Kleicha

Method 7 steps

1. 1

   Dissolve the yeast in the warm milk and leave it ten minutes, until it foams.

2. 2

   Rub the flour with the melted ghee, mahlab, fennel, nigella and salt.

3. 3

   Add the yeast mixture and knead a soft dough, working it ten minutes.

4. 4

   Cover it and rest it an hour at room temperature.

5. 5

   Work the date paste with a spoon of ghee and the cardamom until pliable.

6. 6

   Roll the dough into a rectangle, spread the paste in a thin layer and roll it into a tight log.

7. 7

   Cut the log into centimetre slices, brush them with yolk, scatter with sesame and bake at 180 °C for twenty minutes.