Poppy Seed Pasta with Goat’s Cheese

Name: Poppy Seed Pasta with Goat’s Cheese (Mákos metélt kecskesajttal)
Cuisine: Hungarian
Ingredients: 400 g/14 oz/3½ cups plain (all-purpose) flour; 3 eggs; pinch of salt; 115 g/4 oz/1 cup poppy seeds; grated rind of 1 orange; 60 ml/4 tbsp butter, melted; 30 ml/2 tbsp sugar; 30 ml/2 tbsp honey; 150 g/5 oz goat’s cheese, crumbled

Mákos metélt kecskesajttal

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Food & Cooking of Hungary

By Silvena Rowe

Published 2012

About

This is best prepared using a pasta machine, so that you can make exceptionally thin layers. If a machine is not available, roll out the pastry as thinly as you can. Here it is dressed with a Hungarian favourite, poppy seeds, as well as butter, orange, honey and goat’s cheese.

Ingredients

400 g/14 oz/3½ cups plain (all-purpose) flour
3

Europe
Hungary
Pasta
Vegetarian

Method

Sift the flour into a bowl and make a well in the middle. Add the eggs and salt. Mix roughly, then gradually add 200-300ml/7fl oz-½ pint/scant 1-1¼ cups water. Keep mixing until you have a soft and workable dough.
Knead for 10 minutes, then put th