9.19.2009

"Makrout" Moroccan date cookie



Eid Moubarak to all the Muslims around the world with all best best wishes



These are my Makrouts for The day of Eid fitr


A delicious moroccan pastry made by semolina and date

Ingredients:

for the dough:

2 cups of semolina
1/3 cup of blossom water
1 stick of butter (8 tablespoon)
1 tablespoon of sugar
A pinch of salt

Ingredients for the filling:

2 cups of pitted dates
1 tablespoon of blossom water
1 tablespoon of butter
1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon of ground nutmeg

Honey
Blossom water

Steps:

Steps to make the dough:
- Melt the butter.
- Mix the semolina, sugar and salt.
- Slowly add the melted butter to the cornmeal while mixing thoroughly.
- Transfer the cornmeal mixture in a flat surface. Work the dough while adding the blossom water until you get a very smooth texture.
Note: You might need to slightly increase/reduce the amount of butter and blossom water depending on the quality of your semolina.

Steps to make the filling:
- Steam the dates for 20 minutes until they soften.
- In a food processor, mix the dates, the butter, the cinnamon and the ground nutmeg until you get a smooth date paste.

Steps to roll the Makrout:
- Make a roll with the dough.
- Make long rolls with the date paste.3- Make an incision in the middle of the dough and widen by sculting the middle of the roll.
- Place the date roll inside dough 'tunnel'.
- Close the dough roll by reshaping it by hand.
- Cut the dough roll into diagonal pieces.



I used a small mould to decorate the makrouts. I din't fry them in oil, but simply bake them in the oven.

Dip them in the flavored honey. The honey should be warm and flavored with blossom water following your taste.



Good tasting

This is a set of my pastries for Eid fitr



11 commentaires:

Khadija El Mary a dit…

Your ma9rout looks awsome Touria
Machallah 3lik
3id mobarak sa3id
bisoussssssssss

Mimi Cooks a dit…

ثريا, كل عام و انت و عائلتك بألف خير...أعاده الله عليكم بالخير و البركات.
أسفه لتأخري في التهنئه لكن اتمنى لكم قضاء وقت ممتع في هذا العيد
الكعك شكله جميل جدا و الوصفه سهله....سلمت و عشت :)

sabah a dit…

They look great and I'am sure they taste wonderful.

juri a dit…

كل عام وانتي والاهل بخير , ما شاء الله مقروض اسسسسسسسسسسسسسهف

~Lexibule~ a dit…

Ils sont tout simplement fabuleux;)xxx

sabah a dit…

Hi my friend, I have a small surprise for you in my blog, come over and take a look.
Have a nice day !

Arlette a dit…

Marhaba My Friend

How are you Sorry for my late wishes, but you know what happened.
I like your Makrout cookies, they are similar to our Kaak bi Tamer, less the dipping.

they look delicious!!!
is this a new blog???
how come I missed this one...

sabah a dit…

Happy new Hijri year to you and to all your family.
Touria, I have a problem to leave you a comment in the other blog, I don't know why and it's very slow, it takes a little while to open.
Big kiss.

sabah a dit…

My best wishes for the New Year for you and for your family.

Laka kuharica a dit…

I found your yummy blog through BlogCatalog and shall definitely follow it. love the recipes!

Aviva a dit…

Hello I just discovered your blog! Very nice recipes. On this recipe it does not say what temperature to bake and for how long. Also how do you store them and how long will they stay fresh can they be frozen baked or can the dough/roll be made and frozen then baked? Thank You :)