Salčići Traditional Serbian dessert
- Jan 4, 2025
- 3 min read
This beloved Serbian traditional dessert, an old-fashioned cake, evokes memories of the past with its delightful texture. With a crispy exterior and a soft interior, it melts in your mouth. Much like strudels and donuts, this dessert was a staple on Serbian tables and continues to capture the hearts of young homemakers eager to preserve the flavors and traditions of their childhood. It is a nostalgic treat that delights everyone and upholds Serbian heritage, often prepared by our mothers and grandmothers during the Christmas season. Crafting this dessert is a true challenge, as achieving the perfect texture is an art. It features a crispy crust made with ground lard that crunches under your teeth and a soft center filled with rich homemade jam. This is a tried-and-true original recipe that will impress your household with its melt-in-the-mouth flavor. Although demanding to prepare, every effort is rewarded with the first bite.
Ingredients: medium, total time: 120 min.
650-700 g flour
4 egg yolks
1 lemon juice
330 ml beer
2 Tbsp powdered sugar
600 g ground lard + 200 g flour
Homemade plum jam
Preparation:
Remove the veins and scrap from the pork lard and grind it twice in a meat grinder.
Add 200 g of flour to the ground lard and mix well, until uniform. Divide into three equal parts.
Ina deep bowl add 4 egg yolks, 1 squeezed lemon juice, 2 spoon of powdered sugar, and 330ml beer, mix with a wooden spoon.
Add gradually 650g flour and mix well with spoon.
The rest of the flour and put 50g aside for the work surface.
Knead the dough by hand, then transfer to a floured work surface and knead until you get a uniform and smooth dough.
Roll out the dough with the help of a rolling pin to a thickness of 5 mm.
With the help of a spoon, spread the lard over the entire surface and spread it with the help of a knife.
Coat it with 1/3 fat, then fold it into three equal parts.
Fold the resulting strip three more times, into three equal parts, to look like a book, let the dough rest for 30 minutes, covered with kitchen towel.
Repeat the same procedure two more times — roll out the dough with a rolling pin, coat it with lard to include the edges, fold it over, and let it rest, this time for 20 minutes.
For the third time, roll out the dough with a rolling pin to a thickness of 1 cm, cut it into rectangles 5×6 cm, spread it with 1 tsp jam, then close the edges of the dough slightly, without pressing!
Arrange the salčići in a pan lined with baking paper with a distance.
Heat the oven to 250 °C, then put the salčići to bake 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 200 °C and bake another 10 minutes.
When they are slightly browned, it is a sign that they are ready. Do not open the oven during baking, because the sauces will soften.
Sprinkle salčići with powdered sugar and serve.
2. Salčići dessert Recipe
Ingredients:
250 g ground lard +1 Tbsp acid vinegar 9% +1 Tbsp of flour mix together leave on warm place
310-350 g flour
100 ml white wine
1 tsp fat
1 egg
pinch of salt
Homemade plum jam
powdered sugar for sprinkle
1 bag vanilla sugar/ 10 g
The procedure is the same as for the first recipe.
Buon appetito!
NOTE:
For added flavor, you may incorporate grated lemon peel into the dough if desired.
According to the traditional recipe, Salčići is always prepared with plum jam.
Store Salčići in a lidded container in a dry location.
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