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Cream pudding (Ashtaliyeh)

Commercial kitchens from Milan to Sydney to Singapour to Dallas are serving Panna Cotta these days. I get the impression that most chefs the world over think that Italy is where the mediterranean starts and ends! I wish they would serve what we call ashtaliyeh. Ashta is the word for cream in Arabic and ashtaliyeh is [...]
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Khabeessa (Jelly with rose water, mastic and walnuts)

Khabeessa was first brought to my attention by Leila, who left a comment asking if I knew about it; well, I did not. Just like moufattaka, it is a dessert that is specific to the Sunni communities in Beirut. Beirut, Ras Beirut to be exact (the part of the city that is on the west [...]
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Rose and lychee pudding

Today, I checked  the stalls of the greengrocer down the street. I saw some lychees and got tempted. Then a magazine laying around Maxi-Cuisine had a recipe for gelée de rose et lychées, so I got busy for a few minutes in the kitchen. This  is a  very light and delicate-tasting and  a very feminine [...]
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