Bohemian kolatschen (Czech Republic)

Preparation

·Prepare a yeast dough in the usual way out of the first list of ingredients (from flour to salt)

·Mix the quark with the butter, sugar, yolks, cornflour and rum

·Beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks, then fold into the quark mixture

·Stir the poppy seeds with the sugar, crumbs, and milk

·Bring to the boil and then leave to cool

·Cut the yeast dough into pieces of about 50 g each, shape each piece into a flat disc with a brim, then brush the brim with whisked egg yolk

·Fill each pastry disc with the quark and the poppy seed mixture, and with a small amount of apple butter

·Let the kolatschen rise for 10 min

·Preheat the oven to 200 °C; bake the kolatschen for 20-25 minutes on the second shelf from the bottom

The preparation time is about 3 hours and 45 minutes