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Şıllık
Şıllık tatlısı: Urfa's thin crepes rolled around walnuts and soaked in lemon syrup
TurkishŞıllık is a home sweet of Şanlıurfa, made for guests and special Fridays: lacy crepes cooked on a hot sac or flat pan, filled with sugared walnuts, rolled up and doused in syrup until soft and sticky. Rich with butter and cut into short logs, it is eaten warm with a tiny cup of bitter mırra coffee to balance the sweetness. The batter should be as thin as single cream; thick batter gives rubbery pancakes. Chef's tip: syrup and crepes should be at different temperatures, so pour cooled syrup over the warm rolls, which drink it up without falling apart.
- Total time
- 55 min
- Difficulty
- medium
- Serves
- 6
Ingredients
For the syrup
For the crepes
For the filling
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Method
0/7 doneStep 1: Boil 10 ½ oz sugar and 1 cup water for 10 minutes, add 1 tbsp lemon juice and leave to cool.
10 minStep 2: Whisk 7 oz plain flour, 2 eggs, 1 ¼ cups milk, ¾ cup water and 1 pinch salt into a smooth batter the thickness of single cream. Rest for 15 minutes.
15 minStep 3: Mix 7 oz walnuts, 2 tbsp caster sugar and ½ tsp ground cinnamon.
Step 4: Heat a 24 cm frying pan over a medium heat, brush with a little of 1 ⅛ oz butter and pour in a small ladle of batter, swirling to coat thinly. Cook for 1 minute, until the edges lift and the underside is spotted gold, then flip for 20 seconds. Repeat to make about 12 crepes.
20 minStep 5: Sprinkle each crepe with 2 tablespoons of the walnut mix, roll up tightly and cut into 3 pieces. Pack into a dish.
Step 6: Heat the oven to 350°F (325°F fan). Drizzle the rolls with the rest of 1 ⅔ oz butter and warm for 10 minutes.
10 minStep 7: Pour the cooled syrup over the hot rolls and leave for 15 minutes to soak. Finish with 2 tbsp pistachios.
15 min
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 590 kcal
- Protein
- 11 g
- Carbs
- 75 g
- Fat
- 29 g
- Fibre
- 2 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does şıllık take?
- About 55 minutes in total: 20 minutes to prepare and 35 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 6 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- What can I use instead of sugar?
- Caster sugar, same amount.
- What can I use instead of lemon juice?
- Lime juice, same amount.
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