Best Patisa Sweet Recipes

POTICA - TRADITIONAL SLOVENIAN NUT ROLL

Steps:

• Stir the sugar, salt and ¼ cup butter into hot milk.Cool to lukewarm. (a drop on your wrist won't feel hot)
• Sprinkle the yeast over warm water in a large bowl. Stir to dissolve.
• Stir in lukewarm milk mixture to the yeast mixture.
• Add 2 eggs and 2 ½ cups flour to the yeast mixture. Use a wooden spoon to mix in the ingredients until smooth.
• Gradually add in the remaining 2 cups flour; knead by hand until the dough is stiff enough to leave the side of the bowl.
• Place the dough in a lightly greased large bowl. Turn dough over - greased side up - and cover with a towel.
• Let the dough rise in warm place (85F) free from drafts, until doubled in size - about an hour.
• In a medium bowl beat the eggs slightly. Add the walnuts, brown sugar, ⅓ cup of melted butter, cinnamon and vanilla.Stir until well blended and set aside until needed.
• When the dough has risen, punch it down and turn the dough out on a lightly floured surface. Cover the dough with a bowl and let rest for 10 minutes.
• Roll the dough out to a 30×20" rectangle.
• Spread the walnut filling on top of the dough, leaving 1 inch of the edge uncovered around the entire dough.
• Starting from the wide side, begin rolling up the dough tightly (jellyroll style). Seal by pinching the edges of dough with your fingers.
• On a large greased cookie sheet or seasoned baking stone, form the roll into a large coil.
• Let the potica rise in a warm place (85F), covered with a towel, for one hour.
• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Brush the potica with 2 Tablespoons of melted butter.
• Bake for 35-40 minutes until golden brown.
• Cool on wire rack before cutting.

POTICA

Steps:

• In a small mixing bowl, dissolve yeast, 1 teaspoon sugar, and 3 tablespoons of the flour in warm milk. Mix well, and let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
• In a large mixing bowl cream the butter with the remaining sugar. Add the egg yolks one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the yeast mixture, remaining milk, 4 cups of flour and the salt; mix well. Add the remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, stirring well after each addition. When the dough has pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes. Lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in the bowl and turn to coat with oil. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 1 hour.
• Lightly grease one or two cookie sheets. Deflate the dough and turn it out onto a lightly floured surface. Divide the dough into two equal pieces and roll Out to 1/4 to 1/2 inch thickness. Spread each piece with melted butter, honey, raisins, walnuts and cinnamon. Roll each piece up like a jelly roll and pinch the ends. Place seam side down onto the prepared baking sheets. Let rise until double in volume. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for about 60 minutes or until the top is golden brown.

PATISA SWEET

Steps:

• Heat a woak and add 1 ½ cup of Wheat flour and ¾ cup of Ghee. Mix these well. Keep flame on medium and stir continuously. Roast till the fragrance from wheat flour. When will roast, then when Ghee start to separate. Now off the flame and stir the mixture for sometime
• For making sugar syrup, add 1 ½ cup of sugar and 1 cup of water in a wok and heat on medium flame. We will make this sugar syrup consistency of before making a tar (thread).
• Pour this sugar syrup into wheat flour mixture. Mix and stir for sometime. Transfer this mixture to a ghee greased plate. Flatten the surface and sprinkle the cardamom powder.
• . Let it cool down for 5-10 minutes. Cut into desired shapes and just warm the plate on flame and take out the pieces. Enjoy this traditional atte ka patisa.

PATISA (SOAN PAPDI)

Steps:

• cut 4 squares from a thin polythene sheet.
• Sift both flours together.
• Heat ghee in a heavy saucepan.
• Add flour mixture and roast on low till light golden.
• Keep aside to cool a little, stirring occasionally.
• Prepare syrup simultaneously.
• Make syrup out of sugar, water and milk.
• Bring syrup to 2 1/2 thread consistency.
• Pour at once into the flour mixture.
• Beat well with a large fork till the mixture forms threadlike flakes.
• Pour onto a greased surface or thali and roll to 1" thickness lightly.
• Sprinkle the charmagaz seeds and elaichi and gently press down with palm.
• Cool, cut into 1" squares, wrap individually into square pieces of thin plastic sheet.
• Store in airtight container.