Middle_Eastern
Middle Eastern - Breads and Pastries
Turkish Coffee 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
- • 200g unsalted butter, softened
- • 1/2 cup icing sugar
- • 1 egg yolk
- • 1 tsp ground mahlep
- • 1 tsp baking powder
Preparation Steps
1
Phase 1
Beat the butter with the icing sugar until pale and fluffy, then beat in the egg yolk.
2
Phase 2
Sift the flour with the mahlep and baking powder and fold into the butter mixture to a soft dough.
3
Phase 3
Rest the dough 30 minutes in the refrigerator until firm enough to handle.
4
Phase 4
Roll small spoonfuls into balls and set them 3 cm apart on a lined tray, flattening lightly.
5
Phase 5
Bake at 170C for 15 minutes until set and barely coloured on the bottom; they must stay pale on top.
6
Phase 6
Cool completely until they crumble and melt, and serve the kurabiye beside small cups of Turkish coffee.