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Gata
A round Armenian sweet bread from the Garni-Geghard style, enclosing a crumbly butter, flour and sugar khoriz filling.
About Gata
Gata is an Armenian sweet bread or pastry made in many regional forms. This profile follows the round, decorated style associated with the villages of Garni and Geghard, enclosing a traditional khoriz filling of flour, butter and sugar.
Its flavour is buttery and gently sweet, with rich milk and cream in the bread and a warm vanilla note through the khoriz. The filling concentrates the toasted flour and butter character without turning the pastry into a heavily iced dessert.
The baked gata is a broad golden round with a glossy egg-washed surface and decorative dough patterns. Its tender enriched crumb surrounds a pale, crumbly filling, giving each wedge a soft bread-cake texture with a slightly sandy centre.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk, Egg, Wheat (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Gata
Garni-Geghard Gata with Flour, Butter and Sugar Khoriz.
- MilkEnriched dough liquid
- Heavy creamRich dough liquid
- EggsDough enrichment and glossy finish
- SugarDough and khoriz sweetness
- ButterDough tenderness and khoriz richness
- Active dry yeastDough leavening
- All-purpose flourDough structure and crumbly khoriz body
- Vanilla extractKhoriz aroma
- Oil or cooking sprayBowl and pan release
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Milk:
- Heavy cream:
- Eggs:
- Sugar:
- Butter:
- Active dry yeast:
- All-purpose flour: . The source specifies all-purpose flour; the established wheat-flour guide preserves its confirmed Wheat allergen
- Vanilla extract: . The source does not specify the extract's alcohol, carrier or brand formulation
- Oil or cooking spray: . The directions call for an oiled bowl and sprayed pan without identifying the plant source or cooking-spray formulation
Origins & food traditions
The selected Armenian Kitchen recipe identifies its round, decorated gata as typical of the Garni and Geghard villages and fixes a milk-, cream-, egg- and butter-enriched yeast dough around a flour, butter, sugar and vanilla filling. The broader dish reference independently describes gata as an Armenian sweet bread with many regional versions and identifies khoriz as the established flour, butter and sugar filling used in popular forms.
Countries
- Armenia
- ArmeniaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Armenian Cuisine
- South Caucasian Cuisine
- Armenian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
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