Okay, for those who never saw our blog posts when we lived in Vienna, there were these amazing pastries called Kurtos Kalacs. They are traditionally cooked over a pit of coals, but also sold at little stands using electric heaters to cook them. SO GOOD! We have been wanting to make them for awhile. We have none of the right equipment. But we tried anyway.
Oliver is always excited to help cook, especially if there are pastries or bread involved.
We tried multiple methods of baking them since we don’t have any rotating spits. We laid the first batch down and rotated them partway through.
We also tried a batch standing up. I thought this would work better than it did. The tops got to brown because they were too close to the top heating element.
The last batch we laid over the top of a pan so that no side would be touching a pan. I think this way actually worked the best. We should have rotated them more often, but they were pretty good.
Final product! We rolled ours in cinnamon and sugar. They actually had a pretty similar texture to the real ones. I think there are a few tweaks I would make to the dough and baking process, but for the most part they turned out well and filled our craving for this delicious treat. We already have plans for figuring out ways to rotate them over coals this summer when we start our outdoor dutch oven cooking.
