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Homemade Hareesa (Semolina Cake)
Homemade hareesa — a special recipe everyone loves. Despite its richness, it has a light texture, so you may find yourself eating more than one piece without feeling like you've had much :)
Homemade Hareesa: a tried-and-tested successful recipe
Ingredients
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- 4 cups coarse semolina
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 3/4 cups plain yogurt
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 226 g unsalted butter, at room temperature
- Syrup (Qatr / Sheera)
- 5 cups granulated sugar
- 2 1/2 cups water
- 1 tbsp rose water
- 1 tbsp orange blossom water
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
Method
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- Place the semolina, sugar, and butter in a bowl and rub them well until the semolina absorbs the butter.
- Leave them to rest for one hour.
- Meanwhile prepare the syrup: put the sugar and water in a pot over the heat until it boils, then add the lemon and keep it on the heat until you obtain a medium-thick syrup.
- Add rose water and orange blossom water, stir, and remove the syrup from the heat.
- After the dough has rested for an hour, add the baking powder and baking soda and knead.
- Begin adding the yogurt gradually and knead until you get a soft, loose dough.
- Spread the homemade hareesa dough in a pan greased with butter or tahini and cut it.
- Put it in the oven on the lower rack at 200°C until the edges turn brown, then brown the top.
- Remove the homemade hareesa from the oven and pour room-temperature syrup over it.
- Let it cool completely before cutting it again and serving it.
- Rasmiyah Majdoub
- For more desserts from Rasmiyah, here's the link: Aish al-Saraya
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Notes and serving ideas
- Aish al-Saraya
