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Whether you prefer flaky baklava, tender cakes, sweet cheese-filled pastries, or luscious bread pudding, any of these 21 tantalizing Arabic dessert recipes will make a festive addition to the table.
Knafeh [2] (Arabic: كنافة) is a traditional Arab dessert made with spun pastry dough [3] [4] layered with cheese and soaked in a sweet, sugar-based syrup called attar. [5] Knafeh is a popular throughout the Arab world, especially in the Levant, [6] and is often served on special occasions and holidays.
Masoob (Arabic: معصوب) is a traditional banana-based pudding from the Hadhramaut region in Yemen. [1] [2] It is made from over-ripe bananas, ground flat bread, cream, cheese, honey, and sometimes dates. It is popular in other Arab states like Saudi Arabia and the UAE, where Hadhrami immigrant communities introduced the dish. [3] [4] [5]
Basbousa (Egyptian Arabic: بسبوسه, romanized: basbūsah) is a sweet, syrup-soaked semolina cake that is typically associated with Egyptian cuisine, and is also popular in the wider region. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The semolina batter is baked in a sheet pan, [ 3 ] then sweetened with orange flower water , rose water or simple syrup, and typically cut ...
Halva (also halvah, halwa, halua, [1] and other spellings; Arabic: حلوى Bhojpuri:𑂯𑂪𑂳𑂄, Hindi: हलवा, Persian: حلوا) is a type of confectionery that is widely spread throughout the Middle East and North Africa, the Balkans, and South Asia.
The traditional stuffing of Qatayef, as evident in a number of Medieval Arabic cookbooks, is crushed almond and sugar. In these recipes, once the pancake was stuffed, it would sometimes be fried in walnut oil or baked in the oven. [8] Qatayef was traditionally prepared by street vendors as well as households in Egypt and the Levant.
Baklava is a common dessert in modern Arab cuisines, but the Arabic language cookbook Kitab al-Tabikh, compiled by Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq in the 10th-century, does not contain any recipe for baklava. [46] Its recipe for lauzinaj refers to small pieces of almond paste wrapped in very thin pastry ("as thin as grasshoppers' wings") and drenched in ...
Attar, or qatir (Arabic: قَطْر) is a type of sweet syrup used in the preparation of Middle Eastern desserts.It is made of primarily sugar and water, and is reduced slightly until somewhat golden and thicker.