Monday, December 10, 2012

Pumpkin Filled Pastry (Kabakli Borek)

3 Turkish pastry leaves (yufka)
1 ½ cups sugar
300-350 grams pumpkin, shredded
½ cup walnuts, crushed (optional)
¼ cups milk
2-3 Tbsp canola oil
1 tsp cinnamon (optional)
 
Grease a wide oven tray and place a pastry leave covering the bottom with no overlapping. Try to make the pastry as flat as possible. If using cinnamon, mix sugar with cinnamon. Spread about half of the shredded pumpkin over the pastry and do the same with sugar. If desired add crushed walnuts for more flavor. Then, cover it with another pastry leaf making a flat layer. Continue with pumpkin, sugar and walnuts. If your tray is not large enough to accommodate all the pastry leaf, you may always tear the pastry leaf to fit the tray and use the torn parts for making another layer. Finally, cover the top with the last pastry leaf (yufka). Mix milk and canola oil and spread it all over the top evenly. Sprinkle with some sugar for a crispy top.
Bake the Pumpkin Borek in the preheated 400 F (200 C) oven for about 30-40 minutes or until the top gets light brown. Slice it into squares and serve either hot or cold.
ENJOY
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TURKCE
3 yufka
1 ½ su bardagi toz seker
300-350 gr balkabagi, rendelenmis
½ su bardagi ufalanmis ceviz (istege bagli)
½ cay bardagi sut
2-3 yemek kasigi kanola yagi
1 tatli kasigi tarcin (istege bagli)
 
Genis bir tepsinin dibini yaglayin ve ilk yufkayi buzusturmeden tam olarak yayarak yerlestirin. Uzerine kabak rendesinden bir miktar alin ve esit olarak serpistirin. Tarcin kullaniyorsaniz seker ile tarcini karistirin. Sekerden yarim su bardagi kadar kabaklarin uzerine serpistirin. Arzuya gore biraz ceviz de ilave edebilirsiniz. Uzerine diger yufkayi yine buzusturmeden iyice yayarak kapatin. Eger tepsi yeterince buyuk degilse, yufkalari yirtip yeni bir tabaka olusturarak da kullanabilirsiniz. Yine kabak rendesi, seker ve ceviz (istege bagli) koyarak son yufkaya kadar isleme devam edin. Son yufkayi da yine iyice yayarak uzerine kapatin. Sut ve kanola yagini karistirin ve boregin uzerine esit olarak gezdirin. Son olarak uzerine bir miktar toz seker serpistirin.
Onceden isitilmis 200 C (400 F) firinda yaklasik 30-40 dakika ya da boregin uzeri kizarana kadar pisirin. Dilimleyin ve ister sicak isterseniz de soguk servis yapin.
AFIYET OLSUN
 

1 comment:

http://platanosmangoes.com said...

Interesting with the nuts in it...I like anything with pastry