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Boureka-style Cheese Pastries
Ingredients
- 2 and a half cups flour
- 1/2 packet baking powder
- 3 eggs
- 1 container cottage cheese / white cheese
- 200 grams hard cheese
- 100 grams yellow cheese
- 3/4 cup oil
- egg and sesame seeds
Preparation
Preheat the oven to 180°C.In a bowl, mix all the ingredients to make a dough for a greased muffin tin.
You can also bake it in a regular pan lined with baking paper.
Brush with egg and sprinkle with sesame seeds, then bake for about half an hour.
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Measurement converter
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Ingredient |
Cup |
Tablespoon |
Teaspoon |
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Powdered sugar |
120 g |
8 g |
3 g |
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Chopped nuts |
100 g |
6 g |
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Finely ground nuts |
85 g |
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Rice |
200 g |
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Honey |
360 g |
22 g |
7 g |
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Butter Melted butter |
240 g |
15 g 14 g |
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Peanut butter |
250 g |
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Raw tahini |
240 g |
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Salt |
250 g |
20 g |
6 g |
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Maple syrup |
240 g |
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Liquids Water, orange juice, milk |
240 g 240 ml |
15 g 15 ml |
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Nutella |
280 g |
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White sugar |
200 g |
12 g |
4 g |
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Packed brown sugar |
240 g |
15 g |
5 g |
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Semolina |
200 g |
10 g |
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Can of condensed milk |
398 g |
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Can of coconut milk |
400 g |
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Cookie crumbs |
110 g |
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Dry breadcrumbs |
125 g |
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Chopped dried fruit |
150 g |
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Ground poppy seeds |
70 g |
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Coconut |
100 g |
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Cornstarch |
140 g |
10 g |
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White flour |
140 g |
10 g |
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Whole wheat flour |
125 g |
8 g |
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Cocoa |
140 g |
10 g |
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Jam |
330 g |
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Dulce de leche |
400 g |
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Chocolate chips |
200 g |
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Oats |
100 g |
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Oil |
200 g |
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Coconut oil solid melted |
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14 g 14 g |
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Oven temperatures Description |
Gas mark |
Celsius |
Fahrenheit |
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Very low heat |
105 |
220 |
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120 |
250 |
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Low heat |
1 |
135 |
275 |
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2 |
150 |
300 |
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Medium-low |
3 |
160 |
320 |
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Medium |
3 |
170 |
340 |
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Medium |
4 |
180 |
355 |
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5 |
190 |
375 |
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Medium-high |
6 |
200 |
390 |
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High |
7 |
220 |
430 |
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8 |
230 |
445 |
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Very high |
9 |
245 |
475 |
50 g fresh yeast (a "Shimrit" packet / cube) = 2 tablespoons dry
yeast. 1 tablespoon dry yeast = 10 g
To replace dry yeast with fresh yeast, multiply the amount by 3
1 g dry yeast = 3 g fresh yeast
Packet = 10 g
Tablespoon = 8 g
Teaspoon = 3 g
Gelatin packet = 14 g
Tablespoon of gelatin = 10 g
One gelatin sheet = 4 g
Gelatin packet = 3½ gelatin sheets
To dissolve 1 g of gelatin use 5 g
Egg size 1 (L) – 65 g and over
Egg size 2 (M) – 55-60 g
Egg size 3 (S) – 50 g
Egg white – 40 g on average
Egg yolk – 20 g on average
The oil should weigh 85% of the butter's weight
100 g butter = 85 g oil
200 g butter = 170 g oil
1 cup oil = 200 g
100 ml oil = 90 g
100 g butter = 100 g applesauce
100 ml oil = 100 ml applesauce
Replacing eggs with applesauce
1 egg = 60 g applesauce
Butter stick = 120 g, ½ cup
8 oz = 1 cup = 240 ml = 16 tablespoons
4 oz = ½ cup = 120 ml = 8 tablespoons.
2 oz = ¼ cup = 60 ml = 4 tablespoons.
1 oz = 2 tablespoons = 30 ml = ⅛ cup.
½ oz = 1 tablespoon = 15 ml = 3 teaspoons.
0.16 oz = 1 teaspoon = 5 ml = ⅓ tablespoon
1 pint = 480 ml = 2 cups.
1 quart = 960 ml = 4 cups.
A small package weighs 350 g
1 cup self-rising flour = 1 cup plain flour + 1 teaspoon baking powder
1 kg self-rising flour = 1 kg plain flour + 2 packets of baking powder