Tepertős Pogacsa (Rolls with Cracklings and Prune Jam)

Name: Tepertős Pogacsa (Rolls with Cracklings and Prune Jam)
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: makes 20 Rolls
Ingredients: 3 tbsp. milk, heated to 115°, plus 3/4 cup; 2 (1/4-oz.) packages active dry yeast; 3 1 ⁄ 4 cups flour, plus more for dusting; 1 tbsp. kosher salt; 1 tsp. freshly ground black pepper; 1 1 ⁄ 2 cups minced pork cracklings; 8 tbsp. lard, melted, plus more for greasing; 1 tbsp. light rum; 4 eggs, lightly beaten, plus 1 yolk; 1 ⁄ 2 cup prune lekvár or prune jam; 1 ⁄ 4 cup boiling water

Serves
makes 20 Rolls

TODD COLEMAN

A blend of rendered pork fat and cracklings adds a smoky depth to flaky, yeast-risen rolls filled with a thick prune jam called lekvar. This recipe from Hungarian home cook Edit Szabo Gezane first appeared in our October 2013 issue with the article Rhapsody in Red.

Ingredients

3 tbsp. milk, heated to 115°, plus 3/4 cup
2 (1/4-oz.) packages active dry yeast
3 ¹⁄₄ cups flour, plus more for dusting
1 tbsp. kosher salt
1 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
1 ¹⁄₂ cups minced pork cracklings
8 tbsp. lard, melted, plus more for greasing
1 tbsp. light rum
4 eggs, lightly beaten, plus 1 yolk
¹⁄₂ cup prune lekvár or prune jam
¹⁄₄ cup boiling water

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Instructions

Step 1

Combine 3 tbsp. milk and the yeast in a bowl; let sit until foamy, about 10 minutes. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, salt, and pepper. Add yeast mixture, remaining milk, and the cracklings, lard, rum, and beaten eggs; stir until dough comes together. Knead in bowl until smooth, about 2 minutes. Cover dough loosely with plastic wrap and set in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.

Step 2

Grease a 9" x 13" baking dish with lard; set aside. Stir prune lekvár and boiling water together in a bowl. On a heavily floured surface, roll dough into a 14" x 17" rectangle about ¼" thick. Spread evenly with lekvár mixture, leaving a ½" border; fold dough in half lengthwise. Cut dough into eighteen 2"-square rolls. Transfer to greased dish; cover loosely with plastic wrap, and set in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.

Step 3

Heat oven to 350°. Stir egg yolk and 1 tsp. water together in a bowl. Brush tops of rolls lightly with egg yolk mixture; bake until golden brown and cooked through, about 30 minutes.

Combine 3 tbsp. milk and the yeast in a bowl; let sit until foamy, about 10 minutes. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, salt, and pepper. Add yeast mixture, remaining milk, and the cracklings, lard, rum, and beaten eggs; stir until dough comes together. Knead in bowl until smooth, about 2 minutes. Cover dough loosely with plastic wrap and set in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
Grease a 9" x 13" baking dish with lard; set aside. Stir prune lekvár and boiling water together in a bowl. On a heavily floured surface, roll dough into a 14" x 17" rectangle about ¼" thick. Spread evenly with lekvár mixture, leaving a ½" border; fold dough in half lengthwise. Cut dough into eighteen 2"-square rolls. Transfer to greased dish; cover loosely with plastic wrap, and set in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
Heat oven to 350°. Stir egg yolk and 1 tsp. water together in a bowl. Brush tops of rolls lightly with egg yolk mixture; bake until golden brown and cooked through, about 30 minutes.