clean cloth and let it rise for about 1 hour until it doubles in volume

While this is happening, prepare both fillings; boil the poppy seeds with the vanilla sugar and milk, when everything thickens, let the filling cool

For the curd filling, beat the curd with the egg and sugar, make a smooth cream

Transfer the risen dough to a floured work surface, roll it out into a 1 cm thick pancake, cut it into squares with an edge of about 4 cm

Spoon the filling onto each piece, join the edges of each square, shape the buns, then place them close together in a baking dish lined with melted butter, dip each bun in butter so that the buns come apart when baked

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Let the buns rise in the baking dish for another 30 minutes or so, preferably covered again with a tea towel

Bake in a preheated oven at 200 °C for about 5 minutes, then reduce the oven temperature to 180 °C and bake until golden brown, which should take about 25-30 minutes

Remove the baked buns from the baking tray while still hot and let them cool, then dust them liberally with icing sugar.

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Photo: Nadia Indruchová