You find all the flavours of the world in Wageningen. Kamila Kopečná (21), an exchange student from the Czech Republic, shares a recipe for svatební kolacky, ‘sweet wedding buns’.
‘Despite the name, I never ate these buns at a wedding. These pastries are mainly eaten during a folk festival in the southeast of Moravia. During this festival, people dress up in traditional costumes and construct a mája or maypole to dance around. This is my grandmother’s recipe. This version is with quark, but you can also use raisins, walnuts or another filling.’
For 40 buns
Ingredients
For the dough:
- 500g fine flour
- 7g dry yeast
- 140g sugar
- 250 ml milk
- 140g butter
- Pinch of salt
- 2 egg yolks
For the filling:
- 400g of quark (not too watery)
- Vanilla sugar and sugar, as much as you like
For the crumble:
- 50g flour
- 50g sugar
- 50g butter
- One egg, beaten
Preparation
1. For the dough: warm the milk and mix it in a bowl with the yeast and one third of the sugar. Wait until the mixture starts to rise.
2. Combine the flour, the rest of the sugar and a pinch of salt. Add the egg yolks and the milk-yeast mixture. Mix well. Melt the butter (but don’t let it get too hot) and add it. Keep mixing until the dough is no longer sticky. If it is still too sticky, add a tiny bit of flour; if it is too dry, add a tiny bit of milk.
3. Let the dough rest and rise until it doubles in size (approx. 1 hour).
4. Make the crumble. Use a fork — or your hands — to mix the butter, flour and sugar.
5. When the dough has risen, split it into 40 pieces. Shape into small patties.
6. Mix the ingredients for the filling. Put a teaspoon of filling on each patty. Then wrap the patty around the filling and put it on a roasting tray.
7. Brush the buns with the beaten egg and sprinkle the crumble on top.
8. Preheat the oven to 170 degrees Celsius.
9. Bake the buns until they are golden (approx. 20 minutes). Enjoy!
