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Quoted message said:Hi, Anyone here ever heard of this? There was an ad for it in our newspaper. The company is
Strawberry Hill Povitica Co. I went to their web site and it's a Croatian sweet bread. (I had
guessed from the name and the picture that it had to be something Eastern European.) Anyway anyone
have a recipe?
The web site list various flavors - walnut, cream cheese, chocolate chip, apple cinnamon, and straw-
berry cream cheese. The apple cinnamon and strawberry cream cheese sound the best to me.
Kate
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Oddly enough, I was thinking of a Montana Christmas from a few years back and did a povitca recipe
search on Saturday, so here are three that as of yet, I've not tested:
Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking
Date: 1996/05/30
raymond ([email hidden]) wrote:
: I've only seen the ads in the cooking magazines (Strawberry Hill
: Povitica) and none of my references mention it. It looks hard but I'd
: like to try it if anyone has a recipe.
I assume you are talking about povotica, a dessert that is usually made for holidays in Slovenia,
Croatia, and Serbia. It is more time-consuming than difficult. (Strudel is *really* difficult.)
Give it a try.
POVOTICA
CAKE
Cover 2 ounces of yeast with warm water, add 1 tsp. of sugar, and set in warm place.
Put 2 pieces of margarine or 1 butter and 1 margarine (about 1/4 cup) into a bowl.
To butter add yolks of 8 eggs, separating whites in another bowl.
Add 1 pint of sour cream to this mixture.
Add 1/2 tsp. salt and 1 cup sugar. Mix everything well.
Add the yeast mixture and continue to mix.
Start to add flour a little at a time, mixing thoroughly.
When thick, start to knead. Add flour to a board. (or marble, etc.)
Turn dough out on board and knead dough, turning at all anglesuntil dough no longer sticks on
the board.
Test by imprinting with finger. When indentation springs backit is ready. Place dough in bowl to
rise. Let rise about 2 ½ times in bulk.
FILLING:
Grind 6 heaping cups of walnuts.
Beat egg whites stiff; add 2 cups sugar slowly to whites. This will be glossy and stiff; should
stand up in high peaks when tested. Clean beaters by holding above egg whites and beating slowly.
Fold in nuts, 1 cup at a time.
Fold in 1 tsp. vanilla; fold mixture well.
Punch down dough; cut into 5 balls. Return 4 balls to bowl, using flour between each ball to keep
them separate. Take the other ball and roll out to 14 x 14 inches on floured board. Spread filling
over the dough. Take one edge and roll gently as in a jelly roll. Coat cookie sheet with Pam. Pinch
the edges of roll and set on sheet. Continue until all rolls are made. Keep the rolls covered with a
towel and out of drafts. Let rise 1/2 to 1 hour. Bake 25 to 30 minutes at 350 F. until golden brown.
You will probably need 2 cookie sheets to fit all.
(by Zdenka Matijasevic from: Our Favorite Croatian Recipes, St. Anthony
Croatian Catholic Church Women's Guild.)
Povitica (Potica)
Categories: Cakes, Croatian
Yield: 2 Cakes
-JUDI M. PHELPS
CAKE
6 c Sifted flour
1/2 lb Butter
6 Egg yolks
2/2 c Sugar
2 pk Dry yeast; softened in 1/2
-cup lukewarm water
2 c Scalded milk; cooled to
-lukewarm
FILLING
1 Stick butter
1 c Milk
2 lb Walnuts; ground
3 c Sugar
3 Egg whites; beaten stiff
1 ts Salt
Work butter into flour. Make well in flour, adding rest of ingredients, yeast last. Add more flour
if necessary and knead. Let rise until double.
Prepare filling. Heat butter over low heat, then add the milk. Heat together then add sugar,
stirring constantly. Add walnuts and mix well. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Remove from heat.
Roll dough as thinly as possible, then stretch with hand to make thinner. Spread filling over
stretched dough. Roll dough into round shape. Place in well greased pan and let rise until double.
Bake at 325 degrees for one hour or until crust is golden brown. Makes one very large or two medium
size Poticas.
Source: Cookbook USA
Shared and MM by Judi M. Phelps.
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Povitica Cake
Categories: Cakes, Croatian
Yield: 1 Recipe
-JUDI M. PHELPS
CAKE
3/4 c Butter
1 1/2 c Sugar
3 c Flour
4 Eggs
1 1/2 ts Baking powder
1 1/2 ts Baking soda
2 c Sour cream
1 1/2 ts Vanilla
FILLING
3 c Ground walnuts
2 tb Flour
1 ts Cinnamon
1 1/2 c Brown sugar
Cream butter and sugar.
Add eggs, 1 at a time.
Mix dry ingredients and sift 3 times. Add slowly to creamed mixture. Alternate with sour cream.
Add vanilla.
Mix filling ingredients, grease and flour tube or bundt pan.
Pour layer of batter, then a layer of filling, ending with batter.
Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Cool on rack 15 minutes.
Remove to serving dish and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Source: Cookbook USA
Shared and MM by Judi M. Phelps
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