Go Back Email Link

Quark Kolach

Deel op Facebook Print Recipe

Ingredients

Ingredients for about 30 pieces

  • Basic puff pastry dough or about 42 oz (1.2 kg) of ready-made dough
  • Flour for the work surface
  • 1 Egg for brushing
  • Confectioner’s sugar for dusting

For the Filling

  • 3½ tbsp 50 g Butter
  • ¾ cup 100 g Confectioner sugar
  • ¾ oz 20 g Vanilla pudding mix
  • 10.5 oz 300 g Quark or other fresh white cheese strained
  • 2 Eggs
  • Zest of one lemon
  • 1 tbsp 15 g Vanilla sugar
  • Dash of salt
  • 2 oz 60 g Raisins
  • 4 tsp 2 cl Rum

Instructions

  • Prepare the puff pastry as directed.
  • Preheat oven to 400 °F (200 °C).
  • For the filling, cream the butter with the confectioner’s sugar.
  • Stir in all the other ingredients except for the raisins and rum.
  • Finally, mix in the raisins and rum.
  • Roll out the dough on a floured work surface.
  • Keep some of the dough on the side for decoration and cut it into small, 1x1in (2x2 cm) squares.
  • Cut the rest into 4in (11x11 cm) squares.
  • Place some quark filling in the middle, brush the four corners of the square with egg, fold into the center, and brush with egg again.
  • Place the little dough squares in the middle, press down gently, and also brush with egg.
  • Brush with melted butter and place on a buttered baking sheet.
  • Bake at 400 °F (200 °C) at first and then lower to 340 °F (170 °C) and bake for 15 minutes.
  • Dust with confectioner’s sugar.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Course; Dessert
Cuisine; Austria / European