Sumy poppy seed Kolach for Christmas: an old recipe for delicious traditional pastries

It is customary to make a variety of pastries for Christmas. For example, in the Sumy region, they bake a poppy seed kolach, which is extremely tasty and serves as a great decoration for the festive table.

A food blogger with the nickname vitala foodblog shared on Instagram how to make Sumy Kolach according to an ancient recipe. Poppy seeds, nuts, and jam are used as a filling, which makes the pastry even more delicious.

Ingredients

• Milk - 300 ml
• Honey or sugar - 100 g
• Yeast - 40 gr
• Egg - 1 pc
• Salt - a pinch
• Vanilla sugar - 1 tsp
• Butter - 60 g
• Oil - 20 ml
• Flour - 600-650 g

Ingredients for the nut filling

• Nuts - 150 g
• Egg white - 1 pc
• Sugar or honey

Ingredients for the jam filling

• Jam - 200 g
• Starch - 2 tbsp

Ingredients for the poppy seed filling

• The poppy seed filling is ready
• Lemon zest

Additional ingredients

• Egg - 1 pc
• Poppy seeds for sprinkling

Method of preparation

1. Add yeast, honey, salt and a little flour from the total mass to warm milk. Leave the dough for 10 minutes.

2. Add the dough, egg, melted chilled butter, and vanilla sugar to the flour. Knead a soft dough. Let it rise in a warm place for 40 minutes.

3. Divide the dough into 3 parts, wrap the filling in each part, make a braid, and roll it into a loaf.

4. Put it in a round mold covered with parchment, greased with oil, and put a glass in the middle. Let it rise.

5. Brush with egg and milk, sprinkle with poppy seeds.

6. Bake for the first 10 minutes at 190, reduce to 170 and bake for an hour, reduce to 160 and another 10-15 minutes.

7. You can additionally sprinkle with sugar syrup for shine.