Almost Morton Tea Room Rolls Recipes

DANISH COFFEE/TEA ROLLS (BOLLER)

Steps:

• Stir the yeast into the lukewarm milk, make sure the yeast is fully disolved.
• Add egg and salt and stir well.
• Add flour a bit at a time; knead for a good 5 minutes until the dough is smooth and elastic, you may not need all the flour so 'go easy' on the flour towards the end.
• Let rise in bowl for 45 min or until double size.
• Prepare one baking sheet with parchment paper or spray with non-stick cooking spray.
• Turn oven on to 350 F.
• punch dough down again and form into 15 round balls, size is similar to a golf ball - they will double in size.
• Let the rolls rise again for 20-30 min.
• Lightly beat last egg and brush rolls - this makes them nice and shiny.
• Place an ovenproof bowl filled with water in the bottom of your oven.
• Bake the rolls for 20-25 min until golden and firm to the touch.

BLACKBERRY DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Sift the flour, 3 tablespoons sugar, baking powder, and salt into a medium bowl and mix well.
• Add the egg, stirring until blended. Add just enough milk to make a stiff batter and mix well.
• Combine the blackberries, 1 cup sugar, water, and butter in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally.
• Drop the batter 1 spoonful at a time (each spoonful should be 1/6 of the batter) into the boiling blackberry mixture. Cover and simmer 15-20 minutes.
• Serve with ice cream or whipped cream.

VIETNAMESE TEA ROLLS

Steps:

• Bring a small saucepan of water to a boil, add mushrooms, carrots, snow peas and bean sprouts, blanch for 1 minute, and transfer to a paper towel.
• Have green onions and basil leaves prepared.
• Boil 3 cups water, add 10 tea bags and let steep for 5 minutes.
• Remove tea bags.
• Pour tea into a low sided casserole and allow to cool.
• To assemble rolls, soak sheets of rice paper in tea for 1 minute, carefully transfer to a paper towel, let sit 1-2 minutes or until pliable.
• To assemble each roll, take a soaked wrapper, arrange 1/16th of the vegetables in a row on top of the wrapper, roll up rice paper folding in flaps after first turn.
• Add one basil leaf, keep rolling.
• Continue until all the rolls are finished.
• The rolls will keep in the refrigerator for 6 hours, tightly covered.
• To serve cut in half on the diagonal and serve with dipping sauce.
• To make sauce, pour boiling water over 6 tea bags, let steep five minutes, remove tea bags.
• Combine tea, lime juice, soy sauce, honey, garlic, ginger and green onions.
• Mix well and serve with wrappers.