We had some – a lot , actually – leftover quark after last week’s chair class. We bought enough so that everyone could make their own milk paint to paint their chairs…and only one person chose to make milk paint and paint their chair. Ah well – their loss is our gain (weight gain, that is).
In the back of Nick Kroll’s “Make Fresh Milk Paint” is his wife Babsi Kroll’s recipe for topfengolatschen that takes only five ingredients (including the leftover quark): a little granulated sugar, two eggs (one is for egg washing the dough), instant vanilla pudding mix, puff pastry sheets (thank you, Pillsbury) and quark. And if you’re fancy, a little dusting of powdered sugar on top for good looks.
Chris’ pantry was missing the powdered sugar, so I sprinkled a few grains of granulated on top for crunch…and let’s be honest: powdered sugar was not going to make mine any prettier…gotta get that dough twist down! But they taste darn good. Thanks, Babsi!
Oh – and milk paint? Looks as good as these pastries taste, and takes about the same amount of time to make (15 minutes, tops – including cleanup).
