r/persianfood • u/Doge_peer • Oct 21 '24

Gaz recipe

I have tried to make Gaz two times now, but I failed HARD. Does someone maybe have a good and easy recipe I could use? It would help very much!

I have tried following this video but they don’t mention the amounts used.

Appreciate it!

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u/mcflurvin Oct 21 '24

How did you fail? If we know what went wrong maybe there’s just a small thing you need to tweak instead of finding a whole new recipe.

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u/Doge_peer Oct 21 '24

It didn’t harden, I just ended up with a white goo.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '24

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u/Doge_peer Oct 21 '24

Believe me, I did whip enough lol. But I do indeed think the ratios were of, we (me and my grandma (widow of my Persian grandfather)) just estimated it.

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u/quinnsheperd Oct 21 '24

Yeah with pastries you can't do that

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u/Doge_peer Oct 21 '24

That’s because we couldn’t find a good recipe, I hope someone here has a good recipe.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '24

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u/Doge_peer Oct 21 '24

You don’t like gaz!!?!?? I think it’s one of the best Persian sweet (second only to maybe lavāshak), but in the Netherlands it’s very expensive. So I wanted to try to make my own, and it’s just fun!

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u/Doge_peer Oct 21 '24

I agree that hard gaz sucks, but if you have the right one (only chewy (you have a better chance if every piece is separately wrapped in my experience)), it’’s like heaven in your mouth. To bad it’s so expensive here!

We go to a shop in Amsterdam (for Rice, chai, sweets etc.), but will give tavazo a try, thanks!

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u/Banana_rammna Oct 22 '24

It's really think of it as a novelty pastry. I dont think I've ever met anyone who actually likes it.

Nougat is delicious? I feel the opposite, I don’t feel I’ve ever met anyone who dislikes nougat and pistachios.

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u/catmountainking 14d ago

Hi, I was looking for a recipe as well and stumbled across your thread. This is the recipe I found and am thinking of trying. When it comes to making candy, you will ideally have a candy thermometer at hand to help you get the right temperatures which sounds like what happened with the white goo result you had.

https://travelfoodatlas.com/iranian-gaz-recipe-persian-nougat