Sauerkraut Biscuits - Metenik

By draingal

Prep Time: about an hour (including rise time), then another 1h15m baking at 350F

Ingredients

• 2/3 to 1 lb of sauerkraut
• half a cup of milk
• 1 2/3 cups flour
• yeast
• teaspoon of sugar
• three tablespoons of lard
• salt, garlic + oil for topping

Preparation

Step 1

Dissolve the yeast in a bit of milk and sugar. Then, rinse the sauerkraut well, otherwise the meteník will be too sour. You may also want to chop the sauerkraut into finer pieces.
Combine the sauerkraut, yeast, milk, flour, two tablespoons of lard, and salt to taste and work together to form dough. Next let rise for about 30 minutes.
In the meantime, preheat the oven to 350F. Grease a baking pan, and spread the dough into a fairly thin sheet, based on how thick you want the bread to turn out. Bake for about 75 minutes. About 20 minutes from the end, I brushed the top with another tablespoon of lard. I then let it bake more, and finished with 5 minutes under a low broiler.
While the bread is baking, press 2 cloves of garlic and mix with oil (I used olive) to make the topping. Some people also put bacon on top, but it was served like this, with garlic spread, during our visit to Vlkolínec. Enjoy!