Desserts
Madlouqa with Aleppo Pistachios
Madlouqa with Aleppo pistachios — a recipe that may look complicated but is actually very easy. Here’s a delicious tray for the best madlouqa. Enjoy!
Pistachio Madlouqa — one of the most delicious Ramadan sweets, especially when homemade.
Ingredients
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- 500 g fine shredded dough (furk)
- 2 tablespoons ghee (clarified butter)
- 1/3 cup sugar
- about 1/2 cup sugar syrup (qattar/shirah)
- 1/2 cup ground Aleppo pistachios
- prepared clotted cream (qishta), chilled
- Here is the recipe link for homemade Qareesheh cream from Israa Qareesheh cream
- Cashews and Aleppo pistachios for garnish
- Fried awwama dough balls, here is the link Fried Awwama
Method
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- Toss the kataifi (shredded pastry) with the ghee over low heat until it absorbs the fat.
- Let it cool slightly, then gradually add the ground pistachios, sugar, and sugar syrup (qatir) and knead until you have a very firm dough.
- Spread it in the baking pan and evenly top it with cold qareesha-style clotted cream.
- Garnish with fried nuts and other toppings as desired and serve with sugar syrup (qatir).
- Israa Salem Smak
- To make awameh (fried dough balls) here is the link: Fried Awameh
Recipe tags
DessertsInternational
Notes and serving ideas
- Qareesheh cream
- Fried Awwama
