BAURSAKS (3st Level)

Baursak is a dessert made of strips of dough, deep—fried and soaked in sugar syrup.

Section 1. Ingredients

• Kefir – 1 cup

• Egg – 1 piece

• Dry yeast – 10g.

• Flour – 3 cups

• Sugar – 1 teaspoon

• Vegetable oil – 1 tablespoon

• Water – 0.5 cups

• Salt – 1 teaspoon

• Vegetable oil for deep frying

• Cooking time 1.5-2.5 hours

Section 2. Step-by-step instructions

1.Preheat kefir to a temperature of 35-40 degrees. Dissolve sugar and dry yeast in it and leave it in a warm place for 20 minutes.

2.In a separate container, mix salt, egg, vegetable oil for dough and water. Add this mixture to the sourdough and mix well.

3.Sift the flour through a fine sieve and knead the thick dough. So baursaks will turn out airy and soft.

4.Let the dough rest in a warm place for 30 minutes. After this time, knead the dough with your hands and set aside for 1 hour.

5.Divide the dough into balls of the same size and put them on a surface sprinkled with flour. You can roll out the dough with a rolling pin and cut out shapes of different shapes. You can't fry baursaks right away, they should lie down for 20 minutes.

6.Heat vegetable oil in a pot or frying pan with high sides.

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