Potica

Rolled sweet bread with a dense walnut filling.

Ingredients

• 4 cups Flour
• 1 cup Milk
• 2 tsp Yeast
• ½ cup Sugar
• 150 g Butter
• 3 Eggs
• 3 cups Walnuts
• 3 tbsp Honey
• ½ cup Cream
• 1 tsp Cinnamon
• 1 tsp Salt

Method

1. Make the dough — Warm the milk, dissolve the yeast, then knead in the flour, sugar, butter, eggs and salt for 10 minutes.
2. Prove — Rise 90 minutes until doubled.
3. Make the filling — Grind the walnuts and mix with hot cream, honey and cinnamon into a thick spreadable paste.
4. Roll thin — Roll the dough into a large thin rectangle.
5. Fill and roll — Spread the filling to the edges and roll up tightly from the long side.
6. Coil — Set in a ring tin and prove 30 minutes.
7. Bake — Bake at 180°C for 50 minutes until deep golden.
8. Potica is ready — Cool fully before slicing so the spiral holds.

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