10 Best Arabic Dessert Recipes and Recipes Making
10 Best Arabic Dessert Recipes
Here are 10 of the best Arabic sweet dishes with recipes and easy instructions to make them:
Contents
4. Maamoul (filled butter cookies) 2
6. Halwat Chebaz (Sweet Cheese Rolls) 2
7. Om Ali (Egyptian Bread Pudding) 2
8. Zalabiya (Fried Sweet Dough Balls) 2
9. Ashta Bil Asal (Honey Cream) 3
10. Mahlabiya (Milk Pudding) 3
1. Baklava
Ingredients:
- Layer phyllo sheets, walnuts or pistachios (chopped), butter, sugar, water, honey, lemon juice, cinnamon.
Method:
- Lay out layers of filo dough sheets in a baking dish, brushing each with melted butter.
- Add the walnut and cinnamon mixture between the layers.
- Bake until golden.
- Pour the syrup (sugar, honey and lemon juice boiled together) over the hot baklava and let it soak.
2. Basbosa (semolina cake)
Ingredients:
- semolina, yogurt, sugar, butter, baking powder, coconut, almonds, sugar syrup.
Method:
- Mix the semolina, sugar, yogurt and butter together until you get a thick batter.
- Pour into a greased baking tin and top with almonds.
- Bake until golden.
- Drizzle the sugar syrup (sugar, water and lemon juice boiled together) over the cake while it is hot.
3. Kunafa
Ingredients:
- Katafi (shredded filo dough), butter, cheese (acavi or mozzarella), sugar syrup, rose water.
Method:
- Mix the sifted flour with the melted butter and fold in half in the baking dish.
- Add the cheese filling and top with the rest of the dough.
- Bake until golden and crispy.
- When hot, pour the sugar syrup with rose water on top.
4. Maamoul (filled butter cookies)
Ingredients:
- semolina, butter, sugar, dates (or walnuts), rose water, orange blossom water.
Method:
- Make a dough with semolina, butter and floral water.
- Fill with date paste or nut mixture.
- Form into mamol mould and bake until lightly golden.
5. Qataif (Filled Pancakes)
Ingredients:
Flour, semolina, sugar, yeast, water, nuts or cream for filling, sugar syrup.
Method:
- Mix the flour and cook small pancakes.
- Fill with nuts, cheese or cream, then fold and seal.
- Fry or bake until golden, then dip in sugar syrup.
6. Halwat Chebaz (Sweet Cheese Rolls)
Ingredients:
- Mozzarella cheese, semolina, sugar, rose water, orange blossom water, cream (ashta), pistachios.
Method:
- Melt the cheese and mix it with the semolina.
- Roll the dough thinly, fill with cream and shape into rolls.
- Garnish with syrup, pistachios and rose water.
7. Om Ali (Egyptian Bread Pudding)
Ingredients:
- Puff pastry or bread, milk, sugar, cream, nuts (almonds, pistachios, raisins), cinnamon.
Method:
- Lay out layers of puff pastry or baked bread on a plate with nuts and raisins.
- Pour hot sweetened milk and cream on top.
- Bake until golden and bubbly on top.
8. Zalabiya (Fried Sweet Dough Balls)
Ingredients:
Flour, yeast, sugar, water, yogurt, rose water, sugar syrup.
Method:
- Mix ingredients together to make a smooth dough and let it rest.
- Fry small spoonfuls of dough until golden.
- Serve dipped in sugar syrup.
9. Ashta Bil Asal (Honey Cream)
Ingredients:
- Heavy cream, cornstarch, sugar, honey, pistachios.
Method:
- Cook the cream with the sugar and cornstarch until it thickens enough to form an ashta.
- Let it cool and serve with a drizzle of honey and pistachios.
10. Mahlabiya (Milk Pudding)
Ingredients:
- Milk, Sugar, Cornstarch, Rose Water, Pistachio.
Method:
- Cook the milk with the sugar and cornstarch until it thickens.
- Add rose water and pour into serving bowls.
- Let it cool and garnish with crushed pistachios.
These Arabic desserts feature a variety of textures and flavors, incorporating nuts, floral waters and syrups for a rich and satisfying treat.
