Hi all, gullac is a very light and delicious desert, especially popular during Ramazan. It is made from starch, flour, milk and poured over a large hot pan (sac ) thinly and cooked dry, then packed away for later use. It is wafer like, fine, dry and round pastry leaves are the basis for this delicate desert. Gullac dates back to ottoman period of Sultans and Pasa's, as favorite in the palaces. It gets its name gul, meaning rose. So using the rose water for this desert is a must.
YOU NEED
- 10 gullac leaves
- 1 litre of milk
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup walnuts, chopped
- 1 cup pistachio nuts, chopped
- 2 tbsp rose water
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 pomegranate, seeded
First heat the milk with sugar, rose water and vanilla. It has to be just warm enough to touch not very hot. Pour 1 cup of milk into a large tray. Then place a gullac leaf in the tray making sure the leaf is completely soaked. Place the second leaf and some more milk to soak. Do the same with the third, forth and fifth leaf. Then spread the walnuts over it generously. Then continue to layer the milk and the remaining 5 leaves as above. Pour the rest of the milk mixture over the leaves to make sure no dry bits left. Then sprinkle the desert with chopped pistachios. Finally cut the desert into diamond or square shapes and leave it in the tray for the milk to be absorbed totally for about 30-45 minutes.
Decorate with pomegranate seeds just before serving.
COOKS NOTE: It is best to use full fat milk for a special treat but it is just as nice with semi skimmed milk and less sugar to make it low calorie desert.
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