Rolled pastries filled with apricot jam

Rolled pastries filled with apricot jam

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An Azerbaijani pastry: a yeasted dough made with milk and butter, cut into triangles, filled with thickened apricot jam, and then rolled into golden tubes…

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This Azerbaijani pastry, known as Shamakhi, consists of a yeast-leavened dough made with milk and butter, rolled into tubes around a thick apricot jam.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time40 min
  • Cook time15 min
  • Resting1 hr 30 min
  • Total2 hr 25 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodfour
  • Estimated cost$4.62 $0.39 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

12 people

Dough

  • $0.66
  • $0.70
  • $0.92
  • $0.25
  • $0.13

Decoration

  • $1.45
  • $0.38
  • $0.13

Prices from US supermarkets for 7 of 8 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Whisk the yeast into the warm milk, then add the eggs, salt, and granulated sugar, and mix well. ≈ 4 min
  2. Add the flour and knead the dough for 15 minutes. Let it rise for 1 hour and 30 minutes in a warm place.
  3. While you’re doing that, mix the apricot jam with the powdered sugar and vanilla, and cook until you have a thick mixture. Then, let it cool.
  4. Spread the dough to a thickness of 4 to 5 mm, brush it with melted butter, and cut it into triangles. ≈ 8 min
  5. Place a small amount of filling on each triangle and roll it into a tube, keeping the pointed end of the triangle at the top. ≈ 10 min
  6. Bake in the oven at 190-200 °C for 10-15 minutes, then sprinkle with granulated sugar.

The bill

Rolled pastries filled with apricot jam

  • 500 g of high-quality wheat flour$0.66
  • 2 eggs$0.70
  • 100 g of butter$0.92
  • 250 ml of milk$0.25
  • 50 g of granulated sugar$0.13
  • 150 g of apricot jam$1.45
  • 100 g of powdered sugar$0.38
  • 50 g of granulated sugar, for sprinkling$0.13

Total$4.62

that's $0.39 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 500 g of high-quality wheat flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 100 g of butter
  • 250 ml of milk
  • 50 g of granulated sugar
  • 10 grams of yeast
  • A pinch of salt
  • 150 g of apricot jam
  • 100 g of powdered sugar
  • 1/3 gram of vanilla
  • 50 g of granulated sugar, for sprinkling

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