Dessert📍 TransylvaniaDifficult💪 High-protein🥦 Clean eating

Traditional lard-layered haiose pastries

Name: Traditional lard-layered haiose pastries
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 3 h
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Romanian
Ingredients: 600 g all-purpose flour; 250 ml lukewarm water; 1 egg; 1 tbsp vinegar; 1 tsp salt; 350 g chilled pork leaf lard; 120 g flour; 200 g plum or apricot jam; 200 g ground walnuts with sugar; 200 g sweet cheese with vanilla; 150 g Turkish delight cubes (optional); powdered sugar for finishing

Traditional haiose recipe made with pork lard dough, tender and flaky, suitable for both sweet and savory fillings. The dough is built through repeated folds, resulting in rustic pastries that are crisp outside and delicate inside.

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Servings

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Prep

1 h

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Cook

20 min

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Total

3 h with resting

🥘Ingredients

servings

Base dough

Lard paste

Various fillings

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✅Dietary Compatibility

💪High-protein🥦Clean eating

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Yield

20-24 pastries

📦Storage

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Refrigerator

Up to 3 days in a closed container

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Freezer

Up to 2 months, baked or raw portioned

🥗Nutrition Facts

Values per piece (approx. 80 g)

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Calories

360 kcal

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Protein

6 g

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Fat

21 g

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Carbohydrates

37 g

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Fiber

1 g

🍷Pairs Well With

🥂Black tea

🥂Coffee

🥂Milk

🥂Fruit compote

💡Variations

Plum-jam and walnut haiose: combine 1 tsp jam with a pinch of ground walnut.

Sweet-cheese and raisin haiose: add 40 g raisins to the cheese filling.

Savory haiose: fill with salty cheese and dill for an appetizer version.