Gata Armenian

Armenian gata is a soft and crumbly cookie that can be prepared at home. The peoples of Transcaucasia came up with this recipe. Gata is ideal for evening tea with the family. The article contains 6 step-by-step recipes for this baking.

Armenian round gata - a classic recipe

Round gata in Armenian is a rich vanilla flatbread stuffed with flour, sugar and butter. If desired, you can add nuts, raisins or spicy spices to your baked goods. It turns out juicy and tasty.

1. 
   How to cook round Armenian gata according to the classic recipe? Prepare the dough. Dissolve fresh yeast in 100 milliliters of warm water, add half a glass of flour, mix well. Leave it for 15-20 minutes in a warm place.
2. 
   Place softened butter, regular and vanilla sugar, eggs and salt in a separate bowl, mix well. Then add the dough to the dough and mix. After this, add flour in parts and knead into a homogeneous dough. Leave it for 40 minutes in a warm place.
3. 
   For the filling, mix melted butter with sugar and flour.
4. 
   Sprinkle the table with flour, lay out the risen dough, knead it with your hands and divide it into two parts, roll each part into round cakes. Place the filling on one tortilla, cover it with the second tortilla and run a rolling pin over it to press the filling down. Seal the edges of the dough.
5. 
   Prick the surface of the gata with a fork. Bake the gata at 180 degrees in the oven for 30-35 minutes.
6. 
   Cool the pastries, cut and serve with tea.

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A simple and tasty recipe for Armenian gata with kefir

Quick puff pastry according to the recipe of Armenian cuisine. The dough for gata is kneaded with kefir, so the cookies turn out crumbly, soft and crispy.

Cooking time: 50 min.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Servings: 16.

Ingredients:

• For the test:
• Wheat flour – 2 tbsp.
• Butter – 100 gr.
• Chicken egg – 1 pc.
• Kefir – 70 ml.
• Baking powder for dough – 1 tsp.
• Salt – 0.25 tsp.
• Egg yolk – 1 pc.
• For filling:
• Wheat flour – 2 tbsp.
• Butter – 50 gr.
• Sugar – 4 tbsp.

Cooking process:

1. Sift flour into a deep bowl, add salt and baking powder, mix.

2. Cut the softened butter into cubes and add to a bowl. Using your hands, mix the ingredients into fine butter crumbs. Then pour in kefir and add the egg, knead into a homogeneous dough. Place the dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

3. For the filling, mix sugar, melted butter and flour.

4.Sprinkle the table with flour, roll out the dough on it into a thin cake. Spread the filling evenly over the dough.

5. Then roll the dough into a roll and brush it with beaten egg yolk. Using a sharp knife, cut the roll into pieces 4-4.5 centimeters thick.

6. Place the pieces on a greased baking sheet. Bake the gata in the oven at 180 degrees for 20-30 minutes until beautifully golden brown. Check readiness with a wooden toothpick, then cool the cookies and serve them with tea or coffee.

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How to prepare a very tasty Armenian gata from puff pastry?

Delicious Armenian gata with crispy dough and juicy filling. Traditionally, gata is prepared from yeast dough, however, now you can find different recipes. For example, gata made from delicate puff pastry.

Cooking time: 50 min.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Servings: 8.

Ingredients:

• Puff pastry – 500 gr.
• Wheat flour – 3 tbsp.
• Butter – 200 gr.
• Sugar – 2 tbsp.
• Vanillin – 1 pinch.
• Chicken egg – 1 pc.

Cooking process:

1. Prepare the gata filling. Mix soft butter with flour and sugar. Add vanilla to taste. You will end up with fine butter crumbs.

2. Defrost the dough at room temperature. Roll it into a rectangle 0.5 centimeters thick. Spread the filling evenly over the dough and roll it up.

3. Roll out the roll again with a rolling pin, then use a curly knife to cut out cookies of the same shape.

4. Place the blanks on a baking sheet covered with parchment, brush them with beaten egg.

5. Bake gata in the oven at 170-180 degrees for 25-30 minutes until golden brown. Before serving the pastries for tea, cool them.

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Incredibly delicious Armenian gata according to Emma's grandmother's recipe

There are a large number of gata recipes. But often the filling remains the same, but the types of dough change. We invite you to try Grandma Emma's recipe for great gata.

Cooking time: 70 min.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Servings: 4.

Ingredients:

• Egg yolk – 1 pc.
• Milk – 1 tbsp.
• For the test:
• Wheat flour – 2 tbsp.
• Butter – 100 gr.
• Matsoni – 0.5 tbsp.
• Salt – 1 pinch.
• Baking powder for dough – 1 tsp.
• For filling:
• Sugar – 0.5 tbsp.
• Wheat flour – 0.5 tbsp.
• Vanilla sugar – 10 gr.
• Butter – 50 gr.

Cooking process:

1. Sift flour into a bowl, add salt, butter and baking powder, mix.

2. Then add matsoni, mix the dough well with your hands again.

3. Wrap the dough in cling film and put it in the refrigerator for half an hour.

4. For the filling, mix sugar, flour and butter. You should get fine crumbs.

5. Divide the dough into two parts.

6. Roll out the dough into thin flat cakes.

7. Place half of the filling on the dough and roll it up.

8. Then do the same with the second piece of dough.

9. Cut the rolls into pieces 4-5 centimeters wide. Brush the pieces with beaten egg and milk and place them on a baking sheet.

10. Bake cookies in the oven at 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes. Then cool completely on a wire rack and serve.

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How to prepare Armenian gata with nuts at home?

Delicious pastries that came to us from Armenian cuisine. In its homeland it is called gata. It is easy to prepare and on a weekend you can cook it yourself and treat your loved ones.

Cooking time: 110 min.

Cooking time: 50 min.

Servings: 8.

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour – 3 tbsp.
• Butter – 200 gr.
• Sugar – 1 tbsp.
• Sour cream – 300 ml.
• Baking powder for dough – 10 g.
• Walnuts – 100 gr.
• Sunflower seeds – 75 gr.
• Powdered sugar - for sprinkling.
• Chicken eggs - for lubrication.

Cooking process:

1. Sift three cups of flour into a bowl.

2. Cut the butter into small cubes, add to a bowl and mix with flour.

3. Then add half the sugar and stir.

4. Add baking powder and sour cream, knead into a homogeneous dough.

5. Roll the dough into a sausage and cut into small pieces. Roll each piece of dough into a ball, roll in flour and place in the refrigerator for half an hour.

6. For the filling, grind the nuts, seeds, remaining sugar and a tablespoon of flour in a blender.

7. Sprinkle the work area with flour and roll out the dough into thin flat cakes.

8. Spread the filling onto the dough in an even layer and roll into rolls.

9. Cut each roll into several parts, determine the size at your discretion. Brush the dough with beaten egg.

10. Bake the gata in the oven at 220 degrees for 30 minutes. Dust the cookies with powdered sugar and serve.

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Tender and very tasty Armenian gata with sour cream

Add another simple recipe to your repertoire of delicious baking recipes. Gata is a traditional Armenian cookie stuffed with sugar, flour and butter. It is prepared quickly from available ingredients, and disappears from the table in an instant.

Cooking time: 180 min.

Cooking time: 50 min.

Servings: 6-8.

Ingredients:

• Flour – 550 gr.
• Sour cream – 250 ml.
• Butter – 400 gr.
• Dry yeast – 7 gr.
• Sugar – 350 gr.
• Vanilla sugar – 2 tsp.
• Egg yolks – 2 pcs.

Cooking process:

1. Sift 2/3 of the flour into a bowl, add dry yeast, sour cream, half the melted butter, mix the ingredients well.You should get a soft and homogeneous dough. Place the dough in the refrigerator for 1.5 hours.

2. Prepare the filling. Mix the remaining butter with flour and sugar.

3. Divide the dough into 4 parts, roll each part into a rectangular cake.

4. Place the filling on the dough and roll into rolls.

5. Brush each roll with beaten egg and cut into pieces 4 centimeters wide.

6. Place the preparations on a baking sheet and bake in the oven at 180 degrees for 30 minutes. Check readiness with a wooden skewer. Serve the gata for tea after it has cooled.

Bon appetit!