Chuck-chak is the most popular and delicious oriental dessert. The peculiarity of the sweetness lies in the pronounced taste of honey and in the airiness of the dish. Another name for the goodies is “honey slide,” although it may not always have a similar shape. In Tatar-style chak-chak shops you can buy in round and rectangular containers. But the shape of the container does not affect the aroma, sweetness and taste.
General Cooking
The chuck-chak recipe uses cool egg dough. According to the classic recipe, in order to make the confectionery product airy and porous, add vodka, but in some it is replaced by baking powder. Long and thin sausages are formed from the dough, which are subsequently cut into short sticks. Roasting should be done in deep fat, that is, in a container filled with oil. It is recommended to use vegetable.
After frying, the dough pieces are mixed with warm and liquid honey or chak-chak syrup. It is important that the syrup has a taste and smell of honey, otherwise the dish will lose its originality.
Chuck-chuck can also be prepared in the form of balls, inside of which are chocolate, marshmallows or any other sweet filling. Guests will be surprised by this surprise.
Chuck Chuck with Vodka
To make Chuck Chuck at home, you will need the following ingredients:
- 3 chicken eggs;
- approximately 40 ml of vodka without additives;
- 1.5 cups flour;
- 45 g of sugar;
- 20 g of salt or 1.5 tsp;
- honey;
- vegetable oil.
Among the ingredients for chuck-chuck is vodka, which is part of the dough. It helps to loosen the dough better so that more air bubbles form in it. You can replace a 40-degree drink with any high-strength alcohol or baking powder for dough. Moonshine or cognac is often used.
How to cook chuck chuck
- The first step is to carefully sift the flour through a sieve. Then add salt with sugar and eggs. Kneading the dough, gradually pour the required amount of vodka. The finished base for the future dessert should be steep and cracked. Next, it must be removed in the refrigerator for at least 35 minutes, after being put in a plastic bag.
- While the dough comes to condition in the refrigerator, you can prepare the deep fat fryer for frying. To do this, pour oil into a deep pan or bowl with a four-centimeter layer.
- Chilled dough must be rolled into a thin pancake. If desired, can be divided into several equal parts and freeze them until the next cooking.
- Rolled cake must be cut into thin "noodles" 2-3 cm long.
- According to the recipe of the Tatar dish of chak-chak, deep-fried slices of dough must be fried very quickly, no more than 20-30 seconds. "Noodles" in oil should not come into contact with anything. The ideal color of the finished product is golden.
- To get rid of excess oil, deep-fried chuck-chuck must be laid out on a paper towel. It is most convenient to remove most of the pieces from the pan immediately with a slotted spoon.
- In this way, it is necessary to fry all the dough, and cool the resulting product.
- To smear the honey, you need to bring it to a liquid state, since, according to the recipe of the chuck-chak, the dough should be mixed with the boning syrup or honey.
- Ready dessert must be laid out beautifully on a plate in the form of a slide.
Recipe for Chuck Chuck with Honey in Milk
In this recipe, you do not need to add alcohol to make the dough airy. This role will be played by a conventional baking powder.
Ingredients for a Tatar dish:
- 1 teaspoon of granulated sugar;
- 3 eggs;
- 3 cups flour;
- 2 teaspoons of salt;
- 5 tablespoons of cow nonfat milk;
- 3 small spoons of baking powder for dough;
To fry, you need 200-300 ml of vegetable oil.
For coating the dessert - 4-5 tablespoons of honey with a slide.
The basis for the test in this recipe is milk.
How to cook milk chuck
- First of all, flour and baking powder should be mixed in one container. In another bowl, mix, then thoroughly beat with a mixer salt, sugar, milk and eggs. The finished mixture must be poured into flour, and, kneading the dough, let it lie down. So it will become more plastic and convenient for forming blanks for roasting.
- A lump of dough must be rolled into a pancake 0.5 cm thick. The resulting large cake should be cut into thin strips of not more than 1.5 centimeters.
- Each strip should then be cut into 0.5 cm rectangular pieces, which after frying will take the form of inflated sticks.
- To fry in a pan, pour oil and heat it to a boil. Pieces of dough are best prepared in small portions so that they do not stick together and do not touch in deep fat.
- While preparing blanks for the chuck-chuck, you can put a kettle to bask. After the dish has cooled, you need to grease it with melted honey or honey-based syrup.
Kefir Chuck
The dough according to this recipe turns out to be universal and can also be suitable for cooking brushwood. For chuck-chak you will need the following products:
- 2 eggs;
- 30 ml of vodka;
- 0.5 cups kefir;
- 35 g of sugar;
- 6-8 tablespoons of honey;
- 0.5 teaspoon of salt;
- frying oil.
Cooking chak-chak on kefir
- First, in a bowl you need to mix eggs, kefir, salt and sugar. Beat all this thoroughly, gradually adding flour and vodka, kneading the dough. The resulting cool dough should be put in a bag in the refrigerator for 25-40 minutes.
- The whole mass of dough must be divided into balls of the same size. Roll each of the balls into thin cakes, which then need to be cut into long and narrow sausages. The length of the sausage must not exceed the width.
- In deep fat, it is necessary to fry the dough sticks to a light golden color.
- It is necessary to mix the fried chuck-chuck with melted liquid honey.
Fragrant dessert is ready! You can serve it for hot tea.
Chuck Chuck with Poppy and Nuts
This version of the preparation of chak-chak in Tatar has a powerful nutty and honey aroma. Also, some cooking steps differ from the classic recipe. So, for cooking you need:
- 4-5 eggs;
- 0.5 kg of flour;
- 2 tablespoons of oil;
- 0.5 teaspoon of sugar;
- 0.5 teaspoon of salt;
- 2 tablespoons of vodka;
- 0.5 l of deep-frying oil;
- 4-5 tablespoons of milk;
- 200-250 g of your favorite nuts;
- 25-30 g of dried poppy;
- 0.6 kg of honey.
Cooking Chuck Chuck with Poppy Seeds and Nuts
- Egg whites and yolks must be separated from each other.
- Yolks should be ground with sugar and butter. The color of the mass should become lighter.
- Proteins need to be thoroughly whipped with salt until an airy consistency of white color is obtained.
- The resulting mixture must be combined, pour in the same milk. Gradually adding flour and vodka, you need to knead the dough, which is then placed in a bag and set aside for 30 minutes on baking.
- Finely chopped nuts.
- Poppy must be poured with boiled water for 10 minutes. After water, pour out and dry the poppy.
- The dough should be cut into strips of small length. Then it must be fried in oil until golden.
- Put the prepared pieces of dough in a large bowl, add poppy seeds with nuts, mix thoroughly.
- Pour the melted honey on top of the chuck-chuck so that it completely covers the dessert.
When serving, lay out the chuck-chuck slices. If desired, you can decorate with berries or fruits.
Syrup Chuck Chuck Recipe
This option is economical, since it uses syrup for chak-chak, and not 100 percent honey. Since honey is expensive, it can be added to syrup, which will well lubricate the Tatar delicacy. The base is prepared and fried in any popular way, but the difference from the recipe for chak-chak with honey is the manufacture of syrup.
Ingredients for Syrup:
- 100 g of honey;
- 200 g of granulated sugar;
- 70 ml of water.
This recipe is designed for those who already know how to knead and bake the basis for dessert, so the preparation consists only of cooking the syrup.
Cooking:
- Sugar and water are mixed in a saucepan, which is set on fire. After boiling, cook them for 5 minutes.
- In sugar syrup, honey must be added, which must completely dissolve. After that, turn off the fire.
- The final step is to mix the finished pieces of dough and syrup with honey. At this stage, you can create a chuck chuck of any shape. Then let the aromatic dish harden.
Bashkir Chuck Chuck Recipe
This chuck-chak recipe differs from the Tatar one in that nuts, dried fruits, coconut flakes and other sweet additives, such as chocolate, are added to it. The following ingredients are needed for cooking:
- 4 eggs;
- 155 g of sugar;
- 120 g of honey;
- 2 teaspoons of butter;
- 2 tablespoons of water;
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt;
- 3 cups flour;
- 1/4 bar of chocolate;
- 1 tablespoon of vodka or brandy.
Cooking process:
- Beat eggs with salt and sugar to a lush consistency, adding soft, flooded butter.
- Next, add vodka and sifted flour to this whipped mixture, gradually kneading the dough.
- The finished piece of dough should be covered with a napkin or towel and set aside in a warm place for 1 hour.
- A little more sugar needs to be dissolved in water and bring it to a boil.
- There you need to put all the honey and remove the container from the stove.
- You can form blanks for chuck-chuck using a meat grinder. To do this, you need a mesh with large holes.
- Add the dough to the meat grinder gradually in small pieces. As soon as sausages 2-3 cm long appear through the mesh openings, they must be cut with a sharp knife and separated from each other.
- Fry products in deep fat in small portions evenly. Place the golden pieces of chuck-chuck in a deep-bottomed bowl.
- Chocolate should be divided into 3 parts, where 1 part is melted with butter in a water bath or in the microwave, and the remaining 2 parts are rubbed with large chips.
- Sugar syrup must be added to melted chocolate and mixed thoroughly until smooth.
- To serve the chak-chak, it is necessary to arrange the plates in the desired shape, and then pour the melted chocolate-sugar syrup. Sprinkle coconut and chocolate chips on top. Allow the dish to cool.