Pistachio Snake Cake with Cardamom

Serves 12 Prep Time Unknown  Cook Time 20 minutes   Rated: Print
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A fragrant pastry cake that is reminiscent of Turkish or Lebanese pastries with the fuss. It is very pretty as well and works wonderfully with ice cre

This cake is very impressive and really pretty simple to make. It originates from a long line of cultures with stories about snakes and renewal and life and is often baked at Christmas time, though we suggest it is wonderful all year round. Some say this dessert dates back to the Ottoman Empire, others say its origin is from Turkey or Greece but it is most often attributed to the Imazighen of North Africa, once referred to as the Berber. There are Italian versions, Bulgarian versions, Spanish versions, so this clearly has a rich foodie history worth exploring.

For now, we suggest you just bake it and see! We certainly recommend our version!

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Dry roast nuts by placing onto lined baking sheet and placing into cold oven set to fan forced 200°C for 10 minutes. Remove and cool. Reserve a few nuts for garnish.

2  

Place sugar, oils, vanilla and egg yolks into Thermomix bowl and mill 10 sec/speed 8. Add cooled nuts and blend 10-12 sec/speed 8.

3  

Place into fridge until well set.

4  

Reduce oven temperature to 180°C.

5  

Assemble 'snake' by laying filo pastry on wet tea towels along a bench. Melt butter as needed (approximately 125g) and brush between layers of filo, building up around 4-5 layers. Arrange filling all down the long edge and roll up into a snake shape. Brush with more butter and patch pastry as necessary.

6  

Roll into a coil, top with reserved chopped nuts and bake on large paper lined tray for approximately 20 minutes until pastry is flaky and golden.

7  

Melt around 60g honey and brush over pastry while it is still hot after removing from oven.

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Cool slightly before eating…or not!

Tenina Holder is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of eight, who started cooking in the olden days before Thermomix was even a thing.

Tenina has become the premium go to source for all Thermomix expertise and of course fresh and easy recipes that work. Her cooking classes and foodie trips are sold out in literally hours, her cookbooks appear on the Australian best seller lists and her social reach is in the millions. Her Insider Club is the most fun you can have with a Thermomix and you really should join her! She believes chocolate, butter and salt are health foods. Her food positivity mantra is, eat everything, just not all at once! 

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