Bread/ Croatian

Povitica, anyone?

March 13, 2020
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Povitica. Say it with me: Poh-vih-teetz-a.

This traditional Eastern European swirled walnut and chocolate bread is one of my favorite treats!

Not exactly the easiest bread to make, but the results are worth the effort.

I’m still on my quest to bake every recipe from the Great British Bake Off Big Book of Recipes, and this was a little intimidating…until I made it!

You’ll need a large worktop or kitchen table to carefully s-t-r-e-t-c-h the soft and delicate dough to the right size.

I tried this recipe twice: once by following the instructions as listed, and once by trying a cool trick for the filling. The trick is to use large strips of plastic wrap to press out the walnut mixture and spread it even and thin on the plastic wrap before flipping that onto the stretched out dough. Voila! Something that seemed impossible and was a little frustrating, became quite easy. I’ll be making it a third time, in a smaller loaf pan to get the roll to stack better and rise higher.

Give it a try! and say it with me again: Poh-vih-teetz-ah

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