Ghoriba with peanuts and coconut

Ingredients

• 500g peanuts
• 250g coconut
• 1 sachet of pastry yeast
• 2 tea glasses of iced sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon melted butter

• Preparation

  – Grind the coconut in an electric mill.

  – Roast the peanuts with their skins then grind them in an electric mill.

  – Beat the eggs and icing sugar using an electric mixer until the mixture turns white and foamy.

  – In a bowl, put the ground peanuts, the ground coconut, the yeast, incorporate them well, add the egg mixture, the melted butter, mix well until you obtain a homogeneous paste.

  – Form small balls the size of cherries from this dough, flatten each ball to give it the shape of a ghoriba.

  – Arrange them on an oiled baking sheet, decorate them with peanuts.

  – Bake in a moderately hot oven for 20 minutes

  – Store them in a tightly closed box.