I'm not sure how to post a recipe - or if this is the best place for it . . but my DD and her OH converted a recipe for his Mum and this is the result. It was delicious!!
Polish poppy seed cake Bring
430ml milk to boil on stove. Add
225g poppy seeds, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 30 mins, stirring frequently.
110g milk at 37 degrees for 2 mins.
Add
45g fresh yeast,
mix at 37 degrees until smooth. Remove.
Cream
180g butter with 180g sugar 20 secs gradually increasing from
speed 1 to 6.Add one egg at a time, beating well between each addition (
20 secs on speed 4)Add pinch of salt and yeasty milk. Sift in
675g flour. Knead 4 mins.If dough springs back quickly, place in bowl and cover. Leave for 1 hour in warm place.
Drain poppy seed mixture and blend to a paste with aid of spatula (takes a while)
speed 6 for 10 secs, stop and scrape down sides, then
10 more seconds etc.Add
60g walnuts, 7 secs speed 5.Add
90g butter, 90g raisins and 140 ml honey. Mix 5 secs speed 5. Insert butterfly. Cook
15 mins at 90 degrees reverse speed 1 mc off.
Beat
2 eggs with 120g sugar with electric mixer until fluffy. Combine with poppy seed mixture in Thermomix.
Cook 100 degrees reverse speed 1 until thickened (maybe 10 mins).Add
90 ml brandy (optional) and set aside.
When dough has doubled in bulk,
knead manually for 2-5 mins. Divide dough in half and roll out each half on floured surface, shaping into rectangles. Spread filling evenly over each piece and roll up tighly as a Swiss roll.
Press ends together to seal. Place on lightly buttered baking sheet curving into horseshoe.
Bake
190 degrees for 45-50 mins until golden brown.
Notes: Next time will try grinding dry poppy seeds in tmx before boiling in milk
