Sour Cherry and Salty Sheep’s Cheese Danishes

Though typically a sweet pastry, drożdżówki are now a format for any savory fantasy, often incorporating seasonal vegetables and traditional Polish ingredients. Here, we use bryndzą, the salty and crumbly sheep’s cheese found across Poland, Slovakia, and Ukraine. This cheese is very similar to feta, which makes for a perfect substitution when bryndzą is not to be found. The salt of the cheese, the sour of the cherries, the sweetness of the honey, and the earthiness of the thyme nod to some