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Töki pompos
Flatbread with sour cream and onion
Töki pompos: oven-baked flatbread with sour cream, cheese and onion from Tök
HungarianThe village of Tök, west of Budapest in Pest County, holds a pompos festival every summer, and its baker-wives once made this flatbread from a piece of the weekly bread dough, baked at the mouth of the wood oven before the loaves went in. Unlike its cousin lángos it is baked, not fried: a thin yeast base spread with garlicky sour cream, onion and grated cheese, bubbling and browned at the edges. The village version often adds bacon or pork cracklings; this one is vegetarian. Hungarian trappista and many hard cheeses are made with animal rennet, so choose a vegetarian cheese. Chef's tip: roll the dough thin and bake it on a preheated tray in the hottest oven you have; a cold tray gives a pale, bready base.
- Total time
- 90 min
- Difficulty
- medium
- Serves
- 4
Ingredients
For the dough
- 14 oz strong white flour
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- ¾ cup lukewarm milk
- ½ cup lukewarm water
- 2 tbsp sunflower oil
For the topping
- 9 oz sour cream
- 2 cloves garliccrushed
- 1 red onionvery thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp fresh dill (optional)chopped, optional
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Method
0/6 doneStep 1: Mix 14 oz strong white flour, ¼ oz fast-action dried yeast, 1 tsp sugar and 1 tsp salt in a bowl. Add ¾ cup lukewarm milk, ½ cup lukewarm water and 2 tbsp sunflower oil and knead for 8–10 minutes until smooth and springy.
10 minStep 2: Cover and leave in a warm place for 45–50 minutes until doubled in size.
50 minStep 3: Heat the oven to 475°F (fan 450°F) with two baking trays inside for 20 minutes.
20 minStep 4: Mix 9 oz sour cream with 2 cloves garlic. Divide the dough in two and roll each piece on floured baking paper into an oval about 5 mm thick.
5 minStep 5: Spread the sour cream over the dough, leaving a 1 cm border. Scatter over 1 red onion and 5 ½ oz grated vegetarian semi-hard cheese.
3 minStep 6: Slide the paper onto the hot trays and bake for 12–14 minutes until the base is crisp underneath and the cheese is bubbling with brown spots. Sprinkle with 2 tbsp fresh dill and cut into strips while hot.
14 min
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 520 kcal
- Protein
- 18 g
- Carbs
- 62 g
- Fat
- 22 g
- Fibre
- 3 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does töki pompos take?
- About 90 minutes in total: 75 minutes to prepare and 15 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 4 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 fast-action dried yeast?
- Fresh yeast, three times the weight.
- What can I use instead of sugar?
- Caster sugar, same amount.
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