Monthly Archives: October 2009

Almond Meringue Sticks with Chocolate Sauce

Tweet This recipe can be prepared up to 3 weeks ahead, kept in a tight container it stays crispy and fresh, even frozen! Second, the chocolate sauce can be prepared ahead as well and frozen and reheated the day of the party in the microwave. Third, you can make a lot and leftovers can be [...]
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Orange Blossom Water (Mazaher)and Rose Water (Mawared)

Tweet Orange blossom water: It is our foremost flavoring along with rose water in Lebanon when it comes to pastries, puddings or cookies, syrups and jams. We even drink it plain with a bit of water and call it “white coffee”. Most of the orange blossom water production in Lebanon comes from an area south of [...]
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Semolina pudding (Lekmat al Helwa)

Tweet How would you like to eat a sort of crème brulée, but without the sinful calories, cream, egg yolks, and such?  This is a simple semolina pudding made up of semolina, milk, a bit of sugar, and flavored with orange blossom. That’s it! You can make it stylish by adding a couple teaspoons of [...]
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