"Sweets - a sign of joy. They heal the soul, nourish the brain and filled with happiness! "- said a long time in the East.
Arab witch doctors argued that sweet has amazing properties, but with the help of delicious medicines can improve your health quickly.
That the East is the birthplace of the most exquisite desserts.
Flavored Turkish Delight, berry and fruit sorbets, sugary-sweet nougat, tahini, peanut or nut paste were not only a sign of refined taste owners of the house, but also an indication of their affluence.
Due to the complex and expensive technology, some desserts were available only very wealthy people. Lacking modern refrigerators, submit to the Sultan on a hot summer afternoon glass of iced sorbet could only pastry wizard!
Secret preparation of many sweet delights master kept in the strictest confidence and not given to anyone, even on pain of death.
That's why some recipes disappeared along with those who invented them. Thus was lost recipe of the famous halva obi-Naboth, which enthusiastically mentioned in many medieval treatises.
According to a legend, this dessert can be prepared only in Bukhara, because only there, According to local bakers, there were some magic conditions necessary for the creation of this dishes.
Incidentally, the word "halva" in Arabic means "sweetness".
The appearance of the famous Turkish Turkish Delight also tell about the legendary story.
Once a sultan broke a tooth, regaling candy solid. In anger, he demanded to file a soft candies.
The courtiers were horrified: no one had heard of such a dish. But one confectioner not confused he mixed water, sugar, starch, rose essence and the resulting mixture was poured on flat plates.
When the mass of frozen, he cut it into slices, roll in powdered sugar and nuts and gave the Sultan. Translated from Turkish by Turkish Delight means "handy piece." Many years have passed, and this "convenient" delicacy continues to enjoy the rest of the world.
Residents of Turkey believe that the best Turkish Delight produced in the town of Afyon kajmak - fatty cream melted. Local residents believe that their delight has a unique taste and properties as afionskie cows graze on the meadows, where grows in abundance... opium poppy! Incidentally, in Afyon invented baklava.
A special place in Turkish cuisine takes pudding. Prepare this dessert based on milk with rice flour, sugar and spices.
Some puddings baked in the oven until golden brown. All Turkish pastry dessert that is served in portioned plate.
1. delight
5 Art. sugar, 2 tbsp. water, 1/2 Art. starch, zest 1 orange or lemon, 2-3 drops of lemon or orange oil, 4-5 art. l. powdered sugar.
Dilute starch in a beaker of cold water, stir well to no more lumps.
The remainder of the water, add sugar, with constant stirring, bring to boil and simmer for about 20 minutes on medium heat.
Then bring the sugar syrup to a strong boiling and pour a thin stream (not forget to stir) starch solution. Reduce heat, Stir in grated zest of citrus fruits and, stirring constantly, cook until the mixture thickens. As soon as Turkish Delight will keep up with the walls of the pan, add the citrus oil, mix well and place the dessert in individual molds or baking sheet with parchment.
The mixture can be smoothed, the surface flattening spoon dipped in water.
Be ready dessert for 4-5 hours to cool.
Before serving, cut into squares delight, roll in powdered sugar; shake off the excess powder, put the pieces in a vase.
2. Quince under whipped cream (Ayva tatlısı)
2 large quinces, 1 cup of sugar, a pinch of cinnamon, 2 hours. l. beet juice, water, whipping cream, ground nuts, honey (optional).
Quince peel, cut in half and cut out the core, leave the seeds and peel.
In a saucepan put the quince, fill with sugar, add the cinnamon and add water until the middle of quince. Pour beet juice, put the seeds and peel from a quince. Cover quince lid bring water to a boil, reduce the heat and cook until soft approximately 1 hr.
Then put the quince in the form of refractory and pour received a syrup. Bake in a preheated oven (180 degrees) about 30 minutes. Garnish with whipped cream and sprinkle with chopped nuts
* (The TV series, this dessert is trying to poison Hjurrem in the chambers of the Sultan).
3. Baklava
Baklava - Eastern dessert of puff pastry. Turkey is considered to be the birthplace of baklava. Known approximate date of the "birth" of the Turkish baklava recipe - August 1453 It was during this year for the first time a court chef invented the recipe for baklava and prepodnos its sultan.
Turkish Baklava - one of the most famous and popular oriental sweets. It consists of not less than 40 test thinnest layers baked in oil and peppered pistachio.
Ingredients: 1 kg flour, 3 eggs, salt to taste, 1 kg of butter, 400 g of crushed pistachio.
For syrup: 2 kg of sugar, half a lemon, half a liter of water.
For impregnation is necessary to prepare a syrup of sugar, lemon and water. To prepare the dough of pahlava Turkish technology taking flour, egg, salt and water are thoroughly mixed until a homogeneous mass. Then small pieces of the dough is rolled out using a rolling pin by hand.
Multilayer test is achieved by rolling each layer separately, the layer thickness is comparable to the paper sheet (the dough should be very clear).
For the preparation of one tray must pahlava roll over 40 layers of dough with the addition of nuts (walnuts or pistachios).
Then cut into equal small pieces of a desired shape, pour the melted butter and baked 35-40 minutes at a high temperature.
After that soaked baklava syrup that can make it particularly soft and pleasant to the taste.
4. sherbet
Traditionally, in the eastern countries sherbet considered old soft drink that helps to make up a lot of useful vitamins and quench their thirst. In countries such as Turkey and Egypt, composed of water ice, in addition to a mixture of fruit juice and spices are often added to the ice cream balls, which gives this drink a delicious taste. The origins of the name of the drink and dessert has its roots in the Arab world, namely in Persia, where they are called "Sharben" and "sharbat".
Sherbet since ancient times been used as a medicinal purposes and to support the desire of love (still in the customs of some Eastern countries the bride, in the case of a positive answer to the marriage proposal, should drink a glass of this old beverage).
Europeans with the drinks and desserts, according to legend, introduced the Italian merchant and traveler Marco Polo in the XIII century (thanks to his travels in Asia for more than 20 years, he has collected a lot of different useful ancient recipes and potions).
Pomegranate sorbet: 1 liter of pomegranate juice 1 cup of water, 200 g of sugar, 1 pinch vanilla.
Squeeze the juice from pomegranate, pour it in a deep pan. The glass of warm water was dissolved 200 g of sugar, sugar syrup is emptied into the pan with pomegranate juice and mixed up, sending a slow pan fire.
We would drink to boil and immediately remove from heat. Then add to the beverage vanilla or cinnamon (optional) and tightly close the pan.
Subject to cool the beverage at room temperature. Then poured sorbet into glasses and decorate with fresh mint leaf.
5. Halva flour (Un helvası)
250 g butter, 250 g flour, 1 liter of milk, 400 g of sugar.
Melt the butter in a saucepan. Add the flour. Interfere with a spoon, keep on low heat until until the flour will not acquire a golden color. During this time, make the syrup: dissolve the sugar in milk and boil. Pour into the flour fried. Cooking the mixture for 15 minutes at very low heat, then remove the plate. When the paste has cooled slightly, it is possible to form balloons of the size of a walnut. You can roast 30 pieces of almonds and add to the halva.
6. Fig jam (İncir reçeli)
1 kg of sugar, 1 tbsp. l. lemon juice, 10 pieces of cloves (seasoning) or vanilla (vanillin), 100 units of figs.
Clear figs from the skin. Boil it in a sufficient quantity of water for a while. Rinse with cold water. Every Thing figs gently squeeze. Dissolve sugars in about 3 cups of water, boil syrup. When the syrup is ready, add the figs and cook up until figs again absorb water. Add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice, cook 1 more minute and remove from heat. You can add cloves or vanilla for flavor enhancer.
7. Revani (Revani)
Wheat flour (1 cup) butter (1 cup) sugar (2 cups) 6 eggs, orange peel grated (1 tbsp. l), yeast (preferably fast:. 1 tbsp. l.) semolina (2 cups). For syrup: 1 cup sugar 1 cup water, lemon juice (3 tbsp. l.).
Whisk oil with sugar, gradually add the egg yolks, zest, flour and yeast. Stir.
Whisk the egg whites and mix with sleet and connect to the test. Put the dough on a baking sheet, greased. Bake for 40 minutes at 220 ° C. Syrup sugar dissolve in water with lemon juice and cook for 7-10 minutes until thickened.
Revani cut, arrange on a la carte dishes, pour the syrup.
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