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Tokash
Milk bread buns
Toqash (Тоқаш): soft Kazakh milk bread buns for breakfast tea
KazakhTokash are the soft, round milk breads Kazakh families bake for breakfast and for the dastarkhan, the generous tea table set for guests in Almaty and the steppe villages. Traditionally they were baked in a cast-iron kazan or a tandyr; at home a round cake tin gives the same pull-apart loaf. They are eaten with butter, jam, kaymak cream and milky tea. The mistake is too much flour: the dough should stay soft and slightly tacky, or the buns turn dry. Allow about 2 hours with rising. Chef's tip: brush the buns with warm milk as they come out of the oven and cover them with a cloth; the crust softens beautifully.
- Total time
- 55 min
- Difficulty
- medium
- Serves
- 10
Ingredients
- 1 cup whole milklukewarm
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 ¾ oz buttermelted
- 1 tsp salt
- 16 oz strong white bread flourabout
- 2 tbsp milkfor brushing
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Method
0/5 doneStep 1: Mix 1 cup whole milk, ¼ oz fast-action dried yeast and 2 tbsp sugar and leave for 5 minutes. Beat in 1 egg, 1 ¾ oz butter and 1 tsp salt.
5 minStep 2: Add 16 oz strong white bread flour gradually and knead for 8–10 minutes into a soft, smooth, slightly tacky dough. Cover and leave in a warm place for 1 hour, until doubled.
60 minStep 3: Divide into 10 balls, tucking the edges under so the tops are smooth, and set them close together in a greased 24 cm round tin. Cover and rise for 30 minutes until puffy.
30 minStep 4: Bake at 375°F (350°F fan) for 22–25 minutes, until deep golden and hollow-sounding when tapped underneath.
25 minStep 5: Brush with 2 tbsp milk, cover with a cloth and cool for 10 minutes. Pull apart and serve with butter, jam and tea.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 250 kcal
- Protein
- 7 g
- Carbs
- 38 g
- Fat
- 7 g
- Fibre
- 1 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does tokash take?
- About 55 minutes in total: 30 minutes to prepare and 25 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 10 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- What can I use instead of whole milk?
- Semi-skimmed milk with 1 tbsp cream per 240ml (1 cup).
- What can I use instead of fast-action dried yeast?
- Fresh yeast, three times the weight.
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