Sweet Quark Pouch

This delicious breakfast pastry is available in all patisseries and bakeries wherever you go in Hungary.

Level: Easy

Serves: 16

Prep: 30 minutes + 2 hours resting time

Cook: 20-25 min

Ingredients:

Dough:

50ml + 150ml milk

1tbsp dry yeast

100g sugar

400g plain flour

50g butter (lukewarm)

1 egg + 1 egg yolk for egg-wash

1/4 tsp salt

Quark filling:

250g quark

1 egg + 1 egg for egg wash

4tbsp sugar

1tsp vanilla extract

1tbsp lemon zest

Sultanas (optional)

Preparation:

For the dough, warm-up 50ml milk (only lukewarm – otherwise you can ruin the yeast). Stir in the yeast and the sugar.

Put the flour in a large mixing bowl. Form a well in the middle and pour in the yeasty-milk. With a fork mix in a little bit of the flour (only enough flour to make the consistency like gravy) and leave the majority of the flour untouched. Cover it with cling film and set it aside, to activate the yeast, for 1 hour.

Mix in all the other ingredients and knead it with a hand mixer for about 5-10 minutes until smooth and stretchy. Cover it with cling film and set it aside again to proof for 1 hour.

Line a baking dish and mix the quark filling ingredients.

Knead the dough a little bit and roll it out (about 0.3cm) thin. Cut 10cm squares, put 1 tbsp filling in the middle and sprinkle as many sultanas on top as you like. Now bring the four corners to the middle, pinch them together thoroughly and twist it. Lay them into the lined baking tray, brush the top with the beaten egg and bake for 20-25 minutes (until golden brown on top). Don’t worry if the pouches open up, it just means that it has lots of filling in it and it is part of its rustic charm. 😁