Ekmek Kadaif

Name: Ekmek Kadaif
Prep time: 80 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 140 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 300 ml lukewarm water; 7 g dried yeast; 1 tsp sugar; 300 g plain flour; 1 pinch salt; 1 tbsp sunflower oil, for the tin; 500 g sugar, for the syrup; 600 ml water, for the syrup; 5 cloves; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 250 g clotted cream; 50 g pistachios, finely chopped

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Prep80 min

Cook60 min

Total140 min

A Turkish dessert from Afyon — a dry, porous bread round simmered in clove syrup until it turns dark amber and spongy, then cut into wedges and topped with thick clotted cream and pistachios. The bread must be bone-dry to drink the syrup.

Ingredients

Serves:8

300 ml lukewarm water
7 g dried yeast
1 tsp sugar
300 g plain flour
1 pinch salt
1 tbsp sunflower oil, for the tin
500 g sugar, for the syrup
600 ml water, for the syrup
5 cloves
1 tbsp lemon juice
250 g clotted cream
50 g pistachios, finely chopped

Nutrition (estimated)

high confidence

531kcal · per serving

6.1g

Protein

97.8g

Carbs

13.8g

Fat

Recipe total: 4248 kcal · P 48.7g · C 782.4g · F 110.2g

Estimated from 12 of 12 ingredients

Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.

Steps

1
Dissolve the yeast and the teaspoon of sugar in the lukewarm water and leave for 10 minutes, until foamy.
2
Beat it into the flour and salt to a thick, sticky batter and keep beating for 2 minutes. Cover and leave in a warm place for 1 hour, until full of bubbles.
3
Heat the oven to 200°C and brush a 28 cm round tin with the oil. Pour in the batter and bake for 25–30 minutes, until golden and hollow-sounding when tapped.
4
Turn out, cool and leave uncovered for several hours or overnight to dry out — fresh bread turns to mush in the syrup.
5
Boil the sugar for the syrup with the water for the syrup and the cloves for 10 minutes and stir in the lemon juice.
6
Set the bread round, top side up, in a wide pan, pour over the hot syrup and simmer over low heat for 15 minutes, spooning the syrup over it.
7
Turn it carefully with two spatulas and simmer for 5–10 minutes more, until almost all the syrup is absorbed and the bread is dark amber and glossy. Lift out the cloves.
8
Leave to cool to room temperature in the pan.
9
Cut into wedges, top each with a spoonful of clotted cream and scatter with pistachios.

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Questions and answers

How long does Ekmek Kadaif take to make?

About 140 minutes: 80 min prep and 60 min cooking.

What ingredients do you need for Ekmek Kadaif?

11 ingredients: lukewarm water, dried yeast, sugar, plain flour, salt, sunflower oil, water, cloves, lemon juice, clotted cream, pistachios.

How many servings does this Ekmek Kadaif recipe make?

8 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.

How many calories are in a serving of Ekmek Kadaif?

About 531 kcal, with 6.1 g protein, 97.8 g carbohydrate and 13.8 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.

Which diets does this Ekmek Kadaif recipe suit?

It is vegetarian.

What cuisine is Ekmek Kadaif?

Ekmek Kadaif comes from Turkish cuisine.

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