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Friday, October 14, 2011

How to make different shapes for buns

This post is about how to make those different shapes out of dough, to make your buns look beautiful and tempting:) These are just some varieties, but you always can "invent" your own way. These are not my own inventions, I have learned them from different sources:)
So, how to make this gorgeous heart?

This is how: Roll out small portion from the dough, grease the surface with butter, sprinkle some poppy seeds or cinnamon and sugar.

Now roll it around itself:

Fold this log in half and cut the middle:

Open up the edges to outer side, and voila! You have your heart shape:

How to make a rose:

Roll out the small portion of dough, grease with butter, put poppy seeds or any other filling you like right in the middle. Cut 4 lines around it:

Start folding the edges, making sure that center part is open, just fold them one on top of another:

Spirals:

Make the same log as for rose. Don't fold it. Just cut the log along lengthwise:

Now fold these two parts, making spiral:

Now you know how to make all these beautiful shapes!

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

How to cut same squares from rolled dough for "Manti"


First of all roll out your dough into thin, big circle. It doesn't have to be a perfect circle, don't worry.
After you reached needed thickness, sprinkle some flour on top and roll it around the long stick.

At the end, move the stick forward like this, leaving some space:

Then again leave some space and move the stick back:

You will continue to fold the dough forward and backward with the help of the stick until all dough is folded up. Then put the stick aside and cut up equal 4 inch strips.

Then starting from the piece in th middle, unfold the pieces one by one putting them on top of each other. Sprinkle some flour on top of each strip/

Now cut up again 4 inch squares.

You will have some left over pieces of half quares or triangles, don't use them for "manti", just knead them all together and leave for another use.
Now you can place the squares on your work place and put 1 tbsp of filling and some cubes of lamb's tail fat to each piece of square and pinch "Manti"s!