Hungarian Bacon-Ricotta Biscuit

Homemade Bacon-Ricotta Biscuits - Baconös-Ricottás Pogácsa.

RECIPE
Hungarian Bacon-Ricotta Biscuits

Ingredients:

3 cups white flour
1 container ricotta cheese (≈ 10 ounces)
1 pkg bacon, fried and crumbled
1/4 lbs butter
1/2 cup sour cream
2 eggs + 1 egg for glazing tops
1/2 tsp salt if butter is salted, if unsalted 1 tsp
1/2 ounce of dry yeast
1/4 cup milk
1/2 tsp sugar
1/8 cup chopped fresh dill or add more to your taste

Baking Instructions:

1. Dissolve dry yeast in warm milk with half tsp of sugar to the milk, let rise.
2. With pastry cutter, cut butter into flour, then add all other ingredients except the bacon to mixture.
3. Knead dough, roll out to 1/2 inch and sprinkle the crumbled bacon over on top then proceed to roll back up like with a jelly roll, then folding the log into three.
4. Place in bowl, cover with wax paper and dish towel and let rise in a warm place. Once dough has risen, roll out and then re-roll like in Step 3.
5. Roll out for the third time to 3/4 inch thick with a knife cut top of dough in a shallow manner diagonally and cut out with biscuit cutter or a glass.
6. Place on ungreased baking sheet, and brush tops with 1 beaten egg with a bit of milk. Bake in preheated 375F oven for 25 to 30 mins.


* Makes about 40 biscuits.
**Dough will be sticky; flour your work surface, rolling pin and biscuit cutter.

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