Middle_Eastern
Middle Eastern - Breads and Pastries
Barazik Flatbread / Pastry
Chef's Menu Description
Flaky, all-butter golden pastry filled with a delicately spiced sweet filling, baked until crisp and aromatic.
Ingredients
- • 2 cups plain flour
- • 1/2 cup fine semolina
- • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- • 1/3 cup sugar
- • 1 egg
- • 1/2 tsp baking powder
- • 1/2 cup sesame seeds, toasted
- • 1/4 cup pistachios, finely chopped
- • 2 tbsp honey
Preparation Steps
1
Phase 1
Beat the butter and sugar until pale; beat in the egg, then work in the flour, semolina, and baking powder into a soft dough. Chill for 30 minutes.
2
Phase 2
Stir the honey with 1 tbsp water in a shallow plate; spread the sesame seeds in another plate.
3
Phase 3
Spread the chopped pistachios on a third plate.
4
Phase 4
Roll the dough into 24 small balls; dip each ball first in the honey water, then press one side into the sesame seeds and the other into the pistachios, flattening into 6cm discs.
5
Phase 5
Bake on parchment-lined trays at 180C for 12-15 minutes until the edges are golden.
6
Phase 6
Cool completely on a rack until crisp.