Sweets "Magnificent Century": baklava, lokum and sorbets - video recipes at home

Baklava

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The present Turkish baklava - a true nectar and ambrosia. It harmoniously combines nuts, spices and crunchy dough. Baklava is impregnated with a thick, fragrant syrup and transformed into a delightful oriental delicacy.

Ingredients:

100 g hazelnut

100 g of walnut

100 g of almond

100 g of pumpkin seeds (need not be added)

300 grams of sugar

1 pinch ground cloves

3 pinches ground cinnamon

100 g butter

500 g Puff pastry (ideally use phyllo dough)

Glaze: 1 tsp saffron (substitute turmeric).

2 h. Spoons of sugar

2 hours. Water spoons

Syrup:

50g sugar

75 ml of water

15 g of honey

7 ml lemon juice

7 ml of rose water (can not be added)

any nuts - for decoration

rectangular baking dish (we used a form of 27 * 17 cm)

How to prepare:

  1. For baklava nuts and pumpkin seeds twice through a meat grinder or blender to kill, mix with sugar, cinnamon and cloves. Sweets

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  2. Melt 100 grams of butter. Sweets

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    Grease the form 1 h. Spoon melted butter.

  3. Puff pastry roll to a thickness of a paper sheet (phyllo dough roll is not necessary) and cut into layers of equal size molds for baking. Sweets

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  4. Share first layer of dough in the mold. Sweets

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    Coat dough with melted butter (enough for 1 hour. Spoons).

  5. On top of a thin layer spread nuts Sweets

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    Similarly, do the rest of the dough and nuts.

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    Cover the last layer of dough.

  6. With the help of a ruler and a knife to cut the workpiece diamonds Sweets

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  7. For the glaze mix in a small saucepan or saffron turmeric, sugar and water. Simmer for 5 minutes. Sweets

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  8. Use a brush to grease baklava resulting glaze, after which each piece must be placed on one nuts. Sweets

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  9. Preheat oven to 150 ° C and bake baklava 30 minutes. Then pour into the slit remaining melted butter and bake for 15 minutes at the same temperature,
  10. For sugar syrup mixed with water. Add the honey and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and cook for 10 minutes until thick.
  11. Remove from heat, add lemon juice and rose water. Sweets

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    Carefully pour the syrup into the slot baklava and bake another 15 minutes.

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Let stand at room temperature for 8-12 hours.

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Extract baklava from the mold and serve with coffee.

How to quickly and easily prepare a sweet treat now in oriental style ?! See workshop famous confectioner Alexander Seleznev!

Lokum

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Rahat-lokum in Arabic means "a treat for the palate." Dessert, really, is exceptionally soft and velvety, and crunchy nut makes the delicacy of Oriental art.

Ingredients:

Sugar syrup: 4 tbsp. Sahara

1 tbsp. water

1 h. Spoon citric acid starch paste:

1 tbsp. starch (recommend the use of corn starch)

1 h. Spoon citric acid

3 tbsp. water

0, 5, Art. almonds (can not be cleaned)

0, 5, Art. peeled hazelnuts

2 hours. The orange extract spoon (need not be added)

1 h. Spoon orange peel

dusting:

0, 5, Art. icing sugar

1/4 Art. starch

H 2 tablespoons vegetable oil -. For lubrication form

rectangular baking dish (we used a form of 27 * 17 cm)

How to prepare:

  1. Prepare a form for Locum: oiled, top with cling film and lubricate again. Sweets

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  2. In the sugar syrup in a pan or saucepan mix sugar, water and citric acid. Bring over medium heat until boiling, cover and cook for 5 minutes.
  3. Then remove the lid and cook for about 45 minutes. Sweets

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    Remove syrup from heat and cover.

  4. For starch paste to connect pan starch, water and citric acid. At moderate heat to bring to the boil and cook for 2-3 minutes, stirring constantly.
  5. The mixture will thicken quickly. Sweets

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    The starch paste, stirring constantly, pour the sugar syrup.

  6. In the low heat brought to the boil and cook for 20-25 minutes. The mixture is smooth and transparent Sweets

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    Remove from heat, add whole nuts, orange zest and orange extract.

  7. Shuffle. Locum poured into a mold, cover with foil and leave for the night. Sweets

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    For dusting Sift powdered sugar and starch.

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  8. Frozen lokum cut into large cubes and roll in this mixture.

Raspberry sorbet

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Sherbet - a drink faceted: it occurs in the Turkish street vendors, they are treated the guests, using sherbet bride agrees, accepting a marriage proposal.

We offer you a great summer drink with ice milk, mint and raspberry syrup.

Ingredients:

0, 5 kg of raspberry

2 tbsp. water

1 tbsp. Sahara

0, 5, Art. very cold milk

raspberry ice cream (vanilla can be taken)

fresh mint and ice - feed

How to prepare:

  1. Raspberry put in a saucepan and cover with cold water. Sweets

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    Boil. Once boiling, reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes.

  2. Strain. Berries we do not need. Add raspberry sugar water, put over medium heat, bring to a boil.
  3. Cook for 5-10 minutes, remove the foam. Sweets

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    Ready raspberry syrup cool. Milk mixed with 1 tbsp. raspberry syrup.

  4. In kremanku or glass put ice cream and fill it with milk and syrup. Sweets

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    Add mint and ice.