How to Make the Best Maqroun

Ingredients

• 2 cups coarse or fine semolina
• 1 cup white flour
• 1/2 cup ghee
• A pinch of instant yeast
• A pinch of salt
• A pinch of sugar
• Ground anise or anise seeds
• To make more desserts from Dalida, here is Eid maamoul

Method

1. We mix the yeast with a little water, then add the salt and sugar
2. We add the semolina, flour, and ghee on top of the rest of the ingredients
3. We knead the ingredients with water until we get a cohesive dough
4. If desired, you can boil the anise and use the boiled anise water to knead the maqroun dough
5. Cover the maqroun dough with kitchen plastic wrap and leave it for 10 minutes in the fridge
   Timers: 10 min
6. Heat the oil and start shaping the maqroun into circles, then pass them over a sieve to get maqroun fingers and place them directly into the hot oil
7. When the maqroun pieces are browned, place them immediately into the syrup or sherbet