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Güllaç

One serving has 499 kcal and 13 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of manganese (52%), riboflavin (49%), copper (47%), phosphorus (39%), thiamin (39%) and cobalamin (38%). Ready in 80 minutes.

Güllaç
Photo: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
  • Preparation: 75 min
  • Cooking: 5 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (305 g)
  • Difficulty: Medium
  • Diets: Vegetarian
  • Contains: dairy, gluten, nut

Ingredients

  • 50 g Phyllo dough
  • 200 g Milk, whole
  • 25 g Sugar
  • 20 g Walnuts
  • 10 g Water

Method

  1. Warm the milk with the sugar until the sugar dissolves; keep it warm but not boiling.
  2. Lay a sheet of the pastry in a dish and ladle some of the warm sweet milk over it until well soaked.
  3. Repeat with more sheets, ladling milk between each layer and scattering crushed walnuts between some of the layers; traditional güllaç uses special starch wafers rather than phyllo, which is a softer stand-in here.
  4. Pour any remaining milk (with a splash of rose water stirred in, if using) over the top layer and let it soak in for at least 1 hour in the fridge.
  5. Slice into squares and serve chilled, topped with a few more crushed walnuts.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy499 kcal24%
Carbohydrates63.6 g
Water203 mL
Fiber2.3 g8%
Protein12.9 g27%
Tryptophan0.16 g
Threonine0.48 g
Isoleucine0.57 g
Leucine1.1 g
Lysine0.69 g
Methionine0.28 g
Cystine0.16 g
Phenylalanine0.65 g
Tyrosine0.51 g
Valine0.71 g
Histidine0.35 g
Fat22.5 g
Monounsaturated5 g
Polyunsaturated10.3 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0 g
Omega-68.3 g
Saturated5.7 g
Trans-Fats0 g
Cholesterol20 mg
Calcium252 mg25%
Copper0.42 mg47%
Iron2.3 mg13%
Magnesium59.2 mg19%
Manganese0.93 mg52%
Phosphorus275 mg39%
Potassium390 mg8%
Selenium20.2 µg37%
Sodium329 mg
Zinc1.6 mg20%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.43 mg39%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.54 mg49%
Niacin (vitamin B3)2.4 mg17%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)1 mg20%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)0.19 mg15%
Folate (vitamin B9)73.6 µg18%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)0.9 µg38%
Choline39.9 mg9%
Vitamin A92.2 µg13%
Vitamin C0.26 mg0%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)102 IU17%
Vitamin E0.32 mg2%
Vitamin K2.4 µg3%

Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.

Climate footprint

0.5 kg CO2e a serving: higher than most breakfasts, sides, desserts and drinks on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.

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