MOHNKUCHEN MIT EIERDECKE
By
Ellen Bales
@Starwriter
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Recipe:germanfood.about.com/Photo: J. McGavin
Ingredients
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CRUST:
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14 Tbspsalted butter (1-3/4 sticks)
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2 call purpose flour
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1/2 csugar
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·zest from 1 orange
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2egg yolks whisked with 2 tbsp. water
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POPPY SEED FILLING
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2 cmilk
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1/3 cfarina, such as cream of wheat
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1/4 to 1/3 csugar
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1 tspvanilla extract
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1 cground poppy seeds
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2 Tbspbutter
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2egg whites, stiffly beaten
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SOUR CREAM TOPPING
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1 csour cream
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1/2 csweet cream
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1 1/2 Tbspall purpose flour
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1/3 csugar
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2eggs, separated
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·several drops of lemon extract or vanilla
How to Make MOHNKUCHEN MIT EIERDECKE
- For the crust: Cut the butter into the flour, sugar and orange zest until the size of peas. Mix in the egg yolks and form a smooth ball without kneading too much. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for one hour.
- For the filling: In a large saucepan, bring the milk, sugar and vanilla to a boil. Remove from heat and add farina, stirring constantly, then poppy seeds. Place back on heat and boil again, briefly. Remove from heat and let the mixture cool down.
- While mixture is still warm, stir in the butter until melted.
(Do not beat the egg whites until you are ready to fill the crust.) - For the topping: Beat all egg whites until stiff. Mix all the sour cream topping ingredients together, except the egg whites, until smooth. Fold in half the egg whites. Fold the other 2 egg whites into the cooled poppy seed mixture.
- To assemble the cake: Roll one half of the dough into an 11-inch circle and cut to fit bottom of 11-inch springform pan.
- Roll out 1/4 of the dough into a rope and flatten into a 1 or 1-1/2-inch rim. Press around the edge of the springform and attach to the base with a little water or egg white. Continue with rest of dough. Trim crust evenly for a nice presentation.
- Fill crust with poppy seed filling and then top with sour cream topping, making sure to cover to the edge of the crust seal.
- Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 50-60 minutes or until cake is browned and firmly set.