Volarské šátečky

Last Updated on October 25, 2024

These small cakes were baked by women for men on their way to work. Until the 18th century, Volary, a village in Šumava, was the only overnight stop on the Czech side of the so-called ‘Golden Trail’, which served as a trade route linking Bohemia with the Danube region.

Ingredients:

For sourdough: 100 ml of lukewarm milk 1 tsp 20 g fresh yeast For the dough: 500 g of plain flour 100 g of melted butter 100 ml of lukewarm milk 1 tbsp semolina sugar 2 pcs eggs 1 pcs egg to scramble before baking large pinch of salt For filling: 300 g of cottage cheese in stanil 1 tablespoon of caster sugar 1 sachet vanilla sugar 1 pc yolk Other: sugar for sprinkling, flour for dusting work surface, baking paper

Procedure:

From the lukewarm milk, sugar and yeast, prepare the sourdough starter and let it rise

.Then add the ingredients for the dough, the eggs beaten in the milk, the melted butter and the flour mixed with salt and sugar, work into a soft smooth elastic dough and leave to rise for about 1 hour, floured and covered

For the filling, mix the cottage cheese with the egg yolk and both sugars

.On a floured board, roll out the risen dough into a sheet about 5 mm high and cut into squares about 7×7 cm (this batch made 55 pieces)

Place a scoop of the curd filling on each one and join the opposite ends and press lightly

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Place on a baking tray with baking paper and leave to rise for about 10 minutes

Heat the oven to 185 – 200 °C, brush the cakes with beaten egg and bake for about 15 minutes

Sugar the finished cakes.

Note:

Recipe from Cooking with Tom, photo and text by Jana Šenkyříková