KURTOS KALACS TRANSYLVANIAN CHIMNE CAKE

First recipe:







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50 dkg liszt
5 dkg cukor
1 tojas
2 dkg eleszto

A hozzavalokat vizzel keplekeny tesztava gyurjuk. 30 percig kelni hagyjuk, majd virsli vastagsagu csikokat siritunk es ezzel a jol megzsirozott sutofat tele tekerjuk. Kezzel kisse osszelapogatjuk. Tetszes szerint lafogathatunk ra orolt diobelet is. Vegul cukros vizzel jol bekenjuk es eleven parazs felett lassan forgatva pirosra sutjuk. A sutofat vekonyabb vegevel tartva a kalacsot lekoppantjuk.
En sutes elott jol megszortam cukorral. Sutes utan lehet orolt dioval, kokuszreszelekkel is megszorni.


Second recipe:

1 kg (2 lb. ) all purpose flour
100 -120 g  (4 - 4 1/2 oz) butter
2 whole eggs + 4 egg yolk
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsps sugar
50 g  ( 2 oz) yeast
500 ml lukewarm milk
1- 2 lemons zest
1 vanilla sugar or 1/2 tbsp vanilla

Dissolve the sugar in the lukewarm milk and add the yeast. Cover and let stand till the yeast starts to rise.

Beat the egg yolks with the butter and when is slowly add the whole eggs too. Beat till nice creamy. Add the salt.

Sieve the flour in a big bowl and slowly add the egg mixture and the yeast mixture.

Blend together thoroughly. You work the dough till air bubbles appear in the dough, till the dough comes off your hand and the side of the bowl.  Cover with a cloth and put to a warm place to rise.Do not over rise. I let it for around 10 minutes and after I had to keep in the fridge to stop the process.

Divide the dough in small balls.  Take one the rest keep in the fridge if necessary. Roll out the dough in a long, 1/2 inch wide rope. In the mean time heat up the rolling pin, brush it with melted butter (I used coconut oil ) and wrap the dough rope on the pin.

Press together with the fingers so that the edges nearly meet. Also you can roll it, push it to get the edges to meet. Brush with melted butter (coconut oil) and sprinkle with sugar. I rolled it in sugar.

Bake on BBQ, open fire, ... turning constantly. When half cooked brush again with oil and sprinkle with sugar. When is ready you can roll it in cinnamon or coconut or crushed nuts.

Take it off the rolling pin and Bon appetite!!!

Notes: ensure the wood pin is hot ; brush the pin well with oil or butter; Keep the temperature very high, 600 -700 C.







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