Poor Man Plum / Prune Pie

End of September and beginning of October is busy time in Bosnia. All the fruit and vegetables have to be picked and stored for winter. My birth town (and surrounding aerie) is famous for growing prunes. They're mostly used for making jams,  rakia  (sljivovica) and desserts.
This is one of my favourite prune / plum desserts. Quick and easy!

Ingredients:
Prunes (or plums)
Flour
Oil, neutral tasting
Sugar (if plums not very ripe)
Method:
Preheat oven to 180*C. Grease baking dish(es) and dust with flour.
Open each plum and destone it. Shake plums with some flour (in a bag or bowl). Place a layer of plums onto dishes (if plums not very ripe sprinkle with some sugar), drizzle with oil and repeat with another layer and drizzle of oil. Bake for 20 minutes, or until plums release juice and become golden on top. Let it cool and serve with cream / custard / ice cream.


  In Japan Prune trees are considered as God's trees!
 
  U Japanu sljive se smatraju bozanskim drvetom!

Šljivopita - nekadašnji desert siromašnih


Kraj septembra i pocetak oktobra su mjeseci kada se voce i povrce u nasim krajevima ubire i priprema za zimu. Moj rodni grad  i okolica su poznati po uzgoju sljiva. Uglavnom se koriste za pripremu dzemova, rakije i  razlicitih deserta. Jedan od meni najdrazih je svakako ova 'pita' koja se uglavnom pravila u siromasnijim porodicama i sa veoma malo sastojaka. Brza i ukusna!

Potrebno:
Sljive
Brasno
Ulje, neutralnog mirisa
Secer (ako sljive nisu dovoljno zrele)

Nacin:
Ukljucite rernu na 180*C. Nauljite posudu (ili vise manjih) za pecenje i pobrasnite.
Otvorite svaku sljivu i odstranite kospicu. Protresite sljive sa brasnom (u posudi ili kesi). Stavite red sljiva na pripremljenu posudu, pospite sa malo secera, pospricajte uljem. Ponovite postupak jos jednom, pa stavite peci na oko 20 minuta, ili dok sljive ne puste sok i postanu zlatno-zute na povrsini. Prohladite i servirajte sa tucenim vrhnjem, rjedjim pudingom ili sladoledom.

Zig-Zag Strudel with Walnuts and Prunes

Ingredients:
 Dough-
3 cups strong flour
1,5 teas yeast
70 g sugar
100 g butter, melted
2 medium eggs, beaten
1/4 cup(+,-) milk, warm
zest of 1/2 lemon
Walnut Filling-
150 g walnuts, processed
70 g sugar
1 tsp vanilla
 1/5 cup milk (50 ml), very hot
Prune filling-
2 cups soft prunes
1 tbs rum
other- 1 egg, beaten - for brushing (optional)
Method:
Mix yeast with a little warm milk and teaspoon each sugar and flour. When activated, add all other ingredients and make a soft dough, kneading for 5-10 minutes (or use bread machine). Cover and leave in a warm spot to double.
Prepare fillings:
 Walnuts -In a separate bowl mix dry ingredients for fillings. Pour boiling milk over, stir and leave to cool. Prunes - Process prunes with rum into a smooth paste.
When dough ready, roll out onto floured surface. You should have long rectangle that is as wide as your bread loaf tin is long; see picture down! Spread a couple of tablespoons of filling onto one side (narrower than your bread tin). Lift the dough and place it over the spread side; spread the top now with another filling. Keep doing this (spreading dough in a zig-zag motion) until you get at least 5 layers of alternate spreads. Place strudel into prepared bread tin. Cover with clean cloth and let it rest in a warm spot (20+ minutes). Preheat oven to 180*C; brush strudel with beaten egg and bake for 35-40 min. Slightly cool before slicing.

Cik-Cak Štrudla sa Orasima i Šljivama


Potrebno: 
Tijesto- 
3 solje brasna 
1,5 k instant kvasca(ili svjezi) 
70 gr secera 
100 gr maslaca, otopljenog 
2 jajeta, srednje velicine, umucena 
1/4 solje mlijeka (+,-), toplog
 ribana korica 1/2 limuna 
Fil- 
Orasi: 
150 gr mljevenih oraha 
70 gr secera 
1 k vanile 
50 ml kljucalog mlijeka 
Sljive: 
2 solje polu-suhih sljiva, bez kospica 
1 K ruma 
jos- 1 jaje, umuceno - za premazivanje, po zelji 
Nacin:
Aktivirajte kvasac, pa umijesite tijesto od sastojaka. Ostavite na toplom mjestu (pokriveno) da naraste. Pripremite fil- 
Sa orasima: prelijte orahe i secer kljucalim mlijekom i ostavite prohladiti. 
Sa sljivama: Ispasirajte sljive sa malo ruma. 
Kada je tijesto spremno, pobrasnite stolnjak pa razvaljajte veliki pravougaonik, koji treba biti veoma dugacak i toliko sirok kao sto je vasa modla za hljeb / kruh dugacka - vidi fotografiju gore! Namazite jednu stranu tijesta sa filom, nesto uze nego je modla. Prebacite tijesto na drugu stranu, zatim namazite drugim filom po vrhu i preko prethodnog mazanja. nastavite prebacivati i mazati na cik-cak nacin, sve dok ne dobijete bar 5 slojeva. Smjestite u pripremljeni model, pokrijte i ostavite na toplome 20 min+. 
Ukljucite rernu na 180*C. Premazite strudlu umucenim jajeto pa pecite 35-40 min. 
Malo prohladite prije rezanja.