Ingredients:

2 cups fine semolina

or

2 cups very finely ground kunafa dough

1 cup pistachios

1 cup powdered sugar

2 medium tablespoons orange blossom water

1 teaspoon green food coloring - optional, to taste

2 tablespoons butter

3 tablespoons syrup

Nuts for decoration

Ashta for the filling*

Method:

Place the butter over the heat, then add the ground kunafa or fine semolina and toast until golden...

Then add the pistachios, sugar, orange blossom water, and syrup. Add a small amount of green food coloring. The coloring will not affect the taste of the mafroukeh, but it will give it a strong green color. You can add it or leave it out as desired.

Stir for two minutes over low heat until you have a soft dough that is uniform and cohesive...

Spread half of the mafroukeh into a tray or mold, and prepare the second half so it matches the first half. Let them cool well.

Once the mafroukeh has cooled, spread the ashta over the first half of the mafroukeh mixture and place the second half on top...

Return it to the refrigerator to set well, and when serving, decorate with nuts and pistachios and serve with syrup or honey, as desired

For a detailed and reliable homemade method for preparing ashta, qaimar, or qirishah, click this link: How to Make Ashta Qirishah

Mafroukeh recipe and method, as well as the ashta or qirishah recipe, from the friend and cook of the Shou Tabkhin El Yom site:

Fatma Zehoui Gamloush

Click on Fatma's name to visit her profile page on our site.

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Two-Layer Mafroukeh with Pistachios and Ashta

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