Vegetarian
12
Albanian
Flija Layered Pancake / Crepe
Allergens: Gluten, Milk
Albanian layered crepe cake, dozens of thin layers stacked with butter and yogurt.
Ingredients
- Olive oil 3 tbsp
- Vegetable oil 200 ml
- Salt 1 tsp
- Plain flour 1 kg
- Butter 220 g
- Clotted cream 3 tbsp
- Greek yogurt 5 tbsp
- Sour cream 500 ml
Method
- Prepare the Flour Batter.
- Mix together the flour, water and salt ensuring all the lumps are dissolved.
- The mixture should be thick but still of a pouring consistency, add a little extra water if required.
- Put to one side.
- Prepare the Batter Filling.
- Mix together the butter, oil and chosen yogurt / cream ensuring all the lumps are dissolved.
- The mixture should be runny, leave to rest for 10 minutes before given it another good mix.
- The consistency should be similar to custard.
- Put to one side.
- Baking.
- Preheat the gill to a medium setting (I use mark 4 of 6).
- Take a large deep baking tray or pie pan and rub some olive oil over the base.
- Make the first layer of flour batter using a squirty bottle or laydel, don't try to pour the batter as it will be too thick in the pan.
- You need to make a star effect by leaving triangles between each line of batter layers.
- Place under the grill until golden brown.
- This will take between 3 - 5 minutes.
- Remove from under the grill and using a brush or the back of spoon rub over the whole pan (both battered and un-battered areas) a layer of the batter filling.
- Then, add a layer of the flour filling, use the same star effect this time placing the lines of batter through the gaps left from the previous layering.
- Also, leaving the same triangle shapes between each line.
- Place under the grill until golden brown.
- This will take between 3 - 5 minutes.
- Repeat step 4 until all the mixture has been used and ensuring each triangle gap is filled with flour batter on each layer - this will take around 2 hours. After every couple of layers, use one layer just to fill up any spaces (large gaps between the batter stars) that may have started to show.
- Serving. Once the Flija is ready serve straight away with honey or yogurt.