Filo/phyllo-- was [Re: SC - duck and bread]
Susan Fox-Davis
selene at earthlink.net
Mon Aug 28 13:55:38 PDT 2000
Say! And it's gluten free to boot!
Where can we find that monograph? I really, really want the SOUP FOR
THE QAN book sometime soon.
Selene
Elaine Koogler wrote:
> Elizabeth, and all,
> The following is the recipe that I have for the "proto-baklava" . It
> comes from an article written by Paul Buell as part of a monograph on
> The Mongol Empire and its Legacy. Paul's article is entitled "Mongol
> Empire and turkicization: The Evidence of Food and Foodways"
>
> 8. Güllach
> Mix evenly egg wite, bean paste and cream [to make a dough]. Spread
> out [dough] and fry into thin pancakes. Use one layer of white
> powdered suger, [ground] pine nuts and [ground] walnuts for each layer
> of pancake. Make three-four layers like this. Pour honey disolved in
> ghee ["Muslim oil"] over the top. Eat.
>
> This is listed as one of 12 "Muslim" recipes of the Chü-chia pi-yung
> shi lei, a late fourteenth century household encyclopedia for popular
> chinese consumption. Paul, both in writings in this article and in A
> Soup for the Qan and in e-mail conversations, has indicated his belief
> that this is a proto baklava recipe, and I agree with him.
>
> We do plan to include this as one of the sweets we will be serving at
> our Festival of Kites next month.
>
> Kiri
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