How to Make Saffouf

Ingredients

• 4 cups flour
• 1 cup fine semolina
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup ghee (clarified butter)
• 2 and 1/4 cups milk
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 tablespoon turmeric or 'Aqda Safra' (yellow food coloring)
• 1/2 cup syrup (shīrah) or qattar
• Saffouf recipe from a friend of Sho Tabkhin Al-Youm:
• Esraa Salem Smak
• Click Esraa's name to visit her page on our site
• For more Arabic desserts click the link: Namoura with cream and coconut

Method

1. Mix the dry ingredients together in a large bowl
2. Add the remaining ingredients and stir very well until the sugar dissolves and the mixture is uniform
3. Grease a baking pan with oil or tahini and pour the saffouf mixture into it
4. Decorate the top of the saffouf with cashews
5. Place the pan in the oven at 160°C on the middle rack for about 40 minutes
6. Let the saffouf cool aside, then cut and serve
7. Esraa Salem Smak
8. For more Arabic desserts click the link: Namoura with cream and coconut