Tag Archives: milk

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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Chocolate pudding in a jiffy

OK. This is no masterpiece. It is a plain, simple, speedy chocolate pudding that takes 10 minutes from concept to execution. It takes less time and effort to make than getting in the car to buy the ready-made ones at the supermarket. INGREDIENTS: 4 servings 2 cups of milk 1/2 cup of half-and-half (or whipping [...]
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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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