Persian Zaban Puff Pastry Recipe

One of Persian traditions is that they never visit each other’s house empty handed for the first time. They always bring a present or simply a box of sweets. Shirini Zaban is a very common choice when they enter a house for the first time.

You sure have heard about Nowruz! This traditional Persian occasion is celebrated every new year and special food recipes back it up. Food like Reshte Polo, Sabzi Polo Ba Mahi and sweets such as Shirini Morabai and Shirini Zaban.

Persian Zaban Puff Pastry has a very easy instruction and a wonderful result! The sweet is finally made by a syrup poured on top of it which makes it look brighter and more appetizing. The sweet is really crispy and consists of different layers.

If you want to flatter yourself and make a great afternoon for yourself, make these pastries and serve it with tea! Surely, you’ll enjoy!

Iranian Shirini Zaban Recipe

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To make this Shirini you need to prepare a dough and a syrup. The syrup is poured over the sweet to make it sweeter and brighter. If you like to make this pastry, follow the instructions below, then make a fantastic traditional Persian sweet!

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Prep Time 50 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr

Course sweet

Cuisine persian

Servings 20 sweets

Ingredients

  

• 1 Puff pastry
• 150 g Butter
• Flour as much as required
• 1 Powdered sugar
• 1 cup Syrup
• 1 Egg yolk
• Powdered pistachio as much as required

Instructions

 

• Firstly, you need to put the puff pastry out of the fridge and let it warm a little bit. The paste should not become too soft and it should be a little cold and hard.
• Cover the surface of the area of your work with some flour. Knead the paste and spread it on a surface with the thickness of 1 to 1/5 cm. Do not press the edges too much!
• Place the butter in the middle of the paste and wrap it up with the paste. Then knead the dough again and spread it with the thickness of 1 cm. put layers over and over until you have 6 layered dough. Put the paste in a cool place for 20 minutes. Repeat the action 6 times and each time remove the flour from the paste. Then spread the dough and use the mold shown in the picture for making Shirini Zaban.
  
• Put a sharp and small knife in the fridge to become col then use the knife to cut the middle of the sweets for about 2 cm. Settle the doughs on a greased paper with a narrow space between.
  
• Put the oven degree in200 cg for 10 minutes, then 170 cg and let them bake for about 10 to 15minutes. When you discard them from the oven, you can pour honey or caramel syrup on the sweets and sprinkle powdered pistachio on them.

The Syrup Recipe

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Course basic cooked ingredients for dishes

Cuisine persian

Ingredients

  

• 1 unit Sugar
• 2 units Water
• ¼ teasp Citric acid
• ¼ unit Rosewater
• 2 tbsp Brewed saffron

Instructions

 

• Bring the water into the boil in a suitable pot. Add citric acid to the boiling water. If you do not have citric acid at hand, add 2 tbsp lemon juice, it will work as well.
• Add the sugar and stir until it becomes soluble. When it starts boiling again, add the brewed saffron and rosewater to it. Let it simmer until it becomes less dilute.

You can make the puff pastry at home

What you need:

• Flour 300 g
• Egg 1
• Oil 1 tbsp
• Water 1 cup
• Salt a teasp
• Citric acid ½ teasp

What to do with them:

Mix the egg, water, citric acid, salt and oil together. Pick a bowl and put the flour into it. Make a hole into the flour and add the egg mixture into it. Make an even content from it.  Let the paste rest for an hour. The puff pastry is ready!

Coconut zaban puff pastry!

Did you know that you can make Shirini Zaban with coconut powder? If you didn’t, better you know it now! Yes, that is possible and unbelievably tasty! You can make it with coconut powder (like it is cooked with it) or you can just use this delicious and fragrant powder for a garnish. Either way, the sweets will be extremely delicious and you will fall for it! The great smell of the coconut enhances the flavor and essence of these Persian puff pastries!

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