Solenki are Bulgarian savoury sticks of short butter-and-yoghurt dough with sirene, brushed with egg and scattered with sesame and salt — the crunchy nibble set out with drinks at name days and parties.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 0.5 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 150 g Bulgarian yoghurt
- 400 g plain flour
- 150 g cold butter, diced
- 150 g Bulgarian sirene, finely crumbled
- 1 egg, beaten, for glazing
- 2 tbsp sesame seeds
- 1 tsp coarse salt
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 3181 kcal · P 55.7g · C 322.3g · F 146.5g
Estimated from 8 of 8 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
Steps
Steps
- 1Heat the oven to 180°C/350°F and line two baking trays with baking paper.
- 2Stir the bicarbonate of soda into the yoghurt and leave for a minute to foam.
- 3Rub the butter into the flour with your fingertips until it looks like coarse crumbs, then mix in the sirene.
- 4Add the yoghurt and bring everything together into a soft dough without kneading — overworked, the dough bakes hard instead of short.
- 5Roll out on a floured surface to 5 mm thick and cut into strips 1.5 cm wide and 10 cm long.
- 6Lay the strips on the trays, brush with the beaten egg and sprinkle with the sesame seeds and coarse salt.
- 7Bake for 18–22 minutes, until golden and crisp. Leave to cool on the trays; they crisp further as they cool.
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Questions and answers
How long does Solenki take to make?
About 47 minutes: 25 min prep and 22 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Solenki?
8 ingredients: bicarbonate of soda, Bulgarian yoghurt, plain flour, cold butter, Bulgarian sirene, egg, sesame seeds, coarse salt.
How many servings does this Solenki recipe make?
10 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Solenki?
About 318 kcal, with 5.6 g protein, 32.2 g carbohydrate and 14.6 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Solenki recipe suit?
It is vegetarian.
What cuisine is Solenki?
Solenki comes from Bulgarian cuisine.
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