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Gulf-Style Batheeth Date Sweets
Total time70 min
Prep25 min
Cook45 min
Yield8 servings
DifficultyMedium
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ChefFatima Zahoui Ghamlouch

Gulf-Style Batheeth Date Sweets

Batheeth date sweets are one of the tastiest and easiest desserts in Gulf cuisine. This home recipe needs few ingredients and makes an elegant, delicious treat.

Batheeth date sweets are among the best desserts in Gulf cuisine — we recommend you try this recipe!

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Ingredients

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  • 3 cups pitted dates
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup chopped almonds (or ground pistachios)
  • 1 tsp ground cardamom
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon and 1 tsp ground ginger
  • How to make Batheeth — video

Method

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  1. Prepare ice-cube molds; put raw sesame in each cavity (or ground pistachios or coconut), take portions of the dough, roll them into balls and place them in the molds, then chill them in the fridge for two hours
  2. Then unmold and serve them looking like chocolate bonbons
  3. How to make Batheeth sweets — video

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  • How to make Batheeth — video

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Fatima Zahoui Ghamlouch

If you see a recipe written as poetry, it’s surely Fatima Zahoui Ghamlouch—known as Umm Badr—who posted it. Between mawawil and rhymed prose, her rice dishes arrive effortlessly and win the admiration of everyone in our group.

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