Goat Cheese – Bacon Biscuits (Pogácsa)

Ingredients

600g flour

250g butter

100g sour cream

2 egg yolk

42g fresh yeast

1 pich caster sugar

100ml Milk, lukewarm

250g fresh goat cheese

100-150g bacon

2 tsp salt

150g cheese (like Gruyere), shredded

1 egg for brushing the dough

Prep.time: 25 minutes

Baking time: 15-20 minutes

You’ll need: Dough hook

1. In a large bowl, combine milk, yeast and sugar and let stand until yeast is foamy, about 15 minutes. In the meantime bake bacon, and cut it into small pieces.
2. Attach dough hook to Cooking Chef.
3. Add flour, yeast mixture, salt, egg yolk, sour cream, goat cheese, bacon and butter in the mixing bowl, and knead on medium speed for 5-8 minutes.
4. Cover bowl with a clean kitchen towel, and let it rise for 45-60 minutes, or until doubled in size.
5. Roll dough 1 ½ cm thick on a lightly floured surface. cut out rounds with a 3-4 cm cutter
6. Preheat oven to 180C (fan forced)
7. Place circles on a baking sheet, brush top with egg yolk. sprinkle cheese on top, and let rise for another 15-20 minutes.
8. Bake biscuits (pogácsa) for 15 minutes or until golden.

Baked in partnership with Kenwood Switzerland