A Sweet Kickstart from the Academy

Embassy Academy started yesterday evening. Participants were delighted to learn how to cook a wonderful Turkish dessert called "Kalburabastı" from masterful chief Sukran Battal. You can find the recipe below . Enjoy responsibly :)

KALBURABASTI

Ingredients:
1. 250 gr. butter or margarine (room temperature)
2. 1 tablespoon yogurt
3. 1 tablespoon olive oil
4. 3,5 cups of flour
5. 1 egg
6. 1 package of baking powder (or 1 coffeespoon)
7. 1 package vanilla (or 1 coffeespoon)
8. 1 pinch of salt
For the inside of it:
1. 1,5 cups of crushed walnuts
2. 1 teaspoon cinnamon
3. 1 coffeespoon butter
For making the syrup:
1. 4 cups of sugar
2. 4,5 cups of water
3. 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Preparation:

*First, mix the butter with the flour. Then add the egg, yogurt, olive oil, vanilla and bakin powder. Then knead the dough. After you knead it, you should get a ductile dough. Then put it aside, cover it with a moist cloth, and let it rest. 

*Flavor the 1 coffeespoon spreaded butter with crushed walnut in a prepared pan. Get the mixture back from the cooking stove and add 1 teaspoon of cinnamon. Put it aside. 

*Pick off some walnut-sized pieces from the ductile dough, spread them then add 1 teaspoon of the walnut mixture to inside of the each dough pieces.

*Oil a baking tray. Put the walnut-sized pieces in it and in a preheated oven, cook it 20-25 minutes in 350F. 

*Boil the syrup and when it become close to condense add the lemon juice. Boil it 5 minutes more and leave it aside to cool it down.

*Combine our dessert with cool syrup in a bowl.

*Enjoy!