Pączki
Warsaw — Mother recipe · en it
This traditional Polish pastry is a crispy puff filled with honey and fruit, perfect for Shrove Tuesday.
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⏱️ 30 min prep + 15 min cottura · 8 porzioni · media
Ingredients
- 500 g of flour
- 100 g of butter
- 100 g of sugar
- 10 g of yeast
- 2 eggs
- 500 ml of milk
- 300 g of sugar for the filling
- 100 g of almonds
- 100 g of dried fruit (raisins, currants)
- 1 lemon
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
- 4 tablespoons of warm water
Method
- In a bowl, mix the flour, butter, sugar, and yeast.
- Add the eggs, milk, and mix until you get a homogeneous dough.
- Cover the bowl with a cloth and let it rise for at least 1 hour.
- Prepare the filling by mixing the sugar, ground almonds, dried fruit, lemon juice, and vanilla essence.
- Puff the dough and cut out circles with a round cutter.
- Fry the circles in hot oil until they turn golden.
- Fill the pączki with the prepared filling and serve warm.
The story
Pączki are a traditional Warsaw pastry known throughout Poland during Shrove Tuesday. Their origins date back to the 19th century, when they were prepared to celebrate Church festivals.
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