Cheese Sambousek

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Small, cheese-filled pastries, eaten as snacks. this recipe comes from the book a baker's odyssey" by greg patent. it was recently featured on npr."

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Steps

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First make the dough:.

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Combine the flour , salt , baking powder , and sugar in a food processor fitted with the metal blade and process for 5 seconds.

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Add the butter and pulse 10 times , or until the mixture is the consistency of fine meal.

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With the machine running , add the water in a steady stream , taking about 10 seconds to do so.

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Process for 1 minute.

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The dough will gather into a ball and form a mass that whirls around the blade.

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Feel the dough.

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It should be smooth , soft , elastic , and no longer sticky.

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If necessary , adjust the texture with droplets of water or small amounts of flour , processing a few seconds after each addition.

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If you want to add seeds to the dough , knead them in by hand on your work surface.

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Divide the dough into 24 pieces and shape into balls.

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Cover the balls of dough loosely with a kitchen towel and let stand for 30 minutes.

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Next , the filling:.

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Place the cheese , salt , cayenne , egg , and egg white in the work bowl of a food processor fi.

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Ingredients

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unbleached all-purpose flour, salt, baking powder, granulated sugar, unsalted butter, water, fennel, egg, sesame seeds, cheese, cayenne pepper, egg white, egg yolk