Armenian gata - 6 step by step recipes with photos

Gata are soft and crumbly cookies that can be made at home. This recipe was invented by the peoples of Transcaucasia. Gata is ideal for an evening tea with the family. The article contains 6 step-by-step recipes for this baking.

Round gata in Armenian - a classic recipe

Round gata in Armenian is a fancy vanilla flatbread stuffed with flour, sugar and butter. You can add nuts, raisins or spices to baked goods if desired. It turns out juicy and tasty.

Cooking time: 150 minutes

Cooking time: 50 minutes

Servings: 1.

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  Make a dough. Dissolve fresh yeast in 100 milliliters of warm water, add half a glass of flour, mix well. Leave it in a warm place for 15-20 minutes.
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  Put softened butter, sugar, vanilla sugar, eggs and salt in a separate bowl, mix well. Then add the dough to the dough, mix. Then add flour in parts and knead to a homogeneous dough. Leave it in a warm place for 40 minutes.
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  For the filling, combine ghee, sugar and flour.
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  Sprinkle the table with flour, lay out the grown dough, wrap it with your hands and divide it into two parts, roll each part into round cakes. Put the filling on one flatbread, cover it with the second flatbread and fasten the edges of the dough.
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  Prick the surface of the gata with a fork. Bake the gata at 180 degrees in the oven for 30-35 minutes.
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  Cool the baked goods, cut and serve with tea.

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A simple and delicious recipe for Armenian gata on kefir

Quick puff pastry according to the recipe of Armenian cuisine. The dough for gata is kneaded with kefir, so the cookies are crumbly, soft and crunchy.

Cooking time: 50 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Servings: 16.

Ingredients:

• For the test:
• Wheat flour - 2 tbsp.
• Butter - 100 gr.
• Chicken egg - 1 pc.
• Kefir - 70 ml.
• Baking powder for dough - 1 tsp.
• Salt - 0.25 tsp
• Egg yolk - 1 pc.
• For filling:
• Wheat flour - 2 tablespoons
• Butter - 50 gr.
• Sugar - 4 tablespoons

Cooking process:

1. Sift flour into a deep bowl, add salt and baking powder, mix.
2. Cut the softened butter into cubes and add to a bowl. Use your hands to stir the ingredients into fine butter crumbs. Then pour in kefir and add an egg, knead a homogeneous dough. Refrigerate the dough for 30 minutes.
3. For the filling, combine sugar, melted butter and flour.
4. Sprinkle the table with flour, roll the dough on it into a thin cake. Spread the filling over the dough evenly.
5. Then roll up a roll from the dough, brush it with beaten egg yolk. Using a sharp knife, cut the roll into pieces 4-4.5 centimeters thick.
6. Arrange the pieces on a greased baking sheet. Bake the gata in the oven at 180 degrees for 20-30 minutes until a beautiful golden brown color. Check readiness with a wooden toothpick, then cool the cookies and serve them with tea or coffee on the table.

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How to make delicious Armenian puff pastry gata?

Delightful Armenian gata with crispy dough and juicy filling.Traditionally, gata is made from yeast dough, however, different recipes can now be found. For example, gata made from tender puff pastry.

Cooking time: 50 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Servings: 8.

Ingredients:

• Puff pastry - 500 gr.
• Wheat flour - 3 tbsp.
• Butter - 200 gr.
• Sugar - 2 tbsp.
• Vanillin - 1 pinch.
• Chicken egg - 1 pc.

Cooking process:

1. Prepare the filling for the gata. Mix soft butter with flour and sugar. Add vanillin to taste. You will end up with a fine oil crumb.
2. Defrost the dough at room temperature. Roll it out into a 1-inch-thick rectangle. Spread the filling evenly over the dough and roll up the roll.
3. Roll out the roll again with a rolling pin, then cut out cookies of the same shape with a curly knife.
4. Put the blanks on a baking sheet covered with parchment, grease them with a beaten egg.
5. Bake the gata in the oven at 170-180 degrees for 25-30 minutes until golden brown. Cool it down before serving it for tea.

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Incredibly delicious Armenian gata according to the recipe of grandmother Emma

There are many recipes for gata. But often the filling remains unchanged, and the types of dough change. We invite you to try the recipe for a magnificent gata from Emma's grandmother.

Cooking time: 70 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Servings: 4.

Ingredients:

• Egg yolk - 1 pc.
• Milk - 1 tablespoon
• For the test:
• Wheat flour - 2 tbsp.
• Butter - 100 gr.
• Matsoni - 0.5 tbsp.
• Salt - 1 pinch
• Baking powder for dough - 1 tsp.
• For filling:
• Sugar - 0.5 tbsp.
• Wheat flour - 0.5 tbsp.
• Vanilla sugar - 10 gr.
• Butter - 50 gr.

Cooking process:

1. Sift flour into a bowl, add salt, butter and baking powder, stir.
2. Then add the yogurt and stir the dough well again with your hands.
3. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for half an hour.
4. For the filling, combine sugar, flour and butter. You should get a small crumb.
5. Divide the dough into two parts.
6. Roll out the dough into thin cakes.
7. Put half of the filling on the dough, roll up the roll.
8. Then do the same with the second piece of dough.
9. Cut the rolls into pieces 4-5 centimeters wide. Grease the pieces with a beaten egg and milk and place them on a baking sheet.
10. Bake the cookies in the oven at 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes. Then cool completely on a wire rack and serve.

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How to cook Armenian gata with nuts at home?

Delicious pastries that came to us from Armenian cuisine. At home, it is called a gata. It is easy to prepare and on a weekend you can cook it yourself and treat your loved ones.

Cooking time: 110 minutes

Cooking time: 50 minutes

Servings: 8.

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour - 3 tbsp.
• Butter - 200 gr.
• Sugar - 1 tbsp.
• Sour cream - 300 ml.
• Baking powder for dough - 10 gr.
• Walnuts - 100 gr.
• Sunflower seeds - 75 gr.
• Powdered sugar - for sprinkling.
• Chicken eggs - for lubrication.

Cooking process:

1. Sift three glasses of flour into a bowl.
2. Cut the butter into small cubes, add to a bowl and mix with flour.
3. Then add half the sugar and stir.
4. Add baking powder and sour cream, knead to a homogeneous dough.
5. Roll the dough into a sausage and cut into small pieces. Roll each piece of dough into a ball, roll in flour and refrigerate for half an hour.
6. For the filling, grind the nuts, seeds, remaining sugar, and a tablespoon of flour in a blender.
7. Sprinkle the work area with flour, roll the dough into thin cakes.
8. Spread the filling on the dough evenly and roll up the rolls.
9. Cut each roll into several parts, determine the size at your discretion. Lubricate the blanks with a beaten egg.
10. Bake the gata in the oven at 220 degrees for 30 minutes. Sprinkle the cookies with powdered sugar and serve.

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Delicate and very tasty Armenian-style gata on sour cream

Add another simple recipe to your collection of delicious baking recipes. Gata is a traditional Armenian biscuit stuffed with sugar, flour and butter.It is prepared quickly from the available products, and disappears from the table in an instant.

Cooking time: 180 minutes

Cooking time: 50 minutes

Servings: 6-8.

Ingredients:

• Flour - 550 gr.
• Sour cream - 250 ml.
• Butter - 400 gr.
• Dry yeast - 7 gr.
• Sugar - 350 gr.
• Vanilla sugar - 2 tsp
• Egg yolks - 2 pcs.

Cooking process:

1. Sift 2/3 flour into a bowl, add dry yeast, sour cream, half melted butter to it, mix the ingredients well. You should have a soft and smooth dough. Place the dough in the refrigerator for 1.5 hours.
2. Prepare the filling. Combine the rest of the butter with flour and sugar.
3. Divide the dough into 4 parts, roll each part into a rectangular cake.
4. Put the filling on the dough and roll the rolls.
5. Brush each roll with a beaten egg and cut into 4 cm wide pieces.
6. Place the pieces on a baking sheet and bake in the oven at 180 degrees for 30 minutes. Check readiness with a wooden skewer. Serve the gata with tea after it has cooled.

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