Shekerbura or shekarbura () is an Azerbaijani sweet pastry, usually eaten as a dessert.Şekerbura tarifi / Mutfağım / Program / Haberler / Kanal D / İzle«Азербайджанская кухня» It is made in a half-moon shape, filled with ground almonds, hazelnuts, or walnuts, and sugar. Shekerbura, shorgoghal, and pakhlava are the traditional foods of Novruz in Azerbaijan.News.Az - Shekerbura - Sweet nut pies
The making of shekerbura usually involves relatives, friends and neighbors who congregate at someone's home to make it. Like other pastries prepared for Novruz, shekerbura has a symbolic meaning which denotes the half-moon or flame of fire.
Preparation The dough is made of wheat flour, butter, milk, egg yolks, cream, and yeast. The filling is prepared from peeled almond or fried nuts mixed with sugar powder. It also includes cardamom to flavor the pastry.
The dough is rolled and cut into small round shapes, then filled with stuffing and closed up by making a pattern of stitches. The stitching pattern on the dough is produced using traditional tweezers called .
Other versions In Persian, it is called shekarbureh (). Originally, it was like a halva made from sugar and almonds. Its alternate names in Persian include shekarborak, shekarbora (), shekarpareh, shekarbozeh and shekarpirah.Dihkhudā, ʻAlī Akbar. 2003. Lughatʹnāmah. Tihrān: Muʼassasah-i Intishārat va Chāp-i Dānishgāh-i Tihrān. Entry: شکربورک Variants of the dessert are also common in Azerbaijan, Iran, and Turkey.
In Anatolia, a similar pastry is called şekerpare in Turkish, which is a common dessert in Turkish cuisine. It is mainly prepared by baking soft balls of almond-based pastry dipped in thick lemon-flavored sugar syrup, different from the Azerbaijani shekerbura.
See also
Azerbaijani cuisine Revani
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