Traditional Slovak Nut Roll Recipe
This is an all day project.
Traditional slovak nut roll recipe. Orechovnik is a favorite in many eastern european countries. Kolache or nut rolls have been a christmas and easter favorite in my family for at least 5 generations. Beat on medium speed for until smooth 3 minutes. Add the sugar salt butter sour cream eggs and 3 cups flour.
Start by making the dough. Beat eggs in mixer and add the rest of the sugar salt vanilla butter sour cream and yeast mixture. She is slovak and called them nut rolls though i ve heard her aunts refer to them as kolache anyway my nut rolls always cracked and i think i finally figured out why. Orechovnik is a nut roll.
Scald milk and let cool until warm to touch. Nut rolls are known under different names in different countries. This is an old slovak recipe. In slovak it is called roshky.
This recipe will make 7 or 8 twelve inch loaves or some dough may be reserved for lekvar squares. My great grandmother brought the basic recipe with her from the former czechoslovakia now the slovak republic in the early 1900s. Stir with fork and let sit until bubbly. This recipe has similar ingredients to my mom s recipe but hers makes 2 nut rolls.
Bake in a 350 degree oven for 30 minutes or until golden brown. Cover and let rise 1 hour. Makes 3 nut rolls. The rolls are filled with lekvar a thick soft fruit spread.
Slovak kolache nut rolls. These two pastries are identical to each other except that they. For this recipe i decided to focus on the slovak version. Add 1 4 cup of warmed milk to yeast with a pinch of sugar and set aside to rise.
30 minutes if you already have the dough ready once you have your dough ready it s quite easy to turn it onto the slovak delicacies the poppy and walnut rolls makovnĂk and orechovnĂk or at least my grandma made it look really easy. A delicious sweet bread with a nutty filling. Of the sugar and yeast. In a large bowl dissolve yeast in warm milk.
Sift flour salt and baking soda and slowly add to the eggs. Leavened dough ground poppy seeds or walnuts sugar bit of milk prep time.