Name: Russian Shaneshky recipe by Ishika Uppal at BetterButter
Prep time: 120 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 150 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: For dough; 1 1/2 cup maida; 1tsp active dry yeast; 4tbsp melted unsalted butter; 1 egg; 1/6 cup sugar; 1/2tsp salt; 1/3 Cup Lukewarm milk; For stuffing; 2tbsp soaked cashews; 2tbsp soaked walnuts; 2tsp dried black currants; 1 medium sized potato boiled and peeled; 1tsp crushed garlic; 1/4cup chopped dil leaves; 2tsp Malacca Oriental spice blend mix; Salt to taste; 1tsp black pepper powder; 1tbsp cheese spread; 1/4 cup sour cream; 2tbsp grated cheese; For Glaze; 2tsp Malacca Oriental spice blend mix; 2tsp extra virgin olive oil; 2tsp honey; 1tsp Lemon juice; 1/2tsp Lemon zest; For egg wash; 1 beaten egg

Ingredients Serving: 4

For dough
1 1/2 cup maida
1tsp active dry yeast
4tbsp melted unsalted butter
1 egg
1/6 cup sugar
1/2tsp salt
1/3 Cup Lukewarm milk
For stuffing
2tbsp soaked cashews
2tbsp soaked walnuts
2tsp dried black currants
1 medium sized potato boiled and peeled
1tsp crushed garlic
1/4cup chopped dil leaves
2tsp Malacca Oriental spice blend mix
Salt to taste
1tsp black pepper powder
1tbsp cheese spread
1/4 cup sour cream
2tbsp grated cheese
For Glaze
2tsp Malacca Oriental spice blend mix
2tsp extra virgin olive oil
2tsp honey
1tsp Lemon juice
1/2tsp Lemon zest
For egg wash
1 beaten egg

Instructions

Activate the yeast by mixing 1tsp of active dry yeast to 1tbsp of milk and 1tsp sugar. Keep aside for 15minutes.
In a mixing bowl seive flour and add salt and sugar to it.
Now add the remaining milk, butter,egg and activated yeast and knead the dough.
Keep stretching and kneading until a smooth dough is formed.
Cover the dough and allow it to rest for 1 hour.
For filling : In a grinder put all the ingredients except black currants, dil leaves, black pepper powder,sour cream and grated cheese.
Blend it to a fine paste
Now add black currants, dil leaves and black pepper powder . Give it a good churn.
Once the dough has doubled in size degas it and divide it into 4 equal parts.
Shape it round and make it hollow from the centre and thick from sides. Fill the hollow space with the filling and top it with sour cream and grated cheese.
Now cover them with a damp cloth and put to rest again for 15 minutes.
After 15 minutes give each Shaneshky ,egg wash with the beaten egg on the dough surface.
Bake it in a preheated oven at 200c for 25-30 minutes till the dough surface turns golden.
To prepare the spice glaze mix all the ingredients in a small bowl.
Remove the Shaneshky from the oven and brush them with the glaze.

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