Colegio Rural Agrupado “Francisco Ibáñez”

Colegio Rural Agrupado

“Francisco Ibáñez”

Plato típico:ALAJÚ

Iriépal-Usanos-Taracena

(Guadalajara, España)

ALAJÚ

A bit of history about the ALAJÚ

Alajú is a traditional sweet made of

spanish nougat with rectangular shape. It

is popular from “la alcarria” part of our

region: Guadalajara (Castilla La Mancha,

España) due to the quality of one of its

main ingredients: “the honey”.

The “ALAJÚ” name comes from the arabic

language “al-hasú”, meaning: “stuffed.”

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Alcarria´s Area

Ingredients

2 wafers (wheat bread)

2 kilos of cleaned nuts in small pieces.

1 Kilo of Alcarria honey

Half chopped orange peel

250 grams of sugar

Ingredients

Making of….

Step 1

We start cleanning the nuts from

the shells. We need nutcrackers or

a hammer and a board.

You can see some examples…

Until we get clean and chopped nuts.

We also chop the orange peel

Step 2

We put the honey and the sugar

in a big bowl.

We heat it and let it boil during 5

minutes approximately.

It is important to stir it frequently not to be burned.

We know the honey

and sugar are ready

when we mix a drop

of the mixture in a

dish with some

water. If the honey

spreads it is not

ready yet.

It is important the

mixture is like

caramel so it

crystallizes with

water.

Step 3

When the mixture (honey and sugar) turns

golden, we add in the bowl:

The chopped nutsThe chopped orange

peel

We boil it all

together during 5

minutes

approximately.

It is important stir

it up with a

consistent fish

slice.

When the mixture is being well mixed we turn the heat down to keep the warm…

Step 4

…we keep a wafer in a rectangular tin like this.

We spread the mixture over the wafer homogenously

As our chefs…

When the mixture in being spread, we cover it with the other wafer

PASO 5

We put the lid on

top adding some

weight to press

the Alajú.

WE LEAVE IT COOL DOWN DURING 24

HOURS

And it is

ready to

eat…ENJOY YOUR

MEAL!!