Introduction: Egyptian Shorek
Shorek is a bread like pastry but a lot sweeter. It is great in the morning with a cup of tea for a fresh start
Step 1: Ingredients
- you will need for the pastry:
5 cups of all purpose flour
1 cup of granualted sugar
pinch of salt
tbsp of active dry yeast
pinch of vanilla
1 cup of butter
1 cup of milk
2 eggs
- for the topping mix some milk with sugar
Step 2: Make Your Pastry
1- first mix all your dry ingredients flour, sugar, salt, yeast and vanilla
2- add butter to make crumbles
3- add eggs and mix
4- add milk gradualy till you obtain soft pastry that doesnt stick as shown
you must leave the pastry to rest for at least 20 minutes before forming it
Step 3: Form the Pastry
1- make long and thin bars
2- roll it around and stick its end to the bottom
3- place them on a greased baking pan
4- add milk on top and sprinkle some sugar for a better look
Notes:
some people add cinnamon, sesame or rasins on top
you can leave them for an hour in a warm place before baking them for more airy and light shorek
Step 4: Enjoy !!
After 20 minutes in the oven , you can enjoy warm and soft shorek with a cup of tea :)
4 Comments
6 years ago
Can you please tell me what oven temperature you used to bake the shoreks? Thank you.
Reply 6 years ago
We don't really have temperature set oven :D so meduim heat will be okay
6 years ago
I think this sounds great. I will try it soon.
Reply 6 years ago
Great !! let me know how it goes