Thursday, December 16, 2021

Ekmak for the Babes

 


 

Our December Kitchen of the Month was Karen, from Karen’s Kitchen Stories.  Karen asked us to make Ekmak, a boat-shaped Syrian pastry filled with sweetened ricotta cheese, topped with jam and fruit, and drizzled with honey.  It is reminiscent of khachapuri, which is a savory pastry.  This particular recipe can be found in the July/August (2021) issue of Bake from Scratch.  There, you can also read the story about this tasty bread.

My experience making this was straight-forward and uneventful for a change.  The dough was lovely to work with and shaping was easy.  I used Bonne Maman Cherry Preserves for the topping.


 

For the background story, recipe, and shaping instructions, head over to Karen's website.  Be sure to join us as a Buddy by the end of the month.

 


 

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6 comments:

hobby baker Kelly said...

Oh, those cherry preserves! It would remind me of a cherry Danish while still being a Syrian pastry, yum!

Karen said...

I'm so happy you liked it! Your choice of jam is one of my faves. Thanks for joining me.

Katie Zeller said...

Nice to have an uneventful, yet delicious, bake ;-)

MyKitchenInHalfCups said...

Your last quilt was drama enough! These look perfectly lovely. I used that same cherry on half of mine, so good.

Elle said...

These look great and the cherry jam is a great choice. It really was an easy dough to work with, especially if you let it rest as the recipe suggests. Yay for uneventful December bakes...there is plenty else going on at this time of year.

Aparna said...

Your Ekmak have turned out perfect. Cherry sounds so good.