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Levaros Bukta

Ingredients

Jam

  • 760 g strawberry
  • 1 c sugar
  • 1/2 tbsp lemon
  • a generous pinch of nutmeg and cinnamon powder
  • 2 tbsp corn starch
  • 3 tbps water

Buns

  • 250 ml nut milk or any milk of your choice, but not coconut, due to the flavor
  • 1 tbsp active dry yeast
  • 3 1/3 c AP flour
  • 1/3 c icing sugar
  • a generous pinch of salt
  • 120 g fat of your choice vegan margarine, dairy free butter, coconut oil, regular butter, and/or yellow vegetable shortening (this has the flavor of regular butter, I love using this altho this is not the healthiest, but dairy free butter is rare to find where I live and when there is, it's hell expensive - most of the times I would use vegan margarine and/or coconut oil, would work as well, but to achieve that butter smell and flavor, go with yellow shortening), melt
  • 2-3 tbsp of aquafaba equals to 1 egg - you can use chickpeas or white kidney beans. Any other aquafaba will work as well, but also will affect color. Black beans and/or red kidney will give a not so white bun 🙂

Instructions

Jam

  • Wash strawberries, remove stems, place into a pot and mash with potato masher
  • Add in sugar, juice, cinnamon and nutmeg powder
  • Bring to boil to reduce (about 8-10 mins)
  • Dissolve cornstarch in water
  • Pour cornstarch to thicken strawberry, boil for another 3-5 mins
  • Take off from heat, let cool to room temperature before storing

Buns

  • Heat milk to lukewarm and sprinkle with yeast, let stand for 5 mins to bloom
  • Mix flour, icing sugar, salt in a large bowl. Make a well in center
  • Melt vegan margarine, let stand a bit so it won't be too hot, then stir in aquafaba
  • Pour yeast into flour, stir with wooden spoon a little, then pour in margarine, knead
  • Cover dough and let rise for an H
  • Punch down dough and roll flat
  • Slice into rectangles as shown on picture (OR you can divide dough into small portions, without rolling it flat)
  • Place some filling, and shape dough into buns
  • Let rise for 20-30 mins, brush top with cashew milk and bake on preheated 350 F convection oven for 25 mins