New recipe: Delicious poppy seed pie!

We bring you little tricks that will help you prepare the juiciest poppy seed pie, whether you are looking for one made of leavened or crispy dough.

Mar 29, 2022 - 06:49
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New recipe: Delicious poppy seed pie!

Do you love poppy seeds and want to prepare them at home? Great, we have the right recipe for you. We found the best recipe for poppy seeds pie in Grandma's kitchen, and we'll reveal a few tricks for the juiciest filling. You can prepare poppy seeds pie from the leavened or crispy dough. 

Recipe for the juiciest poppy seed dough

Poppyseed filling ingredients:

  • 400 g of ground poppy seeds
  • 350 ml of milk 
  • 200 g of sugar
  • 1 tablespoon butter 
  • Raisins as desired

Filling preparation:

  1. In a bowl, mix the poppy seeds and sugar and slowly add the hot milk until you get a thick cream. 
  2. Add butter to the cream and mix well. 
  3. Spread the mixture over the dough while it is still warm.

Dough ingredients:

  • 400 g flour
  • 1 fresh yeast
  • 250 ml of warm milk
  • 80 g of sugar
  • 80 g butter
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1 lemon (zest)

Dough preparation:

  1. Mix warm milk and sugar and add yeast and leave to activate. 
  2. Mix the dry ingredients in a separate bowl, then add the activated yeast, lemon zest, egg yolks and softened butter and knead a smooth dough. 
  3. Leave the dough warm to double in volume and prepare the filling during this time. 
  4. When doubled, knead the dough and divide it into three parts if you want thin crusts or two if you like them a little thicker. 
  5. Roll out the dough on a floured surface into as regular a rectangle as possible and coat with the filling. 
  6. Roll out the dough, transfer to a baking dish lined with baking paper and leave to rise for another 15 minutes. 
  7. Before baking, coat the poppy seeds pie with butter and bake at 180 degrees Celsius for about 45 minutes.