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Quark and Rhubarb Pie

Name: Quark and Rhubarb Pie
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 140 min
Total time: 170 min
Ingredients: 100ml milk, lukewarm, about 37°C; 10g yeast; 1 tablespoon sugar; 1 egg, beaten; reserve about 1 teaspoon for brushing; 25g butter, melted; also used to grease the springform pan; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp cardamom; 300ml flour, divided, plus a little for sprinkling; 200g sweet quark; 1 cup rhubarb; sugar, Pinch; cinnamon, Pinch; icing sugar, to decorate

A yeasted pastry filled with sweet quark and rhubarb, shaped into a flower of cinnamon-sugar rolls and baked until golden.

2 hr 50 min
350 kcal
Vegetarian
Dessert

Mellowpan tip: Makes 7 servings, plenty to share.

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Ingredients

For 7 servings

Steps

Step 1:
Bring all ingredients to room temperature.
Step 2:
Dissolve the yeast in the lukewarm milk, about 37°C, with 1 tablespoon sugar.
Step 3:
Mix about half of the flour with the salt and add it to the yeast mixture.
Step 4:
Beat the mixture briefly.
Step 5:
Sprinkle with a little flour, cover the bowl with a towel, and leave in a warm place to rise for about 1 hour.
1 h
Step 6:
Add the remaining flour and cardamom.
Step 7:
Add the melted butter.
Step 8:
Beat the egg and reserve about 1 teaspoon for brushing.
Step 9:
Add the remaining beaten egg to the dough.
Step 10:
Knead the dough well until it separates from the bowl.
Step 11:
Sprinkle with a little flour, cover the bowl with a towel, and leave in a warm place for about 1 hour, until doubled in size.
1 h
Step 12:
Roll the dough into a square and place the sweet quark in the center.
Step 13:
Fold the edges over the quark and carefully roll the dough again into a rectangle.
Step 14:
Spread the rhubarb, a pinch of sugar, and a pinch of cinnamon over the rectangle, leaving one edge about 2 cm empty.
Step 15:
Roll up the dough and cut it into equal slices; you should get about 6 to 7 rolls.
Step 16:
Turn the empty edge under each roll to form the bottom.
Step 17:
Arrange the rolls like a flower in a butter-greased springform pan, with one roll in the center and the others around it.
Step 18:
Leave enough space between the rolls for them to rise.
Step 19:
Brush the buns with the reserved beaten egg before putting them in the oven.
Step 20:
Bake at 180°C for 20 to 30 minutes.
20–30 min
Step 21:
Decorate with icing sugar.