Walnut roll (Beigli)

About recipe

  • Recipe Category: Dessert
  • Recipe Type: Recipe
  • Recipe area: Jewish Community
  • Recipe author: Ileana Dobrin, 68 ani, Sighetu Marmației

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Preparation

2 eggs
½ kg of flour
250 g butter
100 ml of milk
1 tablespoon sugar
2 g yeast
butter for greased tray
Filling:
400 g nuts
350 g sugar
100 g raisins
the peel of a lemon
a vanilla powder
Jam
Dissolve the yeast in warm and sweetened milk and mix with the flour. Add two egg yolks, milk, butter, sugar, a little salt. A suitable hard dough is obtained. After kneading well, leave to rise. Divide into four equal parts and leave to rest for another half hour. Spread a thin sheet that is filled with ground walnuts mixed with sugar, grated lemon peel, vanilla sugar, raisins and jam, then roll. Place the rolls formed in a pan greased with butter. Bake at the right heat. It is a cake that is prepared at Purim.