
Kitchen
Almond and sesame seed cigars
Ingredients
- 250 g boiled and blanched almonds
- 250 g of shelled peanuts
- 180 g granulated sugar
- 2 spoons of orange blossom water
- A little gum arabic
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 100 g of sesame
- 1 egg white
- 1 teaspoon of butter
- For the dough:
- 500 g flour
- 30 g butter
- 100 g fresh cream
- 1/4 glass of orange blossom water
- 1 pinch of salt, 1 egg
Preparation
Fry the peanuts in oil, grind with the almonds and sugar in an electric blender. Mix 3 times to obtain the peanut and almond paste. Add the gum arabic, cinnamon, orange blossom water then the butter. Mix well, make thin sausages.
In a salad bowl, place the flour by digging a hole in the center, put the salt, the egg, the flower water, the orange blossom water, the crème fraîche, the butter, and a little lukewarm water. Knead until you obtain a smooth dough, place in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
Roll out the dough using a rolling pin. Place 2 almond sausages, then fold the dough. Cut using a sharp knife into finger shapes. Dip the ends in the egg white then the sesame.
Arrange in a baking tray coated with butter, cook for 10 minutes.
source; la-cuisine-marocaine.com




