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Arayeches Algerian sweets

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Ingredients

  • Dough
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 cup butter melted
  • 1teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup orange blossom water
  • water
  • Filing
  • 3 cups ground almonds
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • orange blossom water
  • icing
  • 2 egg whites
  • 1/2 cup orange blossom water
  • 1/2 cup lemon juice
  • confectioner's sugar
  • pinch vanilla extract

Details

Servings 10
Level of difficulty Average
Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 30mins
Cost Average budget

Preparation

Step 1

Mix flour, salt and confectioners' sugar,Add vanilla extract, and baking powder, combine the dry ingredient with the melted butter, and add orange blossom water plus water, combine until a smooth paste. cover and let rest about 30 minutes

Step 2

Combine all the filing ingredients together, and form a pudding with stuffing. roll out dough on lightly floured surface to 1/8 inch thick. cut out rectangle of 2 inches. place the filling on the dough and wrap the dough on the filling, Paste the ends of both sides with egg white,and make a shape like bracelets or cut round Cut rounds of 4 inches in diameter, then put the filling in the middle of the dough and with the fingertips, lift the edges of the dough toward the center and make the Y form . bake for 30 minutes, let cool.

Step 3

For the icing beat the white egg, orange blossom water, lemon juice, pinch vanilla extract, and add confectioner's sugar until a thick mixture.
deep the cookies inside the icing and let dry and decorate.

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for the icing beat the white egg, orange blossom water, lemon juice,
pinch vanilla extract, and add confectioner's sugar until a thick mixture.

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INGREDIENTS

  • 1 puff pastry
  • 6 apples, sliced
  • 3 oz.  chilled butter, chopped into chunks
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar

 

METHOD

  1. Roll out a puff pastry.
  2. Lay out the apple slices in a pan.
  3. Add chunks of butter on top of the apples.
  4. Sprinkle the brown sugar on top.
  5. Cook for 20 minutes in oven at 350°F, to caramelize the apples.
  6. Place puff pastry on top of the caramelized apples.
  7. Cook for 15 minutes at 350°F.
  8. Enjoy!

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