
Ingredients
1 kg Flour
1 L Water
1 tsp Salt
220g Melted Butter
200ml Vegetable Oil
5 tablespoons Greek Yogurt
220g Melted Butter
200ml Vegetable Oil
3 tablespoons Clotted Cream
220g Melted Butter
500ml Sour Cream
3 tablespoons Olive Oil
Preparation
- 1 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. 2 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. 3 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. 4 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. 5 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. 6 Serving Once the Flija is ready serve straight away with honey or yogurt.
Adapted from TheMealDB.