Hungarian Cottage-Cheese Biscuits (Túrós Pogácsa)

The recipe Hungarian Cottage-Cheese Biscuits (Túrós Pogácsa) could satisfy your Eastern European craving in about 45 minutes. This recipe serves 60 and costs 10 cents per serving. One portion of this dish contains roughly 3g of protein, 2g of fat, and a total of 58 calories. 2 people have made this recipe and would make it again. It is a good option if you're following a lacto ovo vegetarian diet. Head to the store and pick up curd cottage cheese, túró, cheddar cheese, and a few other things to make it today. It is brought to you by Foodista. Taking all factors into account, this recipe earns a spoonacular score of 21%, which is rather bad. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Turos Csusza - Dry-Curd Cottage Cheese and Noodles, eggless cheese biscuits on stove top, cheese biscuits on tawa, and Nana's Hungarian Cheese Spread.

Servings: 60

Preparation duration: -1 minutes

Cooking duration: -1 minutes

 

Ingredients:

1 1/2 tablespoons baking powder

1 ounce butter

200 grams cheddar cheese

500 grams dry curd cottage cheese*

2 beaten egg yolks

500 grams all-purpose flour

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

túró

Equipment:

whisk

bowl

knife

oven

wire rack

Cooking instruction summary:

  1. In a large bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt.
  2. In a medium bowl, grate butter.
  3. Crumble the dry cottage cheese into with the butter and mix them together.
  4. Mix the butter and cheese with the flour blend.
  5. Using your hand, mix into a dough and knead for about 5 minutes.
  6. Roll out the dough on a floured wooden surface, and fold it. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  7. Repeat kneading, rolling, and resting in refrigerator twice.
  8. When ready, roll the dough to a 1-inch thickness, and cut into rounds with a biscuit cutter.
  9. Preheat oven to 375F.
  10. With the point of a sharp knife, score the tops of the biscuits in a lattice.
  11. Beat the egg yolks with 1 tsp of water, and brush the glaze onto the biscuit tops.
  12. Sprinkle cheese on top.
  13. Bake for 25 min, or until golden brown.
  14. Cool on a wire rack and serve as a snack, with soup, or, as George suggests, as an accompaniment with wine. Mmm. Now there's an idea!

 

Step by step:


1. In a large bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, and salt.In a medium bowl, grate butter.Crumble the dry cottage cheese into with the butter and mix them together.

2. Mix the butter and cheese with the flour blend.Using your hand, mix into a dough and knead for about 5 minutes.

3. Roll out the dough on a floured wooden surface, and fold it. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.Repeat kneading, rolling, and resting in refrigerator twice.When ready, roll the dough to a 1-inch thickness, and cut into rounds with a biscuit cutter.Preheat oven to 375F.With the point of a sharp knife, score the tops of the biscuits in a lattice.Beat the egg yolks with 1 tsp of water, and brush the glaze onto the biscuit tops.

4. Sprinkle cheese on top.

5. Bake for 25 min, or until golden brown.Cool on a wire rack and serve as a snack, with soup, or, as George suggests, as an accompaniment with wine. Mmm. Now there's an idea!


Nutrition Information:

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57 Calories
2g Protein
2g Total Fat
6g Carbs
0% Health Score
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Calories
57k
3%

Fat
2g
3%

  Saturated Fat
1g
7%

Carbohydrates
6g
2%

  Sugar
0.26g
0%

Cholesterol
12mg
4%

Sodium
141mg
6%

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Protein
2g
5%

Selenium
4µg
7%

Calcium
50mg
5%

Phosphorus
46mg
5%

Vitamin B1
0.07mg
5%

Folate
17µg
4%

Vitamin B2
0.07mg
4%

Manganese
0.06mg
3%

Vitamin B3
0.5mg
3%

Iron
0.45mg
2%

Zinc
0.23mg
2%

Vitamin B12
0.08µg
1%

Vitamin A
65IU
1%

Vitamin B5
0.12mg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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