In home baking, generally famous for its buns of all sizes and shapes, poppy seed pastries are loved and singled out. Just think of the famous bagels, boubliks, and pretzels, generously showered with poppy seeds. But poppy seed baking recipes include not only those, but also: pies, hand pies, roulades, pancakes, cakes, sweet buns, rolls, muffins, crescent rolls, pastries, and so on. And into many of them, poppy seeds are added generously, with a flourish.
The five most commonly used ingredients in poppy seed pastry recipes:
| Product | Calories per 100g | Protein g per 100g | Fats g per 100g | Carbohydrates g per 100g |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar | 398 | 0 | 0 | 99.7 |
| Poppy seeds | 556 | 17.5 | 47.5 | 14.5 |
| Flour | 325 | 12 | 1 | 67 |
| Butter | 734 | 0.5 | 82.5 | 0.8 |
| Eggs | 157 | 12.7 | 10.9 | 0.7 |
If you ask yourself which poppy seed pastry is the most popular, you may find it hard to answer. In first place, perhaps, come recipes with beautiful designs like a Grandmother's Napkin pie, delicate flowers, ornate roulades, a filigree braided plait. Making such a marvel takes a certain skill and experience, and if you don't have it, what to do? Just choose a simpler recipe — sweet buns or a plain roulade, for example.
How do you make a filling for poppy seed baking? Before adding poppy seeds to any bake, you most often need to pour boiling water over them and let them soak for at least ten minutes. This makes the hard seeds softer and more pliable (drain the water afterward!). Then they're run through a meat grinder several times. Some don't stop there and go over the poppy mass additionally with an immersion blender. And after that they even steam it over heat with a bit of water added. Usually the recipe describes in detail how to make the filling.
The five fastest poppy seed baking recipes:
| Dish name | Cooking time | Calories per 100g | User rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrot and citrus cupcake | 28 min | 301 | +120 |
| Bagels with poppy seeds in the oven | 40 min | 304 | +60 |
| Heart-shaped buns with poppy seeds and sugar | 40 min | 365 | +9 |
| Poppy seed roulades in chocolate glaze | 40 min | 369 | +43 |
| Anthill cake made with cooking fat | 45 min | 477 | +97 |
Which dough suits this kind of baking best? The classic is a rich yeast dough, usually used to bake sweet buns and pies. But poppy seeds also go well with puff, shortcrust, and sponge dough. What's more, they can be added directly to the last one. The result is stunningly beautiful cakes that will dress up any layer cake. With shortcrust, juicy creamy fillings based on curd and other soft cheese, cottage cheese, cream, and gelatin with poppy seeds added work well. As for puff pastry, you can swap in its yeast counterpart.