Moldovan Mucenici with Apple and Walnut Filling
Automatically translated from Romanian. See the Romanian original
Traditional Moldovan mucenici, here in a version filled with grated apples, walnuts, and cinnamon, rolled like a crepe and baked until puffed and golden brown.
Ingredients
Method
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Knead the dough gently for 20-30 minutes, then let it rise for at least 3 hours.
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For the filling, mix the crushed walnuts with the apples, which have been grated and squeezed of juice beforehand, adding a little honey and cinnamon to taste.
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Divide the dough into 100-gram pieces and roll them out just enough to allow you to fill and roll them up, like a crepe.
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Shape the mucenici as desired, brush them with egg and a sprinkle of sugar, and bake for approx. 30 minutes at 180 degrees, until they are puffed and golden.
The story behind this recipe
I was planning the future, but looking for tastes from the past... Clearly, mucenici remind us of those moments when we would get covered in flour, trying to help Mom braid them. I think we miss the memory more than the taste, and it’s wonderful that we can relive it for a few moments.
Today we are making filled Moldovan mucenici. The recipe is like the one for cozonac; only the shape and the "finishing touches" differ.
- Ingredients for the dough:
1 kg flour
3 eggs + 1 egg for brushing before baking
300-350 ml lukewarm milk
pinch of salt
lemon zest
2 tablespoons brown sugar + 1 sachet vanilla sugar
5 grams of yeast
- Ingredients for the filling:
2 medium apples
walnuts
honey
cinnamon to taste
Knead the dough gently for 20-30 minutes, then let it rise for at least 3 hours.
For the filling, mix the crushed walnuts with the apples, which have been grated and squeezed of juice beforehand, with a little honey and cinnamon to taste.
Divide the dough into 100-gram pieces and roll them out just enough to allow you to fill and roll them up, like a crepe.
Shape the mucenici as desired, brush them with egg and a sprinkle of sugar, and bake for approx. 30 minutes at 180 degrees (they should be puffed and golden when you take them out).
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