Ingredients
- 1 kg of premium quality dates
- 500 g of almond paste (ready to use)
- 250 g ground coconut
- 2 spoons of orange blossom water
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
- Red and green food coloring
- 1/2 teaspoon strawberry extract
- 1/2 teaspoon pistachio extract
- 1 glass of orange blossom water
Preparation
In a salad bowl, put the ground coconut, almonds, flower water and butter. Mix well. Divide the almond paste into two or three equal parts.
Put the green coloring in the first part with the pistachio extract, in the other part the red coloring and the strawberry extract and the third remains white.
Take a piece of cloth, dip it in orange blossom water, wipe the dates, removing the stones, then stuff them with almonds. On the surface of the dough, draw crossed lines using a knife.
Decorate the almonds with silver pearls then sprinkle with a little granulated sugar.
source: la-cuisine-marocaine.com
