Ingredients

1 teaspoon sugar (5 g)
1 teaspoon salt (4 g)
1.5 cups hot water (350 ml)
4.5 cups flour (500 g)

For greasing the dough

130 g butter

Filling

1 cup pistachios
1 tablespoon butter (30 g)
2 tablespoons brown sugar

For the top

Vegetable oil

For the dough, mix the sugar, salt, and water in a deep bowl. Add the flour and continue mixing. Transfer the dough to the counter and knead for 8-10 minutes. Divide the dough into 3 equal pieces, cover them, and let them rest for 20 minutes.

Roll out the rested dough pieces thinly as shown. Grease the first dough with butter, place the second dough on top, and grease it again. Place the third dough on top and grease it as well. Stretch the dough from the edges to flatten it and fold it as shown.

Place the dough on a tray, cover it, and chill it in the freezer for 25 minutes.

For the filling, place the pistachios, brown sugar, and butter in a food processor and blend until pureed.

Slice the chilled dough into 2-finger-thick pieces. Open and shape the slices as shown in the video, place the filling inside, and close them.

Place the prepared dough pieces on a baking tray and brush them with vegetable oil.

Bake in a preheated oven at 190°C for 45-50 minutes.