Baked Cheese Rolls
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Rolled pastries filled with salty cheese and then baked with cream. A delicacy!
Ingredients
Dough
250g all-purpose flour (type BL55)
120ml water
1 very small egg
1 teaspoon oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
Filling
125g feta cheese or telemea (sheep and goat)
125g fresh cow cheese (quark or farmer cheese)
1 tablespoon sour cream (fermented)
1 small egg
ground black pepper
For baking
100ml sweet cooking cream
50g sour cream (fermented)
melted butter or oil for brushing
Pieces: 19, each 5-6 cm long
How to prepare baked cheese rolls
- Note: if you do not have small eggs, beat one large egg as for an omelet and use half for the dough and half for the filling.
Put the flour in a bowl and make a well in the center. Add the salt, beaten egg, oil, and water there. Gradually pull the flour over the water, mixing with your fingers until the dough comes together. - Knead the dough by hand until smooth. I kneaded it for about 2-3 minutes by hand and then in a bread machine on the 13-minute kneading program. If kneading exclusively by hand, knead for at least 10 minutes.
- Place the dough on a floured work surface and cover with a bowl. Let it rest between 1 and 5 hours (the longer, the better; I left mine for 1.5 hours).
- For the filling, mix all ingredients with a fork until smooth and there are no large lumps of cheese.
- Place a large cotton tablecloth on the table and dust with a little flour.
- Place the dough in the center and start rolling with a rolling pin as much as you can. Then continue stretching by hand: insert your fist under the dough sheet (starting from the center) and pull toward the edge. Go around the sheet like this until you get a large sheet (about 70 cm x 80 cm) that is very thin and transparent.
- Cut off the thick edges of the sheet with scissors or a knife.
- Drizzle a little melted butter or oil over the entire surface of the sheet. Spread the cheese filling over 2/3 of the sheet. You will get a thin layer of filling, that is fine.
- Roll up the sheet starting from the side with the filling, using the tablecloth to help.
- Cut the roll into pieces of the desired length (to fit your baking dish; I cut pieces of 5-6 cm).
- Place the pieces side by side in a heat-resistant dish greased with melted butter or oil. Brush the tops of the rolls with melted butter or oil.
* I used two dishes because I did not have one large enough to hold all the pieces. - Bake at 200C for 10 minutes. Remove the dish and pour the sweet cream mixed with sour cream over the top. Continue baking for another 20 minutes.
- They are delicious warm or cold.
The dough
The filling
Start rolling the dough with a rolling pin
Stretch the sheet until transparent
Trim the edges
Spread filling over 2/3 of the sheet
Roll up the sheet
Cut the roll into pieces
Rolls in baking dish
Pour cream on top
Baked cheese rolls
