The kitchen of the East, first of all, is famous for the sweeties: halvah and gozinaki, sherbet and candied roasted nuts, fruit jelly and nougat, rahat lakoum and kurabie. By the way, about kurabie. Probably there is no person who at least once in life didn't try this crisp biscuit with the beautiful name. This delicacy has magnificent taste and just in preparation. And to please with it the family, it is only necessary to know the simple recipe which is given below.
It is required to you
- 4 egg whites;
- 600 g of wheat flour;
- 530 g of a desi or margarine;
- 150-200 g of granulated sugar;
- 2 tablespoons of jam;
- confectionery syringe or bag.
Instruction
1. Get a desi from the fridge in advance that it managed to melt and become rather soft. By means of the mixer shake up a desi with granulated sugar until until the volume of weight increases. Then enter egg whites. Continue to shake up mix before their full association with oil.
2. Add flour to the received proteinaceous and oil mix. You enter it small parts. So you prevent formation of lumps in the test.
3. After dough is ready, fill with it the confectionery syringe with a special gear nozzle or a confectionery sack with a carved nozzle. Further squeeze out small "camomiles" on a dry and clean baking tray. Place them at distance of 2.5-3 cm from each other.
4. If you have no pastry bag or the syringe, make round or oval kurabie. Just place ready dough in the fridge for 15 minutes. Then roll it in thin layer and, using a figured mold or an ordinary glass, cut out cookies.
5. Mix apple or apricot jam with one teaspoon of sugar. Then put its small amount in the middle of each cookies.
6. Warm an oven to 190-200 degrees and place cookies there. Bake kurabie within 10 minutes. Further you watch its state. Sometimes cookies are quite ready in 12-13 minutes, and can it is necessary hold its quarter of hour.
7. Let's cookies cool down in a baking sheet, otherwise you risk to break it. By tradition these cookies can be served with a cup of coffee or tea.