Starinske Oblatne Sa Orasima (Wafers stuffed with Milk and Ground walnuts/ground biscuits)
I remember my mom never looking forward to making oblatne because it meant having to clear the table and bring out the makeshift nut grinder. Then you also need to simmer the milk for about 2 hours. But when it was all done, it was so worth it!
When I moved here, I met my Seattle Serbian family and let me tell you their Serbian desserts are top notch, especially their oblatne. I bought the wafer sheets and ground lane biscuits a few months back with no idea of what I was going to make with either. Maybe it's the quarantine blues or the want for some Serbian sweets, I remembered the wafers and decided to make my very first oblatne.
Unlike during my mom's oblatne making time, I have a food processor that allowed me to cut that part of the process to 10 minutes. The hardest part of the making this, was waiting for the milk to become thicker aka condensed. After almost 2 hours, it was time. If you ever plan on making this, don't expect to eat it the same day you make it unless you get up really early. There are quicker ways to make this but I think if you're going to make this once every 6 months-1 year, you may as well do it the right way.
Ingredients:
1 pack of wafers
1.5 l of milk/6 and 1/3 cups
200 g of sugar (I opted to use 200 g of sugar instead of 800 g per the recipe and I can attest that it did not make it less sweet)
2 packs of Vanilla sugar
1 stick of butter
200 g of walnuts (roughly a cup)
200 g of ground biscuits (optional)
** The wafers and ground lane biscuits can be bought at most Eastern European stores, if you happen to live next to one. These are Serbian/Croatian products so you'll have to look in that section.**
Directions:
Please visit the original recipe creator’s video while we work to provide written instructions - https://youtu.be/JvB2sX7DtAI
The video is not in English but you can find one with subtitles by typing in the title and adding English subtitles at the end.
