Easy Baklava and Pacanga Boregi (Borek with Pastrami)

The Academy's pastry course continues to attract a lot of attention!

 

Here are the latest recipes:

Pacanga Boregi

Ingredients:

2 cups of yogurt

1 egg

Enough flour (3-4 cups should be enough)

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

Oil

1 pack of sliced pastrami

Preparation:

*In a container, put 2 cups of yogurt and an egg and mix them.

*Then, add enough flour, 1 teaspoon of salt and 1 teaspoon of baking powder, get a soft dough. Let it rest for 20 minutes.

*Pick small pieces, spread them, slice them like a strip, and put the sliced bacon on the strip sliced-doughs

*Fry them in an oiled pan or pot.

Easy Baklava

Ingredients:

1 package of #4 fillo dough (yufka).

3 cups crushed-walnut

1 cup oil

200 gr butter

For the syrup:

3 cups of sugar

4 cups of water

2-3 drops of lemon juice

Preparation:

*Boil the 3 cups of sugar, 4 cups of water and 2-3 drops of lemon juice together for 10 minutes.

*After boiling, put it aside to cool it down.

*Oil a baking tray. Spread three of all yufkas in it. Spill some crushed-walnut on the yufkas.

*Keep doing the same process until the yufkas ran out.

*Slice them as a square, pour some melted oil and cook them at 350 F.

*After the cooking process wait for 5 minutes, pour the syrup on top.

A Kitchen Full of Joy!

Embassy Academy's pastry classes continue to attract great attention. 

This week we had the home version of a very well-known Turkish street food "simit".

And a traditional Turkish desert, helva.

Here are the recipes:

Simit

Ingredients:

1 cup of oil

1 teaspoon of salt

1.5 teaspoon of sugar

1 tablespoon of yeast

2 cups of warm water
Flour

Sesame

Grape molasses

Preparation:

*In a deep container, add some warm water, 1 tablespoon yeast and 1.5 coffeespoon sugar and mix them together *Let it fermente for 10 minutes *Mix the remaining ingredients (first add liquid ones) and get a soft dough *Let the dough fermante for 20 minutes *Give the dough a “simit” shape *Dilute the boiled grape juice with water *Dip the simits into the boiled grape juice mixture and sesame *Cook the simits in a oven at 375 F

Helva

Ingredients:

4 cups of flour

1 cup of crushed-walnut

2 cups of oil

For the syrup:

3 cups of sugar

3 cups of water

Preparation:

*Fry the oil

*Then add 4 cups of flour and roast it

*Add 1 cup crushed-walnut and keep roasting *In a different container, add 3 cups of water and 3 cups of sugar and mix them together *After you get the syrup, add it above the halva

Turkish Cuisine Classes Started

Long anticipated Turkish Cuisine classes started last Friday with 5 fabulous dishes.

Our master-chef Muge Oruc shared some of her culinary secrets with the participants.

It was "A feast to all your senses"

Here are the recipes..

It is still not too late to register to our courses! Next Turkish Cuisine class will be on 14 December 2015.