Yeasted Blueberry Buns with Curd Cheese and Crumble

Step-by-step method

At a glance

You're making tender yeasted buns filled with creamy curd cheese, juicy blueberries, and a crispy buttery crumble — but fair warning, they take patience with two rise periods totaling about 2.5 hours plus baking time. The trickiest part is pressing the dough centers paper-thin while keeping the rims puffy, then generously loading each bun with filling and crumble before they hit the oven for a quick 15–20 minute bake.

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Mix the dry ingredients

Into a large bowl, sift the flour with a pinch of salt. Add the granulated sugar, dried yeast and grated lemon zest, then mix everything together while still dry.

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500 gram
All-purpose wheat flour

1 gram
Salt

100 gram
Granulated Sugar

10 gram
Dried Yeast

1 gram
Lemon
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Add the wet ingredients

Make a well in the center of the dry mix and pour in the lukewarm milk. Add the room-temperature egg yolks and the lukewarm melted butter.

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250 milliliter
Full-Fat UHT Milk (3.5% Fat)

2 piece
Egg Yolk

120 gram
Unsalted Butter
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Knead the dough

Combine everything and knead thoroughly. Using a stand mixer with a dough hook, knead on medium speed for about 10 minutes. The dough should be smooth, elastic, and should not stick to the sides of the bowl.

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Let it rise

Dust the dough lightly with flour, cover with a tea towel, and let it rise in a warm spot for 1 to 1.5 hours, until doubled in size.
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Shape into balls

Turn the risen dough out onto a work surface and divide into 15 equal pieces (about 60 g each, or a bit smaller at 45–50 g if you like). Roll each piece between your palms into a smooth ball and arrange on baking sheets lined with parchment paper, leaving space between them.
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Let rise a second time

Cover the balls loosely with a tea towel and let them rest for an hour. This makes it easy to press out a thin center later on.
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Mix the curd cheese filling

In a bowl, combine the curd cheese, ricotta, egg yolks, powdered sugar, vanilla sugar and cornstarch. Whisk until smooth and creamy. There's no need to drain it overnight.

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250 gram
Full-Fat Curd Cheese

250 gram
Ricotta

2 piece
Egg Yolk

2 tablespoon
Powdered Sugar

1 teaspoon
Vanilla Sugar

1 teaspoon
Cornstarch
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Make the buttery crumble

In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar and cold butter cut into small cubes. Rub everything together with your fingers until you get buttery crumbs.

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150 gram
Coarse Wheat Flour

150 gram
Granulated Sugar

150 gram
Unsalted Butter
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Shape the buns

Preheat the oven to 180 °C (top and bottom heat). Once the dough balls have relaxed, use your fingers or the bottom of a floured glass to press the center down until almost paper-thin, leaving a puffy rim of about 1 cm.
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Fill the buns

Brush the rims with beaten egg. Spoon curd cheese filling into the center of each and spread it over the thin middle. Top with blueberries, then cover generously with the buttery crumble.

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1 piece
Chicken Eggs

500 gram
Blueberries
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Bake until golden

Place the baking sheet in the oven and bake for about 15–20 minutes. Keep an eye on them — they're done as soon as the edges turn golden and the crumble turns crisp.
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Brush with rum butter

While still hot, brush the edges right away with melted butter mixed with rum.

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50 gram
Unsalted Butter

2 tablespoon
Rum

Yeasted Blueberry Buns with Curd Cheese and Crumble

Name: Irresistible Blueberry Curd Cheese Buns
Prep time: 48 min
Cook time: 18 min
Total time: 218 min
Yield: 15
Cuisine: Czech
Ingredients: 1 piece Chicken Eggs; 2 tablespoon Rum; 250 gram Ricotta; 1 gram Salt; 150 gram Coarse Wheat Flour; 10 gram Dried Yeast; 2 tablespoon Powdered Sugar; 250 gram Granulated Sugar; 500 gram All-purpose wheat flour; 1 teaspoon Vanilla Sugar; 250 milliliter Full-Fat UHT Milk (3.5% Fat); 500 gram Blueberries; 4 piece Egg Yolk; 1 gram Lemon; 250 gram Full-Fat Curd Cheese; 1 teaspoon Cornstarch; 320 gram Unsalted Butter

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Prep 48 min Cook 18 min

Plus 2 h 15 min of resting (not counted in active time)

17 Ingredients

12 Steps

Hard Difficulty

What's in it?

881 kcal

Calories

67 g

Carbohydrates

58 g

Fats

38 g

Proteins

The nutritional information is an estimate and may vary based on the specific ingredients used.

About this recipe

Delicate yeasted dough, a creamy curd cheese filling, juicy blueberries and a crunchy buttery crumble. 🫐 Just the smell while these are baking will bring back memories of summer and visits to Grandma's. When the blueberries release their deep purple juice and mingle with the curd cheese, the result is a combination that's almost impossible to resist...

Vegetarian High-protein Desserts

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Step-by-step method

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Mix the dry ingredients

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Add the wet ingredients

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Knead the dough

Let it rise

Shape into balls

Let rise a second time

Mix the curd cheese filling

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Make the buttery crumble

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Shape the buns

Fill the buns

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Bake until golden

Brush with rum butter

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Yeasted Blueberry Buns with Curd Cheese and Crumble

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