Qadaif dough: cooking technology, dough dish

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

An ordinary person who is not very fond of various cuisines of the world knows several varieties of dough: yeast, puff, exhaust, unleavened, custard. They are often used in the preparation of a wide variety of dishes. In Turkey, there is another type of dough - kadaif. It tastes the same as ordinary fresh, but has the appearance of thin threads that look simply stunning. Therefore, no matter how simple a dessert is, with this dough it immediately becomes a culinary masterpiece.

Cooking recipe

Like any other dough, kadaif can be purchased at most supermarkets. However, cooking at home will be much cheaper, and you can also know for sure that it is made only from quality ingredients.

Product List

To make kadaif dough at home, you need to prepare the following ingredients:

• 200g plain wheat flour;
• 180ml water;
• teaspoon of freshly squeezed lemon juice;
• 1-2 teaspoons olive oil;
• a small amount of s alt.

Whenall products will be on the table, you can start cooking.

How to make dough?

To make cooking as simple as possible, it is recommended to follow the step-by-step instructions for making kadaif dough at home according to the recipe:

1. Take a deep bowl, put the flour sifted through a sieve into it.
2. Add required amount of lemon juice, s alt, water and olive oil. The recipe does not provide, but it is not forbidden to add one egg, in which case the dough will be tastier.
3. Stir all the ingredients with a hand whisk or mixer. You should get a homogeneous mass. The presence of flour lumps is not allowed, so it is recommended to strain the batter through a fine sieve. Note! Kadaif should be liquid, but not too much. The dough should not spread out in the pan. If necessary, you can add a small amount of flour and mix thoroughly again.
4. Now the dough must be poured into a pastry bag and take the thinnest nozzle. If such a device is not available, then you can use a regular paper file by making a small hole in the corner.
5. Put a frying pan on the fire, grease it with vegetable oil. Attention! It is to grease with oil, and not to pour it, otherwise the dish will be spoiled. Squeeze thin strands of dough into the pan using a bag.
6. If the frying pan is hot enough, then it is necessary to remove the dried kadaif after 15 seconds. Fry on one side only.

This completes the process of making Turkish kadaif dough. From ready-made threads, you can immediately prepare various dishes or simply freeze the dough and use it in the future.

Quite often, when freezing, housewives make mistakes that lead to the fact that the dough is frozen in one piece, therefore, if you need to use only some part, you have to defrost everything at once. When the finished dough is placed in a plastic bag, it must be put in the freezer and periodically come and mix the kadaif. In this case, all the threads will be frozen separately, and it will be possible to take the required amount of product.

Kunafa at home

This dish is prepared on the basis of kadaif dough, it also came to us from Turkey. Kunafa is a very high-calorie sweet dish, but despite this, it contains a large amount of useful vitamins and minerals that every person needs.

Ingredients for cooking

To make this wonderful dish, you need to prepare the following amount of food:

• Kadaif dough – 400g
• 400g sugar (for making syrup).
• Just a little cardamom (less than half a teaspoon).
• 200 g of nuts or peanuts (you can take whatever you like more).
• Dried fruits - 100 g (it can be raisins, dried apricots, etc.).
• A small amount of butter.

How to cook?

If you have doughalready ready, then cooking kunafa will not take much time and effort. First you need to boil the sugar syrup. To do this, take a small saucepan with a thick bottom, pour 200 ml of clean water on the bottom, pour 400 g of sugar all over. Turn on the heat below medium. Add a small amount of cardamom, you can also use freshly squeezed lemon juice to improve the taste. Cook for 5-7 minutes.

Now you need to peel the nuts and soak the dried fruits in hot water. Take a baking dish. Kunafu can be made both in one general form, and in several small ones (in portions). If cooking will be carried out in one container, then you need to put half the dough on the bottom, and do not forget to grease the mold with butter. Put nuts on top, it is recommended to leave a little to sprinkle the dish on top as a decoration. Then spread dried fruits over the entire plane, lay out a layer of finished dough again.

Preheat the oven to 200-220 degrees, bake this Turkish dish for 10-20 minutes. Readiness should be checked by the color of the dough. It must be brown. When the dish is ready, it must be poured abundantly with sugar syrup and set aside for a few minutes, let the mass become more tender and palatable. In some cases, people add honey to the syrup.

Now you know what kadaif dough is and how it should be. Only one recipe was presented here, but many different incredibly delicious desserts are made from it. There are also several s alty dishes,cheese is often used as a filling. In general, the dough preparation technology is very simple, the most difficult thing is to make thin threads.