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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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Apricot and milk pudding (muhallabiya amardeen)

Love apricots! However, I have not had good luck with the  fresh  apricots sold in supermarkets. They were so often bland and pasty that I stopped buying them.  I remember my excitement the first time I found the amardeen of my childhood in a middle-eastern store…  we used to tear off pieces and  lick them [...]
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