Şekerpare
Soft Turkish semolina cookies, each pressed with an almond, baked golden and soaked in lemon syrup until tender right through — a sweet for Turkish holiday tables. Cold syrup poured over hot cookies is what lets them drink it without breaking.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 400 g sugar, for the syrup
- 400 ml water
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 125 g butter, softened
- 80 g icing sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 50 g semolina
- 220 g plain flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 20 blanched almonds
- 1 egg yolk, for brushing
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 5462 kcal · P 96.2g · C 721.1g · F 263.7g
Estimated from 12 of 12 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
Steps
Steps
- 1Make the syrup first: boil the sugar for the syrup with the water for 10 minutes, stir in the lemon juice and leave to cool completely.
- 2Heat the oven to 180°C and line a baking tray with baking paper.
- 3Beat the butter with the icing sugar until creamy, then beat in the egg and vanilla.
- 4Mix the semolina, flour and baking powder, add them to the butter and knead briefly into a soft dough. Leave it for 10 minutes so the semolina can swell.
- 5Shape 20 balls of about 25 g, flatten them slightly, set them on the tray and press an almond into the centre of each.
- 6Brush with the egg yolk and bake for 20–25 minutes, until deep golden.
- 7Move the hot cookies into a deep dish in one layer and pour the cold syrup over them.
- 8Leave for 3–4 hours, turning them once, until they have absorbed most of the syrup and are soft right through.
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Questions and answers
How long does Şekerpare take to make?
About 50 minutes: 25 min prep and 25 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Şekerpare?
12 ingredients: sugar, water, lemon juice, butter, icing sugar, egg, vanilla extract, semolina, plain flour, baking powder, blanched almonds, egg yolk.
How many servings does this Şekerpare recipe make?
20 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Şekerpare?
About 273 kcal, with 4.8 g protein, 36.1 g carbohydrate and 13.2 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Şekerpare recipe suit?
It is vegetarian.
What cuisine is Şekerpare?
Şekerpare comes from Turkish cuisine.
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