Walnut Cigarettes
This is a traditional Georgian dessert made from thin dough and a walnut filling. It's a perfect accompaniment to tea or coffee.
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Ingredients
- water75 ml
- Vanilla extract2 ml
Instructions
8 steps- 1
In a bowl, mix flour and salt. Add cold butter and rub with your fingers until you get a crumbly consistency. Add water and knead into a soft and elastic dough.
15 min
- 2
Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 60-120 minutes.
120 min
- 3
While the dough is resting, prepare the filling: in a bowl, mix chopped walnuts, sugar, raisins, egg white, and vanilla.
15 min
- 4
Refrigerate the filling for 30 minutes.
30 min
- 5
Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
10 min
200°C
- 6
Divide the chilled dough into 6 equal parts. Roll out each part into a circle and cut into 8 triangles (like cutting a pizza).
15 min
- 7
Place the filling on each triangle and roll up into "cigarettes" (from the wide side to the tip).
10 min
- 8
Bake at 200 degrees Celsius, with top and bottom heat, for about 15 minutes, until golden brown.
15 min
200°C
Nutrition
1 serving ≈ 200 g
Nutrition values are estimates. - means data is unavailable.
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