Poppy seed cake with apples: a simple recipe

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In the seventh episode of Hell’s Kitchen with Yevhen Klopotenko, Ukrainian singer Zlata Ognevich, the main character of the second season of the romantic reality TV show The Bachelorette, came to the kitchen. Together with Yevhen, they cooked two incredible Ukrainian dishes.

Taste Ukrainian, watch Ukrainian, explore Ukraine by taste, be inspired by the power of ancient Ukrainian cuisine, Ukrainian products and spices! Every Saturday, the host, Ukrainian chef, restaurateur, borscht ambassador and national cuisine researcher Yevhen Klopotenko, will be joined by a celebrity guest. In a frank conversation about life, professional and personal events, they will cook unique Ukrainian dishes together, discovering for themselves and the audience the world of Ukrainian gastronomy that is so rich in flavors.

As in the past, Yevhen Klopotenko will help to Ukrainize his guests’ favorite dishes and give new life to the products of our ancestors! Yes, the singer brought an apple strudel to the project’s kitchen! Yevhen Klopotenko offered to cook Ukrainian Plyatsok with poppy seeds and apples.

Ingredients:

Flour – 380 grams.
Butter – 180 grams.
Yeast – 50 grams.
Milk – 70 grams.
Sugar – 50 grams.
Egg – 4 pcs.

Filling:

Grated poppy seeds – 250 grams.
Apples – 5 pcs.
Butter – 50 grams.
Sugar.

Method of cooking:

To make a good poppy seed and apple cake, you first need to make the dough: mix 380 grams of flour and 180 grams of butter at room temperature until smooth. Take 70 grams of milk and pour 50 grams of yeast over it, add one tablespoon of sugar, and mix well. Wait 15 minutes, and then add four egg yolks to the mixture of milk, yeast, and sugar. Pour the mixture into the butter and flour, making a smooth and beautiful dough. Leave the dough in a warm place for an hour to rise. Divide the risen dough into three parts and roll out into three plates. Form the cake: spread out the bottom layer of dough, put 250 grams of grated poppy seeds on it, cover with the second layer of dough, prepare the apple filling: cut five apples into small cubes and fry with 50 grams of butter, adding a little sugar, put the filling on the second layer, put the third layer on the filling, put four egg whites on it, which we beat with 20 grams of sugar. Leave the cake for 30 minutes to rise. Put in the oven for 50 minutes at 180 degrees.

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