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Middle Eastern · Pastry

Gosh Feel Elephant Ear Pastries

Rolled rounds of cardamom egg dough are pinched into ear shapes, deep-fried until golden and dusted with powdered sugar and ground pistachios. A light, crisp treat for feasts.

  • YieldMakes about 40 pastries
  • Hands-on1 h 20 min
  • Total3 h 15 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

Dough

  • 2eggs
  • 2 tspsuperfine sugar
  • ¼ tspsalt
  • 125 mlwhole milk
  • 1 tbspvegetable oil
  • ½ tspground cardamom
  • 375 gall-purpose flour, plus 35 g for kneading

To fry

  • 1 Lvegetable oil, for deep-frying

To finish

  • 125 gpowdered sugar
  • ½ tspground cardamomoptional
  • 130 gpistachios, blanched, finely chopped

Diet

  • Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Tree nuts
  • Pistachio
  • Birds' eggs (any)
  • Wheat
  • Corn (maize)
  • Cabbage family (any)
  • Cardamom
  • Lactose
  • FODMAPs (any)

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Salty
  • Richness / fat
  • Aromatic spice

Texture

  • Crisp

Equipment

  • Deep fryer

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Entertaining
  • Holiday

Effort

  • 45–90 min active
  • Over 3 hours total
  • Difficulty 3
  • Make-ahead friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: low
  • Carbs: high
  • Fat: moderate
  • Fiber: moderate
  • Sodium: low

Budget

  • Budget: low

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