The history of chebureks began in the Middle Ages in the Middle East. Initially, they were thin flatbreads filled with seasoned meat and fried in lamb fat. Over time, the recipe for chebureks spread all over the world.
Different countries and regions have their own peculiarities of cooking this dish. For example, in Russia chebureks are made of unleavened dough with meat filling, and in Turkey – of custard dough with cheese. In addition to classic recipes with meat, there are more interesting variants. For example, sweet chebureks with cream. They are more like cakes than hearty pies.
Let’s prepare sweet chebureks without an oven
Ingredients for the dough:
- flour – 450 g;
- sugar – 50 g;
- salt – a pinch;
- leavening agent – 1 tbsp;
- yogurt – 125 g;
- vegetable oil – 60 ml;
- eggs – 2 pcs;
- orange peel.
Ingredients for the filling:
- ricotta – 250 g;
- chocolate chips;
- powdered sugar – 1 tbsp.
Preparation of sweet chebureks:
Break eggs into a bowl, pour sugar, salt and orange peel, whisk.
Pour
yogurt and vegetable oil into the egg mixture, continue mixing.
Pour flour and baking powder into the mixture, knead a soft and elastic dough. For the filling, combine the ricotta with the chocolate chips and powdered sugar.
Divide the dough into 8 parts, roll each part into a thin cake. Put the filling on one part of the flatbread, cover with the second part and seal the edge, making a pattern with a fork.
Similarly create other chebureks.
In a frying pan with plenty of vegetable oil, fry each cheburek until golden.
After cooking, each cheburek can be dipped in powdered sugar. It turns out to be an interesting dessert that will replace the classic sweet pies.
