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Ma'amoul

Oven-baked pistachio nuts, perfumed with rose water, a Lebanese dessert.

25 min · Serves 20 · Easy

Makes 20–30 biscuitsServes
20

Ingredients

Time
Prep 15 min · Cook 10 min · 25 min total
Difficulty
easy
  1. 1

    First make the pastry, by rubbing the butter into the flour and sugar until it resembles fine breadcrumbs, then add the rose water and milk. This should now be a smooth dough.

  2. 2

    Make the filling by chopping the pistachios into small pieces and mixing with the sugar and rose water.

  3. 3

    Take a small piece of pastry dough and flatten into a 3mm thick circle, using your hands (not a rolling pin). Pull three sides up and seel into a small bowl shape, put into the 'bowl' 1 tsp of the pistachio mixture. Then pull up the sides and seal in a 'twist' and the top - like a little bag. Turn over and lightly press down to flatten slightly into a circle, then using a tooth pick make a flower shape on the top. (or just a few small holes if you want.).

  4. 4

    Repeat step 3 with remaining dough and mixture. Bake at about 180C for about 10 - 15 minutes until VERY light brown. (they should still be soft and will harden up as they cool.).

    15 min

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