Turkish cuisine · Dough, Pasta & Rice

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Paper-thin pancakes from Şanlıurfa, layered with walnuts and soaked in sugar syrup.

Ingredients · for 8 servings

• 200 g flour
• 3 eggs
• 500 ml water
• 1 pinch salt
• 200 g walnuts
• 400 g sugar
• 300 ml water
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 3 tbsp butter

Instructions

1. First make the syrup: bring 400 g sugar with 300 ml water to a boil, add the lemon juice and simmer uncovered for 10 min., then let cool completely.
2. Whisk flour, eggs, 500 ml water and a pinch of salt into a very thin, smooth batter and let rest for 15 min. so the flour can swell.
3. Finely chop the walnuts, but do not grind them — small pieces should still be visible.
4. Grease a nonstick pan lightly with butter and bake 8–10 paper-thin pancakes from the batter one after another over medium heat, about 1 min. per side, until only lightly speckled.
5. Stack the pancakes in a shallow dish, brushing each layer thinly with butter and sprinkling with walnuts; only butter the top layer.
6. Pour the cold syrup evenly over the warm stack, let soak for 30 min., cut into diamonds and serve sprinkled with the remaining walnuts.