Cheese (and ham) rolls recipe *** Polžki s sirom (in šunko)

Since I was baking for hours yesterday, I decided to put the recipes and photos of my labour up here... Today's recipe is for a salty snack. It is a bit messy and takes a few hours, but once you get the hang of it, it's a piece of cake :) 

CHEESE (AND HAM) ROLLS
DOUGH:
Flour ... 1kg
Warm water ... 2 dcl
Fresh yeast ... 42 g (1 cube)
Sugar ... 1 tsp
Egg ... 1
Egg yolk ... 1
Salt ... 1 tsp
Oil ... 1.5 dl
Milk ... 250 ml (or less)
FILLING:
Feta cheese ... 400 g
Crème fraiche ... 180 g (1 cup)
Egg ... 2
(Ham ... a few slices)
a pinch of salt
COAT:
Egg ... 1
Egg white ... 1
Sesame seeds
Flax seeds


Add a cube of fresh yeast and sugar to warm water, mix it all together and let it rise.
Mix together the flour, eggs, egg yolk, milk and oil and add the yeast after it rises. Make soft and smooth dough - if needed, add more milk. Cover the dough with a cloth and let it rise. I left it for 30-60 minutes. It will rise faster if you put it somewhere warm.

While we're waiting, we prepare the filling. Grate the cheese (I didn't have feta cheese, so I used the one stored in brine, which is more like cottage cheese, so I couldn't grate it, I just mashed it with my fingers), add crème fraiche, salt, eggs and mix it all together.

Divide the dough into 8 parts. Roll out the dough into 20 x 20 cm squares. Be careful not to roll it out too much - otherwise it will be harder to cut it afterwards.  

  

Spread out a part of the filling onto the dough (divide the filling into 8 parts too). You can also add slices of ham on one half of the dough. Roll in the dough and cut it in 2 cm rings. 

Prepare the baking pan by spreading the baking paper over it. 

Put the rings on the baking paper and spread them out flat. Mix the egg and egg white together and coat the rings with the mix. Sprinkle them with the seeds. 

Bake at 180°C for 20-30 minutes. Bon apetit!

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POLŽKI S SIROM (IN ŠUNKO)

SESTAVINE:

Testo:

1 kg moke

2 dl tople vode

1 kocka kvasa

1 žlička sladkorja

1 jajce

1 rumenjak

1 žlička soli

1,5 dl olja

250 ml mleka (lahko tudi manj)

Nadev:

400 g feta sira (ali sira v slanici)

1 kisla smetana

2 jajci

malo soli

šunka (po želji)

Za premaz:

1 beljak

1 jajce

sezam

laneno seme

Vodi dodamo kvas in sladkor, premešamo in počakamo, da naraste.

Moko, jajce, rumenjak, sol, mleko in olje dobro premešamo (v mešalniku/na roke) in dodamo kvasno mešanico. Napravimo mehko, voljno testo. Mleko dodajamo po potrebi, da dobimo pravo testo. Testo pokrijemo in pustimo počivati, da naraste.

Medtem ko čakamo, pripravimo nadev. Feta sir naribamo, dodamo kislo smetano, sol in jajci.

Iz testa napravimo 8 kroglic. Kroglice razvaljamo v obliki kvadrata 20 x 20 cm. Z delom namaza (moramo ga imeti za 8x) namažemo testo po vsej površini. Na vrh premaza lahko na polovico površine položimo rezine šunke. Naredimo roladice, ki jih narežemo na 2 cm obročke. Te obročke položimo na peki papir, razgrnemo, pomažemo z jajcem in posujemo s semeni.

Pečemo pri 180 stopinjah od 20-30 minut.