Krumplis pogácsa – Potato scones

by | Jan 30, 2017 | Breads, buns & biscuits

These scones are light and fluffy and not dry at all, they can be still soft the next day. If you have leftover mashed potatoes, krumplis pogácsa is a good way to use them. The dough is risen and folded only once, it doesn’t need to rest after folding, the scones are cut out instantly.  The top of the scones are scored with a sharp knife, feel free to choose any pattern (crisscross, radial, etc.) you like.

Potato scones
Potato scones – photo: zserbo.com

Ingredients:

  • 25 g (~3/4 oz) fresh yeast (2 1/2 tsp dry yeast)
  • 50 ml (~1/4 cup) milk
  • pinch of sugar
  • 250 g (~9 oz) potatoes
  • 400 g (~3 1/4 cups) flour
  • 150 g (~5 1/4 oz) lard
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2/3 tbsp salt
  • 1 egg for egg wash

Cook the potatoes with their skin on. Peel and mash them. Set aside and let it cool.

Dissolve yeast and sugar in tepid milk.

Sift flour in a bowl, add mashed potatoes, lard, egg yolk, salt and activated yeast. Knead until smooth. Cover the bowl and let the dough rise in a lukewarm place for an hour.

Preheat the oven to 220°C / 428°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.

Turn out the dough onto a floured surface and roll it out 1/2 inch thick. Fold the dough in half, then fold the two short sides to the middle, onto each other. The dough doesn’t need to rest , just roll it out 1 inch thick. Cut out scones and place them onto the prepared baking sheets. Score their tops with a sharp knife in a radial pattern, then brush them with slighlty beaten egg. Bake them for 12-14 minutes.
Mentés

Support my work

If you're enjoying my recipe collection, please, consider supporting my work by making a one-time payment.

Hungarian cottage cheese

This is what Hungarian túró looks like

You often ask me what kind of cottage cheese (or curd cheese or farmer's cheese - call it what you want) I use in the recipes. In Hungary the store-bought cottage cheese is dry and crumbly as you can see in the picture. So if a recipe calls for túró, I mean this type. If you can't obtain túró, you can try to make your own from whole milk. Click on the link below.

Metric system vs cup

In Hungary metric units are in use, all the recipes on this website are based on this system, so a kitchen scale is necessary. Since I’m not familiar with cup as a measurement unit, I convert grams to cups by using an online converter. The values in brackets, therefore, are only approximate volumes, so, please, double-check them before you start cooking.

Pin It on Pinterest