🇹🇳 Tunisia cuisine · #19

Makroudh of Kairouan

Name: Makroudh of Kairouan
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 30
Cuisine: Tunisia
Ingredients: 500 g semolina; 150 ml oil; warm salted water; 400 g date paste; 1 tsp cinnamon; grated orange zest; honey; oil for frying

Time90 min

Serves30

Ingredients8

Semolina diamonds filled with date paste, fried and dipped in honey — the most famous come from Kairouan.

Method

Rub the semolina with oil and leave for an hour.
Knead the dates with cinnamon and zest.
Add water to the semolina until it holds together.
Shape a strip, lay the dates in the middle and enclose.
Cut into diamonds, fry and dip in honey.

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