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Trdelník

Trdelník is a yeasted dough wrapped around a rolling pin and baked while turning until golden and crisp, then rolled in sugar and cinnamon. Very popular on the streets of Prague, it is eaten warm and torn apart by hand.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

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Instructions

  1. Dissolve the yeast in the lukewarm milk with a spoonful of sugar and leave to rest for 5 minutes.
  2. Mix the flour, the remaining sugar and the salt. Add the risen milk, the egg and the melted butter.
  3. Knead for 8 minutes until you have a soft, smooth dough, then leave it to rise for 1 hour, covered.
  4. Mix the sugar and cinnamon for rolling. Preheat the oven to 200 °C or the grill.
  5. Divide the dough into 4 strips 2 cm wide and wind them into spirals around oiled wooden rolling pins or foil-wrapped tubes.
  6. Place the rolls on a tray and leave them to rest for 15 minutes.
  7. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, turning regularly, until the dough is golden.
  8. Roll the hot trdelníks immediately in the cinnamon-sugar mixture and let them cool slightly before removing the pins.

Variations and tips

Iced version. Brush the trdelník with icing sugar mixed with a little lemon water.

Using what's on hand. Without special rolling pins, wind the dough around a clean rolling pin covered with baking paper.

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