Delicate crescent-shaped pastries filled with ground walnuts, sugar, and cinnamon, baked until golden then dusted with powdered sugar. These elegant sweets are a Kosovar celebration essential.
Ingredients
300g all-purpose flour
150g butter, cold and cubed
100g powdered sugar
1 egg yolk
2 tbsp sour cream
200g walnuts, finely ground
80g sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
Powdered sugar for dusting
Instructions
1Mix flour with cold butter, powdered sugar, egg yolk, and sour cream to form a smooth dough, then chill for thirty minutes.
2Combine ground walnuts, sugar, and cinnamon for the filling.
3Roll the dough out to about half a centimeter thick and cut into small triangles.
4Place a teaspoon of filling on the wide end of each triangle and roll toward the point, curving into a crescent.
5Place on a lined baking sheet and bake at 175°C for eighteen to twenty minutes until lightly golden.
6While still warm, dust generously with powdered sugar.
Did You Know?
Hasude are sometimes called 'kifle' in Kosovo and are the most-gifted sweet during Bajram celebrations.