Samak wa-Aqras (Hard Almond Candy)
Samak wa-Aqras (Hard Almond Candy) Translation: A pound of and a half of sugar; half a pound of peeled almonds, pounded fine and flavoured with a little musk. Take half a pound of bees’...
Category: Sweetmeats (Halawat)
Fried Mujabbana in the Toledo style
Well I am a little late in getting a new update posted. Since I have been slightly remiss in getting a new recipe out to you, my adoring fans! I am posting this incredibly...
Tamr Mulawwaz (Stuffed Dates)
This dish is unfortunately not my favorite. It has all of my favorite flavors; Dates, saffron, honey, almonds and rose water. That the combination does not work for me is a failing on the...
Biraf (Sweet Cream)
There are a wonderful variety of sweets to serve, however the busy medieval Middle Eastern hostess some times has to pull a feast from thin air. All that is needed is a little cream,...
Qarmush Buttered Triangles
Qarmush (Buttered Triangles) Translation: Take a pound of flour and knead it with water and milk. You break two eggs in it, their yolks and whites, and knead it well. Spread finely milled starch...
Candied Pears
I like pears…a lot! Sweet crunchy or not but always very juicy. I saw this recipe and thought of how pears in period were not always tasty (being rather small and hard even when...
Halwa (Sweet Paste)
Halwa was an experiment as I was making spiced buns and the spread mentioned was this. There was one SMALL problem though. There was no readily available translated recipe. The recipes I do have...
Plum Jam (with Chicken)
Plum Jam This is a reverse redaction as no recipe has been found other then a mention of “plum jam with chicken” for a wedding feast. When redacting how a plum jam could have...
Jawaarish (Carrot Jam)
I have a few cups of baby carrots on hand and was going hmm….that and a real craving for some thing sweet. Voila! I have found this little gem of a recipe. A period...
Hais (Date and Pistachio Balls)
This is a sweet chewy almost crunchy almost melt in your mouth treat that never goes bad. Well okay, maybe if left outside for a couple of months they might get a taaaad moldy;...