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Active Time
45 min
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Total Time
5 hr (includes rising)
Walnuts are commonly paired with whole wheat, but something pretty great happens when you team them up with tangy rye and bits of sweet sautéed onion instead. A batch of these is especially tasty alongside a platter of your favorite cheeses.
Ingredients
Makes 2 dozen rolls
Step 1
Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper. 3Cook onion with 1/4 teaspoon salt in oil in a 10-inch skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, 4 to 5 minutes. Drain onions in a sieve set over a bowl, reserving onions. Stir milk into onion oil in bowl.
Step 2
Stir together yeast, warm water, and honey in a large bowl and let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes. (If mixture doesn't foam, start over with new yeast.)
Step 3
Mix flours, pepper, milk mixture, and remaining 2 3/4 teaspoons salt into yeast mixture with a wooden spoon or rubber spatula until a soft dough forms. Turn out dough onto a floured surface and knead, dusting surface and your hands with just enough flour to keep dough from sticking, until dough is elastic and smooth, about 6 minutes.
Step 4
Pat dough into a 9-inch square and sprinkle with onions and walnuts. Fold dough over to enclose filling and pinch edges to seal. Knead to distribute onion and nuts throughout dough, dusting with just enough flour to keep dough from sticking, about 2 minutes. (Dough will be lumpy; if any nuts or pieces of onion pop out, just push them back in.)
Step 5
Put dough in an oiled large bowl and turn to coat. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and a kitchen towel and let dough rise in a draft- free place at warm room temperature until doubled, 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
Step 6
Punch down dough (do not knead), then halve. Roll half of dough on a lightly floured surface with lightly floured hands into a 12-inch-long log (keep remaining half covered with plastic wrap). Cut log into 12 equal pieces and roll each into a ball by cupping your hand and pushing dough against work surface as you roll in a circular motion. Arrange rolls 2 inches apart on a baking sheet. Cover rolls with a kitchen towel (not terry cloth). Make more rolls with remaining dough, arranging and covering them on second sheet. Let dough rise in a draft-free place at warm room temperature until doubled, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
Step 7
Preheat oven to 375°F with racks in upper and lower thirds.
Step 8
Brush rolls with egg wash and sprinkle with nigella seeds. Bake, switching position of sheets halfway through, until golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer rolls to a rack and cool at least 20 minutes.
Rolls are best the day they're made but can be frozen (cool completely, then wrap well) 1 month. Thaw, then reheat on a baking sheet in a 350°F oven until warmed through, 5 to 10 minutes.
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Reviews (5)
Back to TopWhat is is the item "0"? Is that a mistake or did an ingredient get wonky? I would like to make this but afraid with that one ingredient missing.
plhamill
Colorado
11/13/2019
Fantastic recipe. Finding the nigella seeds wasn't the easiest, but they really added to the roll's deliciousness.
sylph9
Detroit, MI
9/13/2010
To ccraigb753: 2 teaspoons of yeast is indeed sufficient to rise so much flour, the rise will just be a little slower than is typical; in fact, for rye flour breads, it's preferable to have a slower rise (long story short). I had no problems with this recipe. The onion, walnut, and rye were fantastic together, but the crunchy and spicy nigella seeds really make it. Excellent bread.
prewitt_e
Chicago
11/3/2009
I think this recipe is printed wrong. It calls for 5 1/2 cups of all purpose flour, and I think it should say 2 1/2 cups 2 tsps of yeast is not enough to rise a total of 6 1/2 cups of flour.
ccraigb753
Memphis
4/8/2009
Fantastic! So much flavor. I used whole wheat instead of white- perfect. Nigella seeds are delicious. Be sure to begin early enough for the ~3 hours total rising time. Excellent warm with butter. Not as good cold the next day. These are great alongside a cold-weather soup.
Anonymous
berkeley, ca
2/24/2009