Stepanavan Gata
Baking and Desserts | Armenian cuisine
⏳ Time
5 hours
🥕 Ingredients
12
🍽️ Servings
15
Description
Stepanavan Gata
Ingredients
- Wheat Flour - 4 lbs
- Dry yeast - 0.7 oz
- Water - 7 fl oz
- Sugar - 21.2 oz
- Milk - 17 fl oz
- Butter - 7.1 oz
- Salt - a pinch
- Clarified Butter - 12.3 oz
- Powdered Sugar - 3.5 oz
- Vanillin - 0 oz
- Whole egg - 3 pieces
- Vegetable Oil - 0 fl oz
Step by Step guide
Step 1
Prepare the dough using the sponge method — combine the yeast, water, and flour (350 g) and let it rest for 2 hours.
Step 10
Pinch the edges of the pastry, let it rise, brush the surface with egg yolk, and poke holes in several places.
Step 11
Place the gata on a greased baking sheet and bake in a preheated oven for 30-35 minutes.
Step 2
In a separate bowl, place the softened butter and cream it for 5-7 minutes, then add sugar, eggs, vanillin, salt, and continue to cream until a homogeneous mass is obtained.
Step 3
Pour this mixture into the sponge and mix for 3-4 minutes.
Step 4
After that, while stirring continuously, gradually add the flour (1 kg), knead the dough, and place it in a warm place to rise for 35-40 minutes.
Step 5
To prepare the filling, cream the clarified butter, add flour (700 g), mix thoroughly, add powdered sugar, and cream until a homogeneous crumbly mass is obtained.
Step 6
Divide the prepared dough into pieces, shaping them into balls.
Step 7
Roll each piece into sheets 1.5-2 mm thick. Brush the surface of the sheets with melted butter. Then fold the sheet like an envelope and brush with butter again.
Step 8
Place the filling on the prepared dough, bring the edges of the dough together from all four sides, forming a round shape.
Step 9
Then flip it over and gently roll it out so that the entire sheet of dough is of uniform thickness.
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