Anyone who hasn’t eaten Middle Eastern desserts doesn’t know the meaning of the word “sweet”!
Dipped in sugar syrups, enriched with floral waters, sticky with honey – these are the quintessence of oriental sweets. But sometimes that’s what desserts are all about! Even though Middle Eastern sweets are dripping with sugar, you can still indulge in them once in a while.
Discover 3 Middle Eastern sweets that even the sweetest sweet tooth wouldn’t mind!
Tulumba are small cookies made from choux pastry (like cream puffs or eclairs), deep-fried, and then dipped in sugar syrup, making them crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. The sweet taste of tulumba can be balanced by drinking aromatic coffee or mint tea.
Layali Lubnan, or “Lebanese nights” is a dessert served cold in the form of a semolina and milk pudding. Often topped with syrup with added orange blossom water or rose water and enriched with vanilla. Decorated with a layer of whipped cream or ashta cream and chopped pistachios or almonds, the crunchiness of which perfectly diversifies the whole dessert.
Baklava is a dessert made of thin filo pastry. Its layers are soaked in sugar syrup with floral waters and layered with nuts – pistachios, cashews, almonds, walnuts or peanuts. The pastry is crispy and has a very intense sweet and nutty flavour.
The combination of aromatic spices with fresh herbs gives dishes a distinctive and spicy character. Coriander, thyme, parsley, mint – thanks to them you can create healthy, fresh, colourful and above all delicious meals based on those prepared by the inhabitants of the Middle East. Your home pantries cannot do without them!
Floral waters are a delicious addition to many sweet dishes, such as drinks, cocktails, pancakes, creams or baked goods. They are extremely aromatic, so it is worth having them in your kitchen.
Orange blossom water has an intense floral-citrus aroma that enhances the taste and smell of various products, giving them Middle Eastern notes. Dishes enriched with orange water gain a refreshing citrus aftertaste.
Rose blossom water is a very well-known flavor additive in the Middle East. It spreads a pleasant, floral and honey aroma that gives drinks, sweets and desserts an oriental character. Products enriched with rose water gain a bit of sweetness and a pleasant, rose scent.
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