Poale-n brau – Soft and fluffy pies with sweet cheese – Step-by-step recipe in pictures

Ingredients needed for the dough:

• 500 g of flour
• 75 g of melted butter
• 50 g powdered sugar
• 25 g fresh yeast or 7 g dry yeast
• 250 ml warm milk
• A pinch of salt
• 1 egg for greasing

Ingredients needed for the filling:

• 250 g cottage cheese
• 60 g powdered sugar
• 40 g semolina
• 1 tablespoon cream
• 1 egg
• 1 packet of vanilla sugar
• Grated lemon peel

Method of preparation:

For the dough, dissolve the yeast and sugar in the warm milk. Set aside for 10-15 minutes, in a warm place.

We sift the flour into a bowl. Add the other ingredients, the yeast mixture and knead a homogeneous and soft dough. We transfer the dough to the work surface sprinkled with flour. We knead a little more, cover the dough with a kitchen towel and leave the dough to rise for 15 minutes.

For the filling, mix the cheese with the egg, semolina, powdered sugar, lemon peel and vanilla sugar. We homogenize well, incorporating 1 tablespoon of cream.

Afterwards, we spread the dough on the work surface sprinkled with flour, in a 0.5 cm thick rectangle. Cut into 12 squares, put the filling in the middle of each and pull the edges of the dough towards the middle, sticking them well and pushing them gently in the middle of the filling.

Transfer the packets to a tray lined with baking paper. Cover them with a clean kitchen towel and let them rise for 20 minutes.

At the end, brush them with beaten egg and bake them in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for about 20 minutes.

After baking, dust them with powdered sugar.

Savor with gusto! Good appetite!