Desserts
ChefNada Hadraj
Layali Lubnan (Lebanese Nights Dessert)
Layali Lubnan, or Lebanese Nights, is an easy and delicious dessert featuring two layers of cream – one cooked and one fresh. It's garnished with pistachios and served with a sweet syrup.
Layali Lubnan... this dessert is truly easy and delicious.
Ingredients
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- 1 cup semolina
- 1 liter milk
- 1/4 cup liquid cream
- A dash of rose water or orange blossom water
- 1/2 teaspoon ground mastic
- 1 can qashta (clotted cream) or kaymar
- Pistachios for garnish
- Atr (sugar syrup) for serving
- Atr (Sugar Syrup)
- 1 cup water
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- Juice of 1/4 lemon
- To make homemade Qashta Kaymar with a video recipe, here is the link: How to Prepare Qashta Kaymar (Video)
Method
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- Add the semolina to the milk and liquid cream and place them in a saucepan over the heat
- Continue stirring to prevent the semolina from sticking to the bottom of the pan
- After a short while add the ground mastic and continue stirring until the mixture thickens and comes to a boil
- When the mixture has thickened to the desired consistency, add rose water or orange blossom water and turn off the heat immediately
- Pour the hot mixture into a Pyrex (a glass baking dish) or into serving glasses
- After the mixture cools to room temperature, add a layer of clotted cream (ashta) on top, then place it in the refrigerator to chill
- At serving time, garnish with shelled pistachios
- Serve Layali Lubnan with syrup (attar or simple syrup)
- How to make the syrup:
- Dissolve the sugar in the water and place them in a saucepan over the heat until they boil
- After boiling, reduce the heat and add the lemon juice
- Let the syrup simmer over low heat for no more than ten minutes, then set it aside to cool
- Nida Hadrag
Recipe tags
DessertsLevantVegetarianNut freeEgg free
