Sheep Cheese Cakes

Metalkika's Note:

This recipe is our national (Slovak) recipe. It has been baked in Slovakia for centuries. Original name without interpunction is "Bryndzove kolace". So-called "bryndza" is the main ingredient and it is made of soft sheep cheese in the north of the country and it is known here since 15th century. You may put the filling on the whole cake or only into the middle of it. I think that all cheese-lovers will like the first possibility more :) It is also very nice with baked chops of bacon on the top. More about bryndza in English is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryndza

• Total Time: 50 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 30

Yield: 30.0 cakes

• 500 g all-purpose flour
• 40 g yeast
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 250 ml milk
• 4 tablespoons butter

Filling

• 300 g of soft sheep's milk cheese
• 2 cups sour cream
• 1 egg
• 4 tablespoons fresh chives
• 4 tablespoons fresh dill

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven for 50°C.
2. Melt the yeast in the milk.
3. Mix this yeast milk with all-purpose flour, salt, melted butter and with one egg.
4. Knead the dough precisely and then put to the oven for 15-20 minutes until it rises.
5. Take the dough out, preheat the oven for 220°C and make the dough 0,5 inches thick.
6. Take a glass and make circles from the dough.
7. Mix all filling ingredients, keep only one spoon of chives and dill for later decoration.
8. Pour the filling on the top of the circle of each cake and decorate it with remaining chives and dill.
9. Put a baking paper on a baking pan and put on it all circles (this may need two baking pans).
10. Bake until the dough turns to golden brown, checking it frequently.