Ingredients
- 300g flour
- 100g melted butter
- 2 teaspoons of liquid vanilla
- Orange blossom water
- 350g of almond powder
- 125g of icing sugar
- 2 egg whites
- 60g of sesame seeds to decorate
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- a pinch of salt
Preparation
Pour the flour into a bowl. add the melted and cooled butter, add the orange blossom water and the water, mix carefully until you obtain a smooth and firm paste. Leave to rest for at least an hour in the refrigerator.
Mix the almond powder with the icing sugar and lemon zest.
Pour in the liquid vanilla then the orange blossom water while kneading with your hand to obtain a thick paste. Roll it into a ball and let it rest.
On a flat surface, roll out the dough very thinly with a rolling pin, place a stick on top. Roll up until everything is covered. With a sharp knife cut small sticks.
Beat the egg white. Dip both ends of the small sticks in the egg white then in the sesame seeds.
Arrange them on a buttered baking tray. brown them for 25 minutes in an oven preheated to 200°.
SOURCE: la-cuisine-marocaine.com
