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If You Like Baklava, You’ll Love This Fragrant Persian Cake

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Serious Eats / Nader Mehravari Baklava is indispensable to the Persian culinary landscape, just as it is to other baklava-loving cultures from Armenia and Azerbaijan to Lebanon and Syria and over to Turkey and Greece. The most common iterations of traditional baklava feature layers of buttery phyllo dough and nuts drenched in simple syrup or honey. And if you are a fan of traditional baklava—regardless of the cultural origin of the particular iteration—you will likely agree with me that the process of making this crunchy and nutty dessert is a bit involved, and can be intimidating to make for those less acquainted. But this Persian baklava–inspired cake—a confection that’s well known throughout the Persian diaspora—is a great way to enjoy the best qualities of baklava, within a simpler-to-prepare cake. While this rich, dense, syrupy cake is less complicated to prepare than baklava, it still delivers the aromas, flavors, textures, and appearance that should satisfy most baklava ...

Crunchy Scotch Eggs


 Crunchy Scotch Eggs


Ingredients:


4 large eggs

450g minced sausage meat

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon black pepper

1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/2 cup flour (60g)

1 beaten egg

1 cup breadcrumbs (100g)

Vegetable oil for frying


How to make:

Place the eggs in a saucepan, cover with cold water, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat and let the eggs cook for about 5-7 minutes. Then transfer the eggs to a bowl of ice water to cool. Once cool, remove the eggshells.

In a bowl, mix the minced sausage meat, salt, black pepper, and nutmeg (if using). Divide the sausage meat into four equal portions.

Flatten each portion of the sausage meat into a thin patty. Place a peeled egg in the center of each patty and wrap the sausage meat around the egg, making sure it is evenly coated and sealed.



Roll each sausage meat mixture wrapped in egg in flour, then dip in beaten egg mixture and finally coat in breadcrumbs.
Heat vegetable oil in a deep-bottomed pan to 350°F (175°C). Carefully drop the prepared eggs into the hot oil and fry. Fry each Scotch egg for about 5-7 minutes, or until the sausage is cooked through and the coating is golden brown and crispy.
Allow the Scotch eggs to cool slightly before serving.





* ᴄʀᴇᴅɪᴛ ᴛo ʜᴇ ʀᴇsᴘᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴏᴡɴᴇʀ *

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