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Well-known and much-loved poppy seed noodles, one of the traditional Christmas Eve dishes in Poland. In my family there was no tradition of serving this dish, but I discovered it through my husband’s family, where it was served as \u0142azanki with poppy seeds. Since then, whenever I make homemade pasta for Christmas, I always set some aside for this dish. I highly recommend this festive dessert, right alongside my favourite poppy seed cake :).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Serves 6 generous portions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ingredients for the pasta:<\/span><\/p>\n

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• 300 g plain flour<\/li>\n
• 3 eggs<\/li>\n
• a pinch of salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  Place all the ingredients into the bowl of a stand mixer and knead thoroughly. If the dough is too dry, add a little olive oil or water. Remove from the mixer and knead by hand for 2 minutes. Cover the dough with cling film and leave it to rest for 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

  Divide the dough into portions. Working with one portion at a time (keeping the rest covered), roll it out, dusting very lightly with flour, to a thickness of approximately 1 mm (or thicker if preferred), then cut into strips. This can be done by hand or with a pasta machine, which first rolls out and then cuts the dough.<\/p>\n

  Cook in salted boiling water for approximately 8\u201310 minutes (less time if the pasta is very thin). Drain and rinse with cold water.<\/p>\n

  Ingredients for the poppy seed mixture:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • 250 g poppy seeds<\/li>\n
  • \u00bd cup honey (preferably a mild variety such as acacia or wildflower honey)<\/li>\n
  • 1\u00bd cups mixed dried fruits and nuts: chopped walnuts or pecans, chopped almonds, candied orange peel, raisins and dried cranberries<\/li>\n
  • 2 tablespoons soft light brown sugar (optional; the honey is usually sweet enough)<\/li>\n
  • 1 tablespoon butter, softened<\/li>\n
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste<\/li>\n
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract<\/li>\n
  • \u00bd teaspoon ground cinnamon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Cover the poppy seeds with boiling water (just enough to cover them), leave to cool, then drain thoroughly and pass twice through a meat grinder fitted with a fine poppy seed plate. Alternatively, cover the poppy seeds with boiling water and simmer for 20 minutes, squeeze out the excess water, leave to cool, then grind twice through a meat grinder fitted with a fine poppy seed plate.<\/p>\n

    Ready-ground poppy seeds, often available in shops, can also be used. This is a considerable shortcut, as they do not need grinding. Simply cover with boiling water, leave to cool, then squeeze out the excess water thoroughly, for example using a linen kitchen towel. Add the remaining ingredients to the ground poppy seeds and mix until combined. Mix the cooked pasta with the poppy seed mixture and serve<\/p>\n

    Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Well-known and much-loved poppy seed noodles, one of the traditional Christmas Eve dishes in Poland. In my family there was no tradition of serving this dish, but I discovered it through my husband’s family, where it was served as \u0142azanki with poppy seeds<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,39,26],"tags":[136,131,86,100,325,322,141,83,103],"duration":[],"tag_group":[],"class_list":["post-6207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christmas","category-individual-desserts","category-poppy-seed-cakes","tag-almonds","tag-candied-orange-peel","tag-cinnamon","tag-dried-cranberry","tag-honey","tag-pecan-nuts","tag-poppy-seed","tag-raisins","tag-walnuts"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n