Rich and beautiful roll of yeast dough with poppy seeds - recipe for dough and filling
The poppy seed roll exudes homely warmth and coziness when we bake it from yeast dough. A festive atmosphere settles into the house. Perhaps the memory of our ancestors is triggered, since in the distant past our grandmothers prepared beautiful baked goods with poppy seeds for the Great Church Holidays. Nowadays you can’t find Russian ovens, so we cook it easily, in the oven.
But the taste does not suffer at all from this; the yeast roll turns out rich, fluffy, with a delicate filling. I offer a step-by-step recipe with photos of the process of preparing the roll.
Yeast roll with poppy seeds
Proper preparation involves the use of live yeast. Finding them nowadays is quite difficult. Don’t get lost, replace it with more familiar ones – dry ones.
You will need:
- Flour – 300 gr.
- Milk – 150 ml.
- Granulated sugar – 60 gr.
- Pressed yeast – 20 gr. (when replacing with dry yeast, take 5-6 grams).
- Egg.
- Butter – 40 gr.
- Salt – ½ small spoon.
- For filling:
- Poppy – 100 gr.
- Milk – 100 ml.
- Sugar – 75 gr.
How to cook a roll step by step
We will not make dough as such. We will skip this step. We knead the dough without sponge, which will not affect the taste and fluffiness of the roll. But we'll save time.
Pour warm milk into a bowl, add sugar in the amount suggested for the dough. Stir. Add the yeast, crumbling it with your hands. Stir again to revive the yeast.
Separately, add salt to the flour and mix.
Gradually start adding milk and yeast into the bowl.
Stir until the ingredients combine into a mass.
Beat in the egg and mix the dough mixture again.
The next step is to add butter softened at room temperature. Mix it into the dough. Work with a spoon or spatula at first.
Then place it on the table and continue using your hands. The dough will stick a little to the table and hands. This is fine. After a quarter of an hour, the dough will become elastic, easily kneaded, and will no longer stick to your fingers.
After kneading the dough thoroughly, form a lump and place it in a bowl. Cover with cling film and place in a warm place for 1 hour, let it grow.
Use this time to prepare the poppy seed filling.
How to prepare poppy seeds for roll filling
Pour milk into a saucepan and heat it up.
- Without removing from heat, add all the sugar from the ingredients intended for poppy seeds. Stir and wait until the sweetness dissolves.
- Next send the poppy. Stir the contents again. Cook for 2-3 minutes so that the poppy seeds are soaked in milk. Remove from the burner and leave to steep for approximately 40-60 minutes.
- After the specified time, place the poppy seeds in a sieve to drain the liquid.
- Now the poppy needs to be crushed. I know several ways, but the old one is better, in a mortar. Many are passed through a meat grinder, crushed with a blender or coffee grinder.
How to make a roll
The dough came out perfectly, no need to knead it anymore.
Roll out with a rolling pin into a rectangular layer approximately 30 by 30 in size. Approximately 0.5 cm thick.
Since we decided to bake not only a rich, but also a beautiful poppy seed roll, I suggest decorating it with braids.
To do this, measure approximately a third of the length of the layer and draw a line.
Place the poppy seeds on the dough, taking 2/3 of the size, as in the photo. Level it out.
For decoration, cut ribbons with a knife.
Then braid your hair like you would for your daughters.
Roll up the roll. Grab your hands on the opposite side of the braids. Make the first bend 1-1.5 centimeters.
Gently twist the roll, pushing a little on the braids so that the base sticks together.
Shape it a little with your hands.
Throw on the braids - throw them at the top and secure them at the bottom.
Leave the roll to proof for 40 minutes, covering with film.
The roll will grow well. All that remains is to grease it with an egg beaten with water or milk.
Place in an oven preheated to 180°C for baking. Baking time is 35-40 minutes.
The roll will turn out tall and ruddy. I advise you to immediately grease it with melted butter. Then the top will be soft, the crust will not be hard.
You can decorate the baked goods with powdered sugar.
To help novice cooks, I’ve put together a video with a step-by-step description of how to prepare a gorgeous poppy seed roll. Let your home always smell like delicious baked goods!