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"Layali Lubnan" - Lebanese Dessert
layali lubnan
Ingredients
- 2 cups water
- 2 cups milk / almond milk
- 1 container heavy cream / plant-based heavy cream
- 1 cup semolina
- half cup sugar
- 5 drops rose essence or
- 1 teaspoon rose water
- 6 grains mastic
- 2 cups milk / almond milk
- 1 container heavy cream / plant-based heavy cream
- 2 packets instant vanilla powder
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup water
- juice from half a lemon
- 5 drops rose essence or
- 1 teaspoon rose water
- roasted shelled pistachios, chopped
Preparation
Mastic – a spice from the Middle Eastern kitchen, tree resin from the mastic (lentisk) tree, looks like small crystals (picture below). It is customary to crush the mastic grains with a tablespoon of sugar in a mortar and pestle, and then add them to the cooking. Available at spice shops. You can skip it if you can't find it.You can replace the rose essence with a teaspoon of rose water or zahr water.
You can make the recipe vegan by replacing the milk with almond milk and the cream with plant-based cream.
You can cook the semolina of the base layer in 4 cups of milk without water.
First layer
Bring 2 cups of water, 2 cups of milk, semolina, half a cup of sugar, rose essence, and crushed mastic to a boil,
cook until a thick mixture forms.
Transfer to individual dishes and refrigerate until completely cold.
Second layer
Whip a container of heavy cream, 2 cups of milk and instant vanilla powder until a light, airy cream forms.
Spread the cream over the first layer, which has cooled completely.
Syrup
Bring 2 cups of sugar and a cup of water to a boil, until it bubbles.
Continue cooking until a thick syrup forms, about a quarter hour of cooking.
Add lemon juice and rose essence.
(The lemon juice keeps the sugar from crystallizing.)
To serve:
Sprinkle pistachios, and each diner drizzles syrup over their own portion to the desired level of sweetness.
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