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Kadayıf (Shredded Pastry Dessert)

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serves 6 50 min Medium 18 versions
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Arap Kadayıfı

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Ingredients

Servings 6 people
  • 5 piece flat kadayıf
  • 3 piece egg
  • 1 water glass (200 ml) flour
  • 1 water glass (200 ml) milk
  • 250 gram sunflower oil
  • 450 gram sugar
  • 600 gram water
  • half piece lemon
  • 50 gram pistachios · ground

How to make it

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  1. Make the syrup first: put the sugar and the water in a pan, bring it to the boil and cook over a low heat for 10-12 minutes.
    12 min
  2. Squeeze in the juice of half a lemon, boil for another 2-3 minutes, take it off the heat and leave it to cool to lukewarm.
    3 min
  3. Trim the edges of the kadayıf discs very finely with a pair of scissors.
  4. Put the kadayıf in a tray, drizzle the lukewarm milk over it and wait for it to soak in.
  5. Beat the eggs. Dip the kadayıf first in flour, then in the beaten egg.
  6. Heat the oil in a pan and fry the kadayıf until both faces are golden.
  7. Lift the fried kadayıf into the syrup. Cook over a gentle heat for 20 minutes, turning them over now and then.
    20 min
  8. Take the pan off the heat and leave them to cool.
  9. Once cooled, lift them out of the syrup, sprinkle over ground Antep pistachios and serve.
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Kadayıf (Shredded Pastry Dessert) versions

They are all the same dish; the table below lists only the ingredients that set them apart. Ingredients common to every version (flour, salt, oil) are left out — they make no difference.

Arap base Burma Burma, tel Burma, with pistachios Ekmek In yufka Rolled in yufka Rose Stuffed with walnuts, fried Stuffed, with chicken Tel, with pistachios Tel, with walnuts With milk With muhallebi and orange jam With muhallebi, baked With pistachios With semolina With walnuts
Ingredient Arap Burma Burma, tel Burma, with pistachios Ekmek In yufka Rolled in yufka Rose Stuffed with walnuts, fried Stuffed, with chicken Tel, with pistachios Tel, with walnuts With milk With muhallebi and orange jam With muhallebi, baked With pistachios With semolina With walnuts
tel kadayıf (shredded pastry) — — — — — — — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
lemon ✓ — ✓ — ✓ — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — — ✓ ✓ — — —
walnuts — ✓ ✓ — — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — ✓ ✓ — — — — ✓
milk ✓ — — — — ✓ — — — ✓ — ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ — ✓ —
butter — ✓ ✓ — — — — — ✓ — ✓ ✓ — ✓ — — — ✓
margarine — — — — — ✓ ✓ ✓ — ✓ — — ✓ — ✓ — ✓ —
lemon juice — ✓ — — — — — — — — — ✓ ✓ — — — ✓ ✓
egg ✓ — — — — — — — ✓ — — — — ✓ ✓ — — —
pistachios ✓ — — — — — — ✓ ✓ — ✓ — — — — — — —
yufka (thin dough sheets) — — — — — ✓ ✓ ✓ — — — — — — — — — ✓
oil — — — ✓ — — — — ✓ — — — — — — ✓ — —
burma kadayıf (twisted strands) — ✓ — ✓ — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
cornflour — — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ ✓ — — —
flour ✓ — — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — —
kadayıf (shredded pastry) — — ✓ — — ✓ — — — — — — — — — — — —
kaymak (clotted cream) — — — — ✓ — — — ✓ — — — — — — — — —
rice flour — — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ ✓ — — —
salt — — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ ✓ — — —
semolina — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — — — — ✓ —
shelled Antep pistachios — — — ✓ — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — —
bread — — — — ✓ — — — — — — — — — — — — —
chicken — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — — — — — —
cinnamon — — — — — — — ✓ — — — — — — — — — —
moist kadayıf — — — — — — ✓ — — — — — — — — — — —
orange peel jam — — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — — —
sunflower oil ✓ — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
vanilla — — — — — — — — — — — — — — ✓ — — —
yassı kadayıf (flat discs) ✓ — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

Burma

serves 12 1 hr 15 min

A dessert in which burma kadayıf is rolled like a tube and browned on both faces; cut a finger long.

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Burma, tel

serves 12 1 hr 20 min

A burma in which the kadayıf is wrapped around walnuts and coiled into a circle; both faces are browned.

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Burma, with pistachios

serves 16 1 hr 20 min

The Gaziantep method, in which raw burma kadayıf is wrapped around Antep pistachios and baked twice.

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Ekmek

serves 8 1 hr

The classic, in which ready-made ekmek kadayıfı is softened by simmering in syrup; kaymak over the top.

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In yufka

serves 8 1 hr 55 min

A kadayıf in which the roll rests in the fridge before being sliced and baked; the syrup is made with milk.

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Rolled in yufka

serves 8 1 hr

A quick dessert in which moist kadayıf, walnuts and sugar are scattered over greased yufka, rolled up, baked and soaked in syrup.

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Rose

serves 10 1 hr 5 min

Shredded kadayıf rolled in yufka and arranged like roses, with a cinnamon and walnut filling.

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Stuffed with walnuts, fried

serves 10 1 hr 10 min

An Antep dessert in which walnut kadayıf is rolled up, sealed with egg white, fried in oil, dropped into cold syrup and served with kaymak.

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Stuffed, with chicken

serves 8 1 hr 30 min

A chicken breast dessert in which chicken pulled into threads is worked together with a semolina muhallebi and walnuts, wrapped in kadayıf, browned in the oven and soaked in syrup.

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Tel, with pistachios

serves 12 55 min

The classic, in which raw shredded kadayıf is laid in two layers and baked with Antep pistachios. The sugar is dissolved in cold water.

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Tel, with walnuts

serves 10 1 hr

Walnut kadayıf softened with boiling milk after baking; it rests for 2-3 hours with cold syrup.

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With milk

serves 8 50 min

The method in which lukewarm milk goes first over the hot kadayıf as it leaves the oven, then cold syrup.

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With muhallebi and orange jam

serves 12 1 hr 40 min

A milky kadayıf in which the pastry, hanging over the sides of the tray, is folded over a muhallebi made with orange peel jam, then baked and soaked in syrup.

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With muhallebi, baked

serves 12 1 hr 30 min

A tray dessert in which a rice flour muhallebi is poured between two layers of kadayıf, baked, and sweetened with cold syrup.

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With pistachios

serves 16 1 hr 10 min

Antep pistachio shredded kadayıf pressed between two trays and browned on both faces.

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With semolina

serves 10 1 hr 5 min

A baked dessert with a semolina muhallebi made with milk spread between two layers of kadayıf.

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With walnuts

serves 8 1 hr 5 min

Shredded kadayıf rolled in yufka and sliced; cold syrup over the hot pastry.

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