Category Archives: pudding

Egg in chocolate cream

It  dawned on me that Easter is coming up when I saw rows of chocolate eggs all over the chocolate stores in Beirut;  figured I needed to come up with something quick.  My mother subscribes to a French weekly women’s magazine and leafing through it I found what I was looking for; their recipe however [...]
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Muhallabieh with candied lemon

I was reminded recently (after a glorious lunch at Kamal’s) how wonderful our homey muhallabieh can be. It is perfect in many ways; it takes less than 5 minutes to prepare, it does not require many ingredients (milk, sugar, starch or rice flour, flavoring), it is very versatile. I had just never tried it with [...]
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Chocolate molten puddings

  I was leafing through a Donna Hay magazine and saw: “Make & Freeze”, molten chocolate puddings. Now that’s a concept that really hits the spot! Do you ever find yourself wishing you could have something chocolat-y, and resorting to a mediocre candy bar as the only available option?  The idea is to make these [...]
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Wheat berry pudding (Ameh maslouk, hboubieh)

This could be considered the Levantine equivalent of oatmeal pudding, even though it is traditionally served on certain holidays such as New Year’s eve or St Barb or on the occasion of a baby’s first tooth. This version is flavored with orange blossom water only. Other versions include anise and cinnamon.  It is of the [...]
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Pomegranate muhallabieh

This is an easy dessert  concocted today when I noticed the pomegranates sitting on the counter were  getting very ripe; I would recommend making it with fresh pomegranate juice, not bottled juice;  for juicing the pomegranates I  place the seeds in the food processor and run the machine for a minute; I transfer the mashed [...]
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