We will analyze several recipes of kurabye cookies, which is part of the ritual in Crimea during the holiday of Uraza Bayram, and in Greece they bake for Christmas holidays as a treat.
Kurabye is a cookie familiar to us from Soviet times. Few people know that it has eastern roots, a recipe was brought from the Crimea. But the opinions of historians differ and it is believed that this sweetness ("jarabie") began to be baked back in the days of the Khan Crimea-Girey, and he loved French cuisine. During the discussion, the experts brought together a sweet couple: this culinary pastry and coffee. They are still served together in many countries.
Cookie shape
It is accepted that the Kurabye cookie recipe provides for the shape of a flower. But this is not so. In different countries it is cooked in various variations.
There is a standard for Russian enterprises, and at home you can also use a pastry bag or a syringe with a curly nozzle to make a flower. A round flattened shape is also quite suitable. You can make cuts along the edges with a regular knife and get a similar option.
Some freeze a little dough, roll out and cut with special molds.
Gostovsky recipe for Baku cookies
First, consider the option by which cookies were prepared in Soviet times. It could be bought in any cooking.
Immediately prepare:
- 320 g of baking flour;
- protein from 2 eggs;
- 200 g margarine;
- 80-90 g of powdered sugar;
- vanillin at will;
- a teaspoon of starch;
- jam.
Kurabye cookies with photos are still using this recipe in the confectionery industry, sometimes removing protein from the composition.
First we’ll make a “mass”, that’s what cooks call whipped margarine with sugar. It should turn out magnificent with a white color. Add proteins there and turn on the mixer for a few more minutes.
Sift the flour so that it is saturated with oxygen, and mix with vanilla. Pour all at once into the “mass” cup and mix quickly by hand. At the same time, it’s not worth priming like dough. And with your hands make light rotational movements, as if a dough mixer were working. Do not tighten the procedure to prevent contraction, but immediately, as the lumps become absent, stop. Readiness can be checked by trying on the hand (the dough should not stick to the skin).
The oven should already be on and the temperature set at 180-200 degrees. Cut a piece of parchment paper and place on a baking sheet. Put a figured cookie in a confectionery bag or a syringe and make a dimple in the middle, which should be filled with jam mixed with starch.
Usually 10-15 minutes are enough for the products to brown.
Two-color cookies
This variation also exists, but is sometimes referred to in the stores as “In Love”. The Kurabye cookie recipe at home will be based on the previous, gostovskiy. Only for him we need cocoa, which is added to 1/3 of the finished dough. The amount of powder depends on the manufacturer.
Then you can make white balls with your hands, put on a sheet and press down a little. From the dark dough, similar kruglyashi, but smaller, placed on top.
In factories, this is done with confectionery bags with different nozzles. If you also use them, then make the bottom round, and the top curly. It will turn out more interesting. For this cookie is not required jam, so immediately send bake.
Chocolate curabier
For chocolate lovers, they probably came up with such a recipe for Kurabye shortbread cookies. And as a basis we again take the first option, only slightly change the ingredients, of which we replace jam with dark chocolate. Also, reduce the amount of flour per 50 g (exactly as much cocoa powder will be needed).
Knead the dough as usual, with the addition of cocoa. Immediately sediment or attach the shape manually. We make a notch, but do not fill it with anything and bake. Let the cookies cool completely and pour in the middle the right amount of chocolate bar melted in a water bath. For convenience, the chocolate mass can be poured into a plastic bag and make a small hole in the corner. Leave to completely freeze.
Walnut Cookies from Turkey
In this country, this baking is also often found in pastry shops. We will slightly change the Turkish recipe for Kurabye cookies to make it look more festive.
Ingredients:
- premium flour - 4 full cups without a slide;
- butter - 260 g;
- 1 egg yolk;
- sweet icing sugar - 1 cup;
- as many walnuts;
- almond kernels;
- baking powder - 5 g.
At the very beginning, mix all the dry ingredients except almonds. Turkish confectioners do not use a mixer in the production of this dessert. Therefore, the oil should be at room temperature. Grind it with the resulting flour, add the yolk and knead the dough.
We make balls, put on a baking sheet, press the bottom of the glass and cut the edges. In the middle of each cookie we press the core of the almond. Bake, as always, and cool. Serve to the table, sprinkled with plenty of icing sugar.
"Curabiesdes"
We are preparing for Christmas and making national Greek pastries with a recipe for Kurabye cookies with a photo. A step-by-step guide will help you get closer to the desired result.
We buy the following products:
- homemade butter - 250 g;
- sugar - 120 g;
- flour - approximately 400 g;
- cognac - 50 g;
- vanillin and baking powder;
- roasted nuts.
Kneading dough does not differ from ours, except for the absence of eggs. Instead, brandy is poured into the “mass”. Flour is added with caution to obtain a soft consistency. Then the balls with a diameter of about 4 cm are rolled out and baked in a preheated oven. Sprinkle cookies with powdered sugar.
Curabier
All recipes did not have time to consider. We can say that in almost every country you can now find such baked goods, where even the name itself resembles ours.
For example, in Turkey, the finished dough is given the same shape as in Greece, but additionally rolled in coconut before baking. In Bulgaria, they take kefir as a basis, and there it is called "Warriors of Kurabiyki". Azerbaijan adds honey and spices.
There are many recipes for Kurabye cookies. Choose the appropriate option and always serve new tea for tea.