Recipe Book

Roll out the dough and cut out round
circles with an 8 cm diameter.
Put a little filling in the middle of each one
and fold over. Seal the edges by pressing
together with a fork.
Place the pierogi on a baking tray lined with
baking parchment and brush with egg yolk.
• Time in the appliance: 20 minutes
• Shelf position: 2
Rich Yeast Plait
Ingredients for the dough:
• 750 g flour
• 30 g yeast
• 400 ml milk
• 10 g sugar
• 15 g salt
• 1 egg
• 100 g softened butter
Ingredients for the finish:
• 1 egg yolk
• a little milk
Method:
Sieve the flour into a mixing bowl, make a
well in the centre. Cut up the yeast, place it
in the well, stir in with the milk and some of
the sugar and some of the flour from
around the edge, sprinkle with flour, leave
to rise in a warm place until the flour
sprinkled on the pre-dough is showing
cracks.
Put the rest of the sugar, salt, egg and
butter on the edge of the flour. Knead all
ingredients into a workable yeast dough.
Leave the dough to rise in a warm place
until it is about double the size.
Then weigh out into three equally sized
pieces of dough and shape each one into a
rope. Plait the three ropes together.
Then cover and leave to rise for another half
an hour. Coat the surface of the plait with a
mixture of egg yolk and milk and then put in
the oven.
• Time in the oven: 50 minutes
• Shelf position: 2
CASSEROLES/GRATINS
Lasagne
Ingredients for the meat sauce:
• 100 g streaky bacon
• 1 onion
• 1 carrot
• 100 g celery
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 400 g mince (a mixture of beef and pork)
• 100 ml meat stock
• 1 small tin tomatoes, chopped (about
400 g)
• oregano, thyme, salt and pepper
Ingredients for the Béchamel sauce:
• 75 g butter
• 50 g flour
• 600 ml milk
• salt, pepper and nutmeg
Put together with:
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 250 g green lasagne
• 50 g Parmesan cheese, grated
• 50 g mild cheese, grated
Method:
Using a sharp knife cut the bacon from the
rind and gristle and cut into fine dice. Peel
the onion and carrot, clean the celery, dice
all vegetables finely.
Heat the oil in a casserole, sauté the bacon
and the diced vegetables while stirring
constantly.
Gradually add the mince, sauté while
stirring constantly to break up and deglaze
with the meat stock. Season the meat
sauce with tomato purée, the herbs, salt
and pepper and simmer with the lid on over
a low heat for about 30 minutes.
In the meantime prepare the Béchamel
sauce: Melt the butter in a pan, add the
flour and cook until golden, stirring
constantly. Gradually pour in the milk,
stirring constantly. Season the sauce with
salt, pepper and nutmeg and simmer
without a lid for about 10 minutes.
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