Hello everyone! Dear followers, today we will bake Gata, a puff pastry. The recipe of which is represented below:
Preparation of filling, “Khoriz”:
- 100 g butter
- 250 g sugar
- 300-350g flour
- 1 pack of vanilla or 1 tsp vanilla extract
The dough making process
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp citric acid
- 2 cups of lukewarm water
- 600g flour
- 125-130 g softened butter for each dough balls
Mix 2 egg yolks, salt, citric acid, 2 cups of lukewarm water, flour and mix well. Knead until you get a soft, elastic dough that does not stick to your hands. Divide the dough into 3 equal balls, cover with a plastic food wrap. Leave for 1 hour, after which cover the table with flour, open the balls with hands, place 125 g-130 g of softened butter, and cover again. Leave to rest for 45 minutes. We will open and close each of the balls 3 times. If we do not want to bake, we can immediately put them in plastic food bags, and keep them in the freezer as much as we want.
For the surface of the dough
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 tsp vegetable oil
- 1 tsp milk
- 3 egg whites to cover the dough before putting the filling
Bon Appetit. You can watch the details in the video below.