Ravani or Revani

Name: Ravani or Revani
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 7 servings
Cuisine: Istanbul & Anatolian Heart
Ingredients: 6 eggs; ground orange rind; 2 tsp cinnamon; 1 cup flour; 1 cup butter; 4 cup sugar; 2 cup fine semolina; 1 tsp baking powder; 0.5 lemon

A Turkish dessert of orange rind and lemon, perfumed with cinnamon and baked in the oven.

50 min · Serves 7 · Easy

Method

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Time: Prep 5 min · Cook 45 min · 50 min total
Difficulty: easy

1
Beat the butter along with a cupful of sugar. Add the egg yokes one by one, along with the orange peel.
2
Keep beating, add the flour, the baking powder and some milk and stir well. Beat the white of the eggs separately and add to the mix along with the semolina.
3
Butter a baking pan and pour the mix into it. Bake in medium oven for~40 minutes. During this time, prepare the sirup: Boil the rest of the sugar in~1 1/2 cup of water.
40 min
4
Add the lemon juice, boil for about another 5 minutes and pour over the ravani while it is still hot.
5 min