Croatia Zagorski Štrukli (Cheese filled pastry)
The Croatian dish called Štrukli from the northern region is prepared from pastry dough and a creamy cottage cheese filling with boiling and baking.
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 1 lb puff pastry dough
- 3 eggs
- ½ lb farmers cheese, ricotta or cottage cheese
- ½ lb feta cheese
- 1 cup sour cream
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F degrees.
- Use a cutting board and with a floured surface and roll out the puff pastry dough. Make a long thin rectangle.
- In a bowl, prepare the stuffing by mixing the cottage cheese, egg and salt.
- Transfer the mixture to the rolled out puff pastry dough and spread the mixture.
- Roll up the dough into a long cylindrical log then twist the dough from the middle until you make a circle. Carefully fold the edge and add water to stick well.
- Cut into pieces using the edge of a plate into the lengths of 10 centimeters pieces.
- In a medium-sized pan, put the water to boil, add some oil, salt and add the pieces and cook for 5 minutes.
- Then transfer them to a baking dish. Whisk 1 egg, sour cream and salt to taste and pour over the pieces.
- Bake for about 30 minutes until golden brown.
- Serve as an appetizer.