Hakkari Regional Cilo Dessert

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 1 egg
• 1 tea glass yogurtInstead: strained yogurt
• 1 tea glass vegetable oil
• 1 packet baking powder
• 150 grams butter (melted)Instead: olive oil
• 2 cups crushed walnuts
• 3 cups granulated sugar
• 3.5 cups water
• A few drops of lemon juice

Calories are an editor’s estimate per serving, not a lab measurement.

Method

1. 1

   For the syrup, boil water and sugar in a pot, add lemon juice to the boiling syrup and let it cool.

2. 2

   In a deep bowl, knead flour, egg, yogurt, vegetable oil, and baking powder to obtain a soft dough.

3. 3

   Divide the dough into walnut-sized meringues and roll out each meringue thinly.

4. 4

   Sprinkle plenty of crushed walnuts on the rolled doughs, roll them up like logs, and arrange them on a tray.

5. 5

   Pour melted butter over them and bake in a preheated 180-degree oven until golden brown.

6. 6

   Pour the cold syrup over the hot dessert coming out of the oven and let it rest to absorb the syrup.

Note. The key trick of Cilo dessert is pouring cold syrup over the hot dessert and using fresh walnuts.