Chak-Chak (Silk Route Sweets

Chak-chak

(Silk Route Sweets)

Preparation time: 1 hour Cooking time: 20 minutes Serves: 6-12

Ingredients

2 eggs 300g flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 pinch salt 300g honey (or syrup) 300g walnuts, chopped 100g raisins

Method

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Knead flour, eggs, baking powder, and salt into dough. Leave to rest for 30 minutes. Roll dough out thinly. Cut dough into 1cm strips. Deep fry in butter or neutral tasting oil. Leave to cool. Add very hot honey (or syrup), mix with walnuts and raisins.

8.

Pour the mix into a tray and press it in. 9. Leave to rest in the fridge. 10. Take it out of the tray and slice into bitesize pieces.

About Sara

“I moved here from Israel due to my Father-in-law's health complications. I fell in love with Northern Ireland's countryside, people and culture. ”

I especially love coastal villages and peninsulas in the island of Ireland. The breathtaking nature, picturesque loughs, stunning cathedrals, areas of outstanding natural beauty where thick forests are so luscious green, beautiful heather fields, high mountains all contribute to my increasing love for Ulster.

Image above: Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel Image on the right: Masada, Israel

>> Cooking playlist

The following are songs you can listen to while making the dish or eating it. The lyrics will give you insight into my culture and the music will transfer you to a place you could imagine from fairytales.

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‘Yakumin Ki Medonad’ (Bukharian Jewish version of the traditional Passover song ‘Echad Mi Yodea’) • ‘Нигина Амонкулова ва Дамирбек Олимов’– Мавриги • ‘Shoxrux Jamol Lola’ (Full Version Rubob Mix) • ‘Oseh Shalom’