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Traditional Hungarian Mákos Guba: Vanilla-Milk-Soaked Kifli with Sweet Poppy Seed
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Hungary
50 minutes including soaking
Serves 6
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Traditional Hungarian Mákos Guba: Vanilla-Milk-Soaked Kifli with Sweet Poppy Seed
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Heat 700 ml milk with vanilla, 80 g sugar and lemon zest until steaming; do not boil.
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8 day-old kifli or plain crescent bread rolls, sliced 1 cm thick
700 ml whole milk
1 vanilla bean or 2 tsp vanilla paste
80 g sugar
zest of 1 lemon
180 g poppy seeds, freshly ground
100 g icing sugar
30 g butter, for the dish
500 ml whole milk, for vanilla sauce
4 egg yolks
80 g sugar, for vanilla sauce
1 tsp vanilla extract
20 g cornflour
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Day-old kifli absorb milk without collapsing.
Grind poppy seeds freshly for flavour and a non-gritty texture.
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