Uncured Cheese Pastries or Lor Cookies
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Ingredients
500gr of mashed Goat Cheese
50gr of Butter, melted and cooled
50gr of Sugar
20gr of Flour
20gr of Semolina
4 Egg Yolks
½ teaspoon Baking Powder
For the syrup: 360gr of Sugar, 300ml of Water, Juice of ½ Lemon
How to prepare
Beat the egg yolks and sugar together.
Add the butter, cheese and baking powder and mix well.
Add the flour and semolina and mix well.
Take a small egg size piece of dough roll into a ball and press flat.
Place the dough on an oiled baking tray leaving a 2cm gap between them.
Bake in a medium hot oven until golden brown, around 20-25 minutes.
Meantime add the syrup ingredients to a pan and bring to a boil.
Simmer the syrup for 10-15 minutes.
Pour the syrup over the pastries, cover and put back inthe oven on a low temperature for 15 minutes.
Allow them to cool before serving.
The Turkish name for this recipe is Lor Tatlısı
