Category Archives: pudding

Valentine cream (muhallabieh with cocoa)

The beauty of some Lebanese home-style desserts is that they are lighter than the average dessert with eggs or butter; take this chocolate muhallabieh for instance; cream is added sparingly to the milk and the dessert is thickened with cornstarch. It is super creamy and chocolaty, but very light. The pink meringue hearts are for [...]
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Barazek tuiles with sahlab

Last Christmas season I was in Istanbul for a short visit and while my daughter wanted to visit the beautiful monuments all around us, I only wanted one thing: to get some sahlab AKA salep or sahlep. The monuments could wait. Sahlab AKA salep or sahlep or sahleb is a powder that is mixed with [...]
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Jellab pudding

What is jellab anyway? Jellab is an extremely popular drink in Lebanon. It is sold everywhere, most notably at juice stalls and at the beach. It is not simple to make jellab at home. Why? It requires incense (bakhoor). Not easy to find in your local supermarket! It requires macerating raisins and grape molasses and [...]
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