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Armenian: Kuhnamee Khop




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Recipe Introduction


"Fool the in-laws dessert!
Trying to impress your inlaws or the parents of your daughter's husband economically was a task for Armenian families. This recipe in which a very little dough made seeming enourmous desserts was the ultimate deception. "Kunamee" meaning the other side of the family and "Khop" meaning to fool."



Recipe Link: http://www.thegutsygourmet.com

List of Ingredients




6 eggs separated
1 tablespoon oil
1 cup canola oil
1 cup shortening
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
Flour


Recipe



Beat the egg whites until they are stiff and peak. Add the egg yolks to the whites and beat again. Add vanilla, tablespoon of oil and baking powder to the egg mixture.

Begin adding flour until a softs dough forms. Form the dough into two balls and place in a covered bowl and let stand for one hour.

Take each ball and spread out as thin as possible. Cut the dough into one inch wide strips.

Heat the shortening and the canola oil in a deep pan. Take a fork and wrap a dough strip around the tines. Keep turning the fork so as to brown the curl on all sides. Be careful to stop when curl is a light golden brown. Repeat the process until all the strips are done. Place each curl on an absorbent paper towel after cooking to remove all the excess oil. Drizzle with sugar-lemon syrup and serve.

SUGAR-LEMON SYRUP:
1/2 cup lemon juice
1 cup water
2 cups sugar
Add sugar, lemon juice and water in a sauce pan and boil for 30-40 minutes or until mixture is a medium viscosity syrup. Drizzle over dessert. If you prefer, you may want to sprinkle powdered sugar over the curls instead of the syrup.


This dessert will fool the "in-laws" into thinking their son or daughter has married into a prosperous family. The thin strips of dough will expand into a large crisp dessert that is pleasing to the eye and gentle on the pocket book.