Egyptian Seasoned Countryside Bread Koras Recipes

EGYPTIAN BARLEY BREAD

Steps:

• Combine yeast, water, and honey, and let proof 5 minutes.
• Add salt, eggs and shortening.
• Stir in flour and blend until dough is workable.
• Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for a couple of minutes.
• Place in a large greased bowl, turning to coat.
• Cover with a towel and let stand in a warm place for 90 minutes.
• The dough will rise slightly, but will NOT double.
• Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead again.
• Shape into a round cake about 1/2" thick.
• Place on a lightly greased baking sheet.
• Cover with a towel and let rest for one hour.
• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• Bake 15-20 minutes, or until bread is pale brown and sounds hollow when tapped.
• Cool on a rack.

SABOOB (EGYPTIAN FLATBREAD)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Whisk flour and salt together in a bowl; form a well in the center. Add milk and oil; mix until smooth dough forms.
• Turn dough out onto a lightly-floured work surface; knead until smooth and pliable, 10 to 15 minutes. Set dough aside to rest for 15 minutes.
• Divide dough into 4 equal pieces; roll out each piece with a rolling pin to 1/4-inch thickness. Arrange on prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 8 to 10 minutes.

EGYPTIAN BREAD PUDDING RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C).
• In a medium saucepan, combine the milk, cream, sugar, salt, cardamom, cloves, cinnamon sticks, and orange peels. Bring to a boil over medium heat, then reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove the pot from the heat and let the spices steep for 10-15 minutes.
• While the spices steep, break ¾ pound (340 G) of the palmiers in half into a large bowl.
• In a medium bowl, stir together ¾ cup golden raisins (120 G), ¾ cup pistachios (95 G), the hazelnuts, coconut, and ½ cup (70 G) slivered almonds to evenly distribute.
• Liberally grease a 9 x 13-inch (22 cm x 33 cm) baking dish with butter.
• Spread about half of the broken palmiers in the bottom of the baking dish. Top with half the raisin and nut mixture. Repeat with the remaining broken palmiers and nut mixture.
• Gently pour the infused milk through a strainer over the baking dish and let settle. Arrange the remaining ¼ pound (115 G)whole palmiers on top. Dollop the mascarpone on top, then sprinkle with the remaining ¼ cup (35 G) golden raisins, ¼ cup (35 g) pistachios, and ¼ cup (35 G) slivered almonds.
• Bake the bread pudding for 25 minutes, then broil for 2-3 minutes, until the top is crisp, golden brown, and bubbling.
• Let rest for 20-30 minutes before serving.
• Enjoy!

EGYPTIAN SEASONED COUNTRYSIDE BREAD (KORAS)

Steps:

• If you like you can toast the sesame seeds and the anise and fennel first to intensify their taste.
• Put the flour in a big bowl + salt +sugar +all the seeds +vanilla +yeast.
• Mix lightly.
• Put your ghee or butter on heat till it bubbles lightly, let cool a little bit then add to the flour, mix well, then add the cream and the yogurt, knead well till you have a soft manageable dough, a little bit sticky.
• Let it rise covered in a warm dark place for 1/2 hour.
• Then cut it into large egg sized balls.
• Let rise again for 2 hour.
• Press each ball into a disc the size you prefer, and put in your trays, don't use the rolling pin in this step pressing the balls by hands gives much better results.
• You don't need to brush the trays with anything.
• Leave to rise one last time 30-60min.
• Then turn on the oven on medium heat, with a knife draw parallel lines on each disc, brush lightly with (egg + milk + vanilla) mix, and put the trays in the preheated moderate oven, it will take 10-15 min, don't leave it for so long so it won't get dry, once the bottom is red u can use the grill to put some color on the surface.