All vanilla recipes are similar, but some are better than others. The best vanilla recipe must contain fat. Yes, some rules must be followed, and the first is to cook with fat!
The best vanilla recipe, basic rules:
- vanilla beans are prepared with fat
- baking powder does not go in the vanilla ones
- the kneaded dough must rest before baking
- they are baked at a lower temperature, around 180 degrees
- bake for 15 minutes, maximum 20 minutes (depending on the power of the oven)
- they must remain white
- Apricot jam is traditionally used to join the upper and lower parts
- before serving, it is best to let them rest for a day, or even better, for several days
- they are stored in a cardboard or tin box
The final of the competition for the selection of the best vanillas of Serbia (the best traditional recipe of the year) for 2020 was held in the premises Tourist Organizations of Serbia (TOS). Milica Živković from Bela Crkva prepared the best vanilla in Serbia with the votes of an expert jury.
"There are tastes that we remember and want to always remember." There are vanillas, which are always more than tasty. That's why the Tourist Organization of Serbia was part of the finals of the competition for the best recipe for vanilla ice cream, which was organized by the well-known culinary portal 'Recipes and Chefs Online'", according to the announcement of the Tourist Organization of Serbia.
Director of TOS Marija Labovic she emphasized the importance of preserving traditional recipes. As director Labović said, the taste of local specialties is one of the three impressions that tourists take with them after their trip.
"Tastes and gastronomy are what completes the offer of a tourist destination," said Labović.
President of the jury Biljana Djordjevic, museum advisor at the National Museum, reminded that vanilla ice cream is not an original Serbian recipe. However, from the moment they arrived on our premises, they felt at home. The housewives perfected them so that they rightfully deserved the epithet of the most popular celebratory or holiday cake that is prepared in almost every household today.
That vanilla cakes are the most popular holiday cake in the world was confirmed six years ago by the renowned gastronomic portal "Food52".
Competition organizer and editor of the "Recipes and cook online" portal Miodrag Ilić he is pleased that even during the pandemic, a large number of recipes arrived at the competition. As he announces, the promotion of traditional recipes and flavors will continue in the future. The announcement of the best vanillas of Serbia was scheduled to take place on Festival of dough, pasta and bread "Testival" #3. At "Testival" #3, vanilla will have its rightful place.
In addition to the best vanillas in Serbia for 2020, according to the jury's evaluations, the best vanillas were also announced according to the votes of the audience, voting via the Instagram page Recipes and Kuvar online. The best vanillas of Serbia for 2020 according to the audience's votes, prepared by Verica Poznanović.
Valuable gift packages for all participants in the final of the contest for the selection of the best Serbian vanilla for 2020, she prepared Shaba Dairyc.
The recipe for the best Serbian vanilla ice cream for 2020 according to the expert jury, Milica Živković:
Vanilla, ingredients:
- 250 g of fat,
- 1/2 kg of flour,
- 1 egg,
- 2 egg yolks,
- 6 spoons of sugar,
- juice of 1 lemons,
- 1 vanilla sugar,
- 5 tablespoons of apricot jam,
- 100 g of powdered sugar.
Vanilla, preparation:
- Beat the fat and sugar well, then add the egg, flour, vanilla sugar and lemon juice and mix.
- Roll out the dough with a rolling pin, cut out cookies of various shapes with a mold and bake for 15 minutes at 180 degrees.
- Combine two at a time with apricot jam and roll in powdered sugar.
Milica Zivkovic
The recipe for the best vanillas in Serbia for 2020 according to the votes of the audience via Instagram, Verica Poznanović:
Vanilla, ingredients:
- 200 g of fat,
- 500 g of flour,
- 1 egg yolk,
- 1 whole egg
- 4 spoons of sugar and
- juice of 1 lemons,
- apricot jam or your choice.
Vanilla, preparation:
- Beat the fat until foamy, then add the yolks and one whole egg, sugar, juice of one lemon and flour.
- Transfer everything to a mixing board, knead the dough and roll out the crust half a centimeter thick with a rolling pin.
- Use a mold for vanilla cakes to take out scones, dip each one in beaten egg white snow, then arrange them on a baking sheet, put them in the oven and bake them, making sure they stay white.
- Join the roasts two at a time with marmalade.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Verica Poznanović
Courtesy of Mrs. Dragana Amarilis, we are reproducing her text on the meaning of the word VANILLA from her website https://amarilisonline.com/
What are vanillas?
vanilice - vanilica, noun, feminine gender, the plural form is most often used
The meaning of the word vanilla:
- cakes taken out with a prayer stick, which are baked together with jam and rolled in powdered sugar with vanilla: vanilla, kisses
- the same cake with walnuts: krancle, pracle, pracne
Culinary terminology of Vojvodina, Ružica Mirilov, MSc
Vanilla origin
Word Origin:
In Germany, Austria, part of Switzerland, there is a tradition of preparing cakes for Christmas.
Due to the large volume of work - the entire food preparation and everything else, the cakes had to be prepared several days in advance, and at the same time, they had to be delicious and fresh on Christmas day.
One of such treats from crumbly or loose dough, which reached us via Austria-Hungary, is a delicacy that had various names:
Linzer Auge, Spitzbuben, Ochsenäugli, Guetzli…
Brittle or loose dough - what does it mean?
Brittle or loose dough must be kept in the refrigerator or in a cool place for some time before it is used for baking cakes.
Our housewives have adapted the recipe according to their needs and capabilities.
First, the upper part of the vanilla bean became identical, in the shape of a circle, like the lower one. Instead of butter or margarine, fat is used to make vanilla.
The other ingredients are mostly the same.
Read: Origin and Meaning of the Word – meze.
Vanilla or grancle - krancle
Kränzel, wreath from the word der, Kranz, wreath
A phonetic adaptation from Kränzel gives rise to our word for sweet - branches.
Usage examples:
Eggs, flour and lard are used to make machine-made cakes and vanilla cakes. Baking soda was added to the cookie dough on the machine. Vanilla beans are extracted with a brandy glass. They are joined with jam two at a time and rolled in crystal sugar.
TRADITIONAL AND MODERN DIET OF PIROT MUNICIPALITY RESIDENTS, VERA ŠARAC-MOMČILOVIĆ
Loved by young and old alike, they smell like vanilla with the added flavor of a nice homemade jam nestled comfortably between two halves of baked dough. They are light in color and rolled in powdered sugar. You guessed it, we are talking about vanilla cookies, which were rightfully named the best cookies according to research by the famous culinary site Food52.com.
Look at the recipe here - Wikipedia
Vanilla - said Sonja without hesitation. Lenka looked in amazement. - How do you know? - Well, yesterday he mentioned Max vanilla, I guess that has something to do with it. - I adore vanilla - admitted Max and helped himself immediately. - Mmmm!
For me they are "vanilla"much more important than Proust's "little Madeleine"! The trouble is that we "vanilla” are not sweet, if I don't steal them from the box, which is always on top of the cupboard, among quinces, sweet plums and... Hello Belgrade, 011; East - West, M. Kapor
As sweets, brdarica, wafers with walnuts and chives, "kisses", that is, are presented vanilla prepared with olive oil for Lenten feasts. Later, in the evening, everything was put away, so that everything would be presented again in the same order around 23 pm...
Because it's always holiday time here, you always have to go to someone's baptism, and before that, warn the children not to grab vanilla, rather than wait for the host to offer them for the third time and then say: Thank you, we are not hungry!
Definitions:
grancle, krancle, kisses
Source: https://amarilisonline.com/glossary/vanilice-znacenje-poreklo-reci/, Dragana Amarilis.
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