Buchty (Czech dessert)

2025-11-01

Buchty made according to my grandmother's recipe.

Yeast activation

• 21 grams fresh yeast
• 2 spoons of sugar
• 2 spoons of all purpose flour
• 4 spoons of warm milk
• Mix and let double the size

Dough

• 250 milliliters of warm milk
• pinch of salt
• 1 egg beaten
• Mix these three ingredient
• Add
• 500 grams all purpose flour
• 300 grams sugar
• 50 grams melted margarin
• Some lemon zest
• Knead the dough until smooth (10-15 min)

Cheese filling

• 500 grams cheese (in Swedish: kvarg - use Milbona)
• 150 grams sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• If too dry add milk
• If too wet add semolina
• 2 egg whites whipped
• handful of raisins
• lemon zest
• Mix

Plum jam filling

• 250 grams plum jam
• 50 grams sugar
• lemon zest
• Mix

Poppy seed filling

• 500 milliliters of milk
• Boil the milk
• 250 grams ground poppy seeds
• Simmer until thickened, stir frequently
• 100 gram sugar
• two handful of gingerbread
• lemon zest
• pinch of cinnamon
• pinch of grounded clove

Assembly

• Grease a baking dish
• Divide the dough into two parts
• Roll out
• Cut into squares with side of 6 centimeters
• Place a tea spoon of filling in each square
• Wrap each square into buchta
• Place buchta into baking dish