A bite-sized version of traditional potica, made with a soft yeast dough and filled with nuts, chocolate, or other favorites.
Ingredients
- 360 g flour
- 50 g sugar
- 2 teaspoons rum
- grated zest of an unsprayed lemon
- 1 egg
- 30 g butter
- 12 g fresh yeast
- 180 ml milk
- a pinch of salt
- 250 g walnuts, almonds, or hazelnuts
- 60 g sugar or chocolate
- 1/2 to 1 teaspoon cinnamon, to taste
- 1 dl milk for the filling
Instructions Link to heading
- Warm the milk slightly and dissolve the yeast in it.
- In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, rum, lemon zest, egg, butter, salt, and the milk with yeast.
- Knead into a smooth dough and let it rise until doubled in size.
- Meanwhile, prepare the filling. Mix the nuts with sugar or chocolate, cinnamon, and milk.
- Roll the dough out into a rectangle about 36 x 48 cm in size.
- Spread the filling evenly over the dough.
- Roll the dough up tightly and cut it into 12 equal pieces.
- Place the mini poticas into a baking mold and let them rise for about 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
- Bake the mini poticas for 20–25 minutes, until golden brown.
Notes Link to heading
Potica is a traditional Slovenian yeast pastry with many regional and family variations, usually made with fillings such as walnuts, poppy seeds, or raisins.
This version keeps the spirit of the classic recipe, but turns it into small one-bite pastries with different fillings, from nuts to chocolate. They are especially nice for holidays, but honestly, they disappear quickly at any time of year.
Vesela kuharija 😋👌
The Mothership and her fleet. 🚢 A chocolatey, twist on our Slovenian queen, the Potica.