Madlouqa with Aleppo Pistachios

Ingredients

• 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
• Pistachio Madlouqa prepared by our friend and cook on ShowTabkhin Today:
• Esraa Salem Smak
• Click Esraa's name to visit her profile and discover her delicious recipes.
• For the fried awwama dough balls, here is the link Fried Awwama

Method

1. Toss the kataifi (shredded pastry) with the ghee over low heat until it absorbs the fat.
2. Let it cool slightly, then gradually add the ground pistachios, sugar, and sugar syrup (qatir) and knead until you have a very firm dough.
3. Spread it in the baking pan and evenly top it with cold qareesha-style clotted cream.
4. Garnish with fried nuts and other toppings as desired and serve with sugar syrup (qatir).
5. Israa Salem Smak
6. To make awameh (fried dough balls) here is the link: Fried Awameh