You can, but it won't be chak-chuck, just caramel balls. Honey gives a characteristic aroma, without which the dish will not work.
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Chuck-chuck (honey dessert)
Chuck-chuck - gold fried balls of dough glued with hot honey. Uzbek-Tatar dessert for tea for big holidays.
- Preparation
- 45 min
- Cooking.
- 20 min
- Totally.
- 65 min
- portion
- 8
Chuck-chuck is a golden sweetness made of roasted balls or dough bars glued together with hot sugar and honey syrup. Known both in Uzbek and Tatar traditions, it is one of the most frequent desserts on the Uzbek wedding table. The main thing in chak-chak is light air dough and hot honey: the syrup should brew and mold balls without turning them into caramel.
Instructions
- 1
Step 1. Beat the eggs with milk, salt and soda.
- 2
Step 2. Gradually add flour; knead the elastic dough.
- 3
Step 3. Let the dough rest for 30 minutes.
- 4
Step 4. Roll the dough in tourniquets with a diameter of 1 cm.
- 5
Step 5. Cut the harnesses into 1.5 cm long pieces.
- 6
Step 6. Heat the oil to 170°C.
- 7
Step 7. Roast the pieces in batches of 30-40 seconds until golden; take out the towel with noise.
- 8
Step 8. In the pan, mix honey, sugar and water; bring to a boil and cook 5-7 minutes to the thickness of the "strand" (if you lower the spoon, the syrup stretches).
- 9
Step 9. Remove the syrup from the fire; sprinkle the roasted dough and stir quickly.
- 10
Step 10. Lay out chak-chak on the dish with a slide; decorate with nuts; let cool for 1 hour until dense.
Technological tips
- Syrup is the most capricious part: digested will give fragile caramel, undercooked - a sticky mass.
- Dough pieces of 1.5 cm: more - will be hard, less - burnt.
- Work quickly after combining dough and syrup - it freezes quickly.
- Chuck-chuck can not be cut with a knife - this is a dessert "to talk", break with your hands.
FAQ
Chak-chak (honey dessert) - frequent questions
Up to 30 days in sealed containers at room temperature. There is no need to put in the refrigerator - there the chak-chuck hardens.
You can slightly increase the proportion of honey against sugar (honey is less sweet), but radically unsweetened chak-chak will not work - this is a sweet dessert by nature.
Classically - almond or walnut. If desired - raisins, small coconut shavings or cereals. Modern versions sometimes include dry cranberries.
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Collect ingredients for the recipe in the Uzbek bazaar
Rice, spices, dried fruits, nuts, flatbread non and tea for most recipes can be picked up at our counter. Visit Riga Central Market: Nēģu iela 7, daily from 09:00 to 17:00.