Gullac
Sample Dishes from Turkish Cuisine
Gullac
(Güllaç)
Ingredients | Measure | Amount |
Walnuts (chopped) | 1 cup | 100 gr |
Sugar | 1 1/3 cup | 240 gr |
Milk | 7 1/2 cup | 1.5 kg |
Güllaç (ready made) | 10 piece | 250 gr |
Pomegranate | 1/2 small size | 100 gr |
Preparation
Combine ground
walnuts and 3 tablespoons of sugar. Cut each pastry sheet into half. Scald milk.
Add sugar; stir until sugar is dissolved. Dip each pastry sheet in scalded milk.
Spoon 1/2 tablespoon of fılling in center. Bring edges together over fılling,
making plaits to give rose like effect. Arrange in a serving dish. Pour rest
of milk over. Cover and cool. Sprinkle with pomegranate seeds. Chill and serve.
Servings:
10
Nutritional
Value
(in approximately one serving)
Energy | 235 cal |
Protein | 30,2 g |
Fat | 9,3 g |
Carbohydrates | 33,3 g |
Calcium | 193 mg |
Iron | 0,51 mg |
Phosphorus | 181 mg |
Zinc | 1 mg |
Sodium | 76 mg |
Vitamin A | 311 iu |
Thiamine | 0,09 mg |
Riboflavin | 0,23 mg |
Niacin | 0,27 mg |
Vitamin C | 1 mg |
Cholesterol | 17 mg |
Regional Characteristics:
Güllaç is produced
commercially from a mixture of starch, flour and milk in small shops or bakeries
and marketed in dried forms. It is sold in this dried form of thin circular,
crisp wafers packed in layers. Almonds, pistachionuts, hazelnuts can be substituted
for walnuts.