THESSALONIKI

Saragli

Ingredients

What you need:

  • 900 gr fillo pastry for sweets (approximately 10-13 pastries sheets)
  • 500 gr. butter
  • 150 gr crushed walnuts
  • 100 gr crushed rusks
  • 500 gr sugar
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • Zest of half lemon
  • 1 tablespoon cinnamon
  • 300 gr water

Method

  1. For the stuffing mix the dried bread with the walnuts and the cinnamon. On a large clean surface spread the first three flaky pastries which will be the base of our pastry.
  2. Spread some of stuffing then place another flaky pastry on top and repeat this procedure until you reach the fifth flaky pastry.
  3. In the same way we do 2 more saragli until all of our ingredients have finished.
  4. From a kilo you can get 13-15 flaky pastry, therefore calculate that each saragli has to have up to 5 flaky pastries and the stuffing should not be a lot, but just enough to cover each flaky pastry.
  5. The stuffing should be in the middle so it does not spill out when wrapped.
  6. When you finish with the above, roll the pastry carefully.
  7. If there is too much flaky pastry hanging around cut it with a knife. Then cut the rolls into approximately 1-2 cm slices.
  8. Place the slices on a tray, where you have spread some butter, so that the staffing looks up.
  9. Melt the butter, take out all of its foam and before it gets cold spread it with a spoon on each slice.
  10. Bake in medium temperature for an hour until it is brown and you can smell the walnut.
  11. In the meanwhile prepare the syrup by boiling sugar, lemon, water and the lemon zest in a pot. When the syrup is thick take out the lemon zest and keep it warm until our pastry is done.
  12. Sprinkle warm syrup on the freshly baked pastry and cover it with a clean towel. The pastry will absorb the syrup and after an hour it will be ready for serving!

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