A traditional recipe for Twisted Buns with Anari from Food Bloggers "The Fella Twins".
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Execution Time: 2 1/2 hours
Portion: 5
Components
For the dough
• 500 gr. flour g.o.x.
• 500 gr. hard flour
• 2 tbsp yogurt
• 1 sachet of yeast
• 1 tbsp. baking powder
• 400-500 ml of lukewarm water
• 1 tbsp. cinnamon powder
• 1 pinch of salt
For stuffing
• 1 kg fresh anari (mizithra)
• 100 gr. sugar
• 100 ml of milk
• 1 tbsp. cinnamon
• 3 tbsp. rose water
• 1 sachet of vanilla
• 1 pinch of grated dry mint
For the syrup
• 480 gr. water
• 400 gr. sugar
• 2 tbsp. honey
• 1 cinnamon stick
• peel of 1 lemon
• 3 cloves
For the spread
• 3-4 tbsp. milk
Execution Method
For the syrup
• In a saucepan, add the sugar, water, 1 cinnamon stick, the 3 cloves the lemon peel (not the white part), turn on the heat and wait 1-2 minutes until the sugar dissolves.
• Once it boils, shake with a spoon to check if the sugar has dissolved. The mixture must be transparent.
• Then, add the honey, remove from the heat, stir lightly and leave the syrup to cool.
For the filling
• In the bucket of the mixer, we put the fresh anari (mizithra) which we melted with a fork or with our hands, the sugar, the cinnamon, the vanilla, the dry mint, the milk and the rose water.
• Beat with the wire until our materials are joined.
• Transfer the bowl to the refrigerator.
For the dough
• In a bowl pour the yeast, a little sugar (from 100 g) a little lukewarm water and mix well with a fork until the yeast dissolves.
• Set aside for 10 minutes until the yeast is activated.
• In the mixing bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon with a spoon.
• Make a hole in the center and add the yeast mixture and yogurt.
• Add a little water.
• Beat with the hook on medium to high speed for 7-8 minutes until it becomes a soft dough.
• Put the dough in a lightly oiled bowl, cover it with a film and let it rise for about 1 hour in a warm place until it doubles in volume.
• Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
• After the dough rests, divide it into 8 equal parts.
• Take each dough and open it with a little flour with the rolling pin or the machine in a rectangular thin sheet.
• In the center of each dough, spread ¼ from the filling with the help of a spoon.
• Next, roll the dough into a horizontal roll and with a brush wet with water to stick the dough well on its edge so that the filling does not leave.
• When we actually create a stuffed tube, we join the two ends and start and twist creating a braid.
• Next, press the edges to close and join them to form a round bun. We make the rest in the same way.
• Put oil paste in a pan and spread the buns on it.
Lightly grease with milk and bake for about 1 hour until they get a nice color.
• Syrup the buns while they are hot with the cold syrup. At the beginning, with a brush and then pour all the syrup into the pan and let the buns pull it for at least 20 minutes.
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