The smells of kahk, petit fours, and biscuits begin to waft from Egyptian homes in preparation for the celebration of Eid. Despite the cost used to purchase the finest ingredients for kneading Eid sweets, there are some secrets to obtaining kahk, petit fours, ghorayeba, and biscuits, with a distinct taste from the device, because it has guaranteed ingredients. It is made at home, and “The Seventh Day” reviews with Chef Rania Qassem some of the secrets of Eid pastries, especially cakes and biscuits.

kahk

The chef said that to make the Eid cake, the standards must be adhered to equally. With the methods of mixing the dry ingredients together, and then the liquids, with the necessity of baking in a preheated oven, provided that it is in the oven for no more than 20 minutes, or until it acquires a distinctive color.

Biscuit

One of the most important tips for obtaining crisp and crunchy biscuits is not to knead the dough, just mix it well, with the need to separate the egg whites from the yolks, and not to grease the oven mold before stacking the biscuits in it, and make sure to sift all the ingredients before mixing them, and to use butter at room temperature, not obesity .

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Alien

And the chef added that there are no types of ghoraibeh, they are undoubtedly soft, and one of the most important secrets we need is to use obesity, not butter, and not increase it so that it does not spread out in the mold, to make sure that it is completely free of liquids, not to use eggs or baking powder at all, as it will increase in size On its own, and does not need a distinctive color, what distinguishes it is its white color, reducing the use of sugar, as more of it makes it coarse.

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home four

Choosing a luxurious type of flour, the most important steps that must be followed to obtain a distinctive petit four, in addition to the need to sift the dry ingredients before kneading, provided that all ingredients are at the same room temperature, while leaving the dough to rest in the refrigerator, when using cocoa you should know that The amount of cocoa you will use decreases the amount of flour.

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