Middle_Eastern
Middle Eastern - Desserts and Sweets
Middle Eastern Sweet Pastry (Style 39)
Chef's Menu Description
Flaky, all-butter golden pastry filled with a delicately spiced sweet filling, baked until crisp and aromatic.
Ingredients
- • 250g plain flour
- • 150g unsalted butter, softened
- • 100g sugar
- • 1 egg yolk
- • 1 tsp baking powder
- • 100g sesame seeds, toasted
- • 100g pistachios, coarsely chopped
- • 2 tbsp honey
- • 1/4 tsp salt
Preparation Steps
1
Phase 1
Cream the butter and sugar, beat in the egg yolk, then mix in the flour, baking powder, and salt to form a soft dough; chill for 30 minutes.
2
Phase 2
Spread the sesame seeds on one plate and the pistachios mixed with the honey on another.
3
Phase 3
Roll the dough into balls and flatten into thick disks.
4
Phase 4
Press one side of each disk into the pistachio-honey mix and the other side firmly into the sesame seeds.
5
Phase 5
Bake at 180C for 15-18 minutes until the edges are golden.
6
Phase 6
Cool completely on a rack so the cookies turn crisp.