About this dish
Small crescent dumplings with a pleated, braided edge, filled with spiced minced lamb and served with garlic yogurt.
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Ingredients
🌾3 cups plain flour
🥚1 egg
💧About 3/4 cup water
🐑400g minced lamb
🧅1 onion, grated
🌿1 tsp dried mint and black pepper
🥛1 cup yogurt mixed with 1 crushed garlic clove
🧈Melted butter, to serve
Method
Serves 41
Knead the flour, egg, water and a pinch of salt into a firm dough. Cover and rest for 30 minutes.2
Mix the lamb with the onion, mint, salt and pepper.3
Roll the dough thinly and cut out 8cm circles. Put a teaspoon of filling on each and fold into a crescent.4
Pinch and twist along the edge to make a braided seam.5
Boil in salted water for 6–8 minutes until they float and the dough is cooked. Serve with garlic yogurt and melted butter.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Gürzə are a traditional Azerbaijani dumpling, larger than düşbərə and known for their distinctive braided seam.
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