Category Archives: Booza

Apricot ice-cream with pistachios and pine nuts

I have had a hankering for this booza al-mushmush ever since I left Beirut a couple months ago. There is a couple  in Achrafieh (Beirut)  who make the most amazing Arabic ice-cream. Their place of business is smaller than most closets. If you walk by the street, you will see them  roasting almonds, hulling strawberries, chopping [...]
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Milk ice cream with pistachios ( Booza al-haleeb)

Arab  ice-cream, such as the Lebanese booza is the best in the world. There, I said it. Ice-cream that captures the essence of the perfume you are after. Light and intense. No cream, no eggs, just pure flavor. Besides, I read somewhere that the Phoenicians used to carry ice to take to King Solomon. [...]
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