Desserts
ChefRina Abdullah
How to Prepare Mafrouka
Mafrouka is one of the most delicious Arabic desserts, layered with cream and nuts. It may seem challenging, but it’s actually quite simple—here are steps to make a superb Mafrouka.
Mafrouka.. layers of semolina dough, cream, and nuts.. delicious and rich
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Ingredients
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- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup coarse semolina
- 1 cup water
- Three quarters cup ghee or 100 grams
- 1 tablespoon orange blossom water
- 1 tablespoon rose water
- Cashews for garnish
- Almonds for garnish
- A pinch of pistachios for garnish
- Ashta or qaimar, to taste
- To prepare ashta or qaimar at home, here is this link: How to prepare ashta/qaimar – video
Method
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- Put the sugar in a pot over the heat until it caramelizes and melts.
- Carefully add the water over it and stir until the sugar dissolves; then remove the pot from the heat.
- In a skillet, toast the semolina until it turns golden.
- Add the ghee to the semolina, then the orange blossom water, rose water, and the dissolved sugar; stir to form a dough.
- Pour the dough into the serving dish, spread it out, and let it cool.
- When cooled, spread the ready-made ashta over it.
- Toast the almonds and cashews and decorate the top of the ashta.
- Sprinkle a little ground Aleppo pistachio.
- You may serve qatr (sugar syrup) or shireh alongside the mafrouka.
- To prepare ashta or qaimar at home, here is this link: How to prepare ashta/qaimar – video
Recipe tags
DessertsInternationalVegetarianEgg free
