Buns with Cheese Béchamel and Speck Alto Adige PGI
Soft buns filled with creamy cheese béchamel and Speck Alto Adige PGI – irresistible and easy to make.
Difficulty: Easy
Preparation time: 35 min
Cooking time: 20 min
A recipe by: PassioneCooking
Ingredients
Serves for
4
people
For the dough
- 350 gram Manitoba flour
- 3 gram dried yeast
- 10 gram sugar
- 180 gram lukewarm milk
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 50 gram soft butter
For the cheese béchamel
- 25 gram butter
- nutmeg to taste
- 20 gram flour
- 260 gram milk
- salt to taste
- 100 gram processed cheese (melting variety)
For topping and serving
- 120 gram Speck Alto Adige PGI (approx. 3 mm thick slices)
- 1 egg
- Slices of Speck Alto Adige PGI to taste
- Oregano (optional) to taste
Buns with Cheese Béchamel and Speck Alto Adige PGI
Preparation time 55 min
- To prepare the buns with cheese béchamel and Speck Alto Adige PGI, place the Manitoba flour, dried yeast, sugar, lukewarm milk and egg in a mixing bowl.
- Start the stand mixer and knead into a smooth dough. Then add the salt and the soft butter cut into pieces and continue kneading until a smooth, elastic dough forms that pulls away completely from the sides and bottom of the bowl and wraps around the dough hook. This takes about 20 minutes. Of course, the dough can also be kneaded by hand.
- Form the dough into a ball, place it in a bowl and let it rest, covered, in a warm place until it has doubled in volume (about 2 hours).
- Meanwhile, prepare the cheese béchamel. To do so, melt the butter in a saucepan, then add nutmeg and flour. Stir with a whisk until thickened. Gradually pour in the milk while stirring constantly and add salt (not too much, as the cheese also adds flavour). Bring to a boil while stirring until the béchamel sauce thickens. Remove from the heat, add the cubed processed cheese and stir until it has melted.
- Pour the cheese béchamel into a baking dish, cover with cling film so that no skin forms, and let it cool—ideally for an hour in the fridge.
- Once the dough has doubled in volume, divide it into 10 equal pieces. Form each piece into a ball and place them on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Cover with a damp cloth and let rest for another 30 minutes.
- In the meantime, cut the 3 mm thick slices of Speck Alto Adige PGI into small squares and preheat the oven to 180°C (top and bottom heat).
- After the resting time, use a drinking glass slightly smaller than the dough balls to press into the centre of each one, forming a well and leaving a rim of about 1 cm. Brush the buns with beaten egg.
- Use two teaspoons to fill the wells with the cheese béchamel, then bake the buns at 180°C for 12 minutes.
- Take the buns out of the oven and distribute the diced Speck Alto Adige PGI over the béchamel. Bake for another 10–12 minutes until golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and serve immediately, garnished with slices of Speck Alto Adige PGI and some oregano leaves if desired.