Hungarian Nut & Poppy Seed Rolls
I have been interested in poppy seed sweets that seems very popular and traditional in Eastern Europe. I bought a can of poppy seed filling last year and it was the time to use it! When I was looking for a recipe for poppy seed roll, I saw some pictures of poppy seed roll with nut roll. And I learned poppy seed roll is served with nut roll together in Hungary. Although I didn't find out the reason why poppy seed roll is paired with nut roll, I thought I should follow the tradition.
For dough, I adapted a recipe from Taste of Home. I halved the recipe but was able to make two big rolls. The dough was wonderful! For poppy seed filling, I mixed the filling from the can with vanilla extra, lemon zest and rum. For nut filling, I adapted a recipe from a lovely blog, the Hungarian Girl. I saw many recipes for nut fillings as well as poppy seed fillings with a lot of sugar, butter, egg, etc - sounded too heavy. This recipe didn't call for butter or egg and used honey. Perfect for me. Importantly the taste was great!
