Recipe detail

First, prepare the leaven (preferment) from plain flour, lukewarm milk, yeast and a pinch of sugar. Let it rise for about 15 minutes.

From eggs, milk, sugar, vanilla sugar, salt and plain flour, prepare a dough in a mixer that will come away from the walls. Then add the leaven, lemon zest and gradually add cubes of softened butter. When all the ingredients are combined into a uniform dough, let it rise for about 1 hour. 

After rising, divide the dough into 40g pieces, which we let rise again for about 30 minutes. After rising, crush the loaves with the bottom of a glass and fill with the cottage cheese filling. Let rise again for a few minutes and brush the edges of the cakes with beaten egg.

Bake at 190°C for 7 minutes. After baking, you can brush the cakes with melted butter and rum.