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Ghoreif (butter, sugar and honey pastry)

Thin layers of pastry golden with butter, rolled up and served with sugar, honey and pistachios. A traditional Yemeni dessert or snack, crisp and very indulgent.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Spices & seasoning

Optional extras

On the side

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C and prepare a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
  2. Mix the sugar with the cardamom and salt in a small plate.
  3. Place a pastry sheet on the work surface, brush it with melted butter and sprinkle it with the spiced sugar.
  4. Fold it into a square, then brush the top with butter and repeat with the other sheets to form a stack.
  5. Cut the stack into 8 squares, arrange them on the baking sheet and bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until golden and crisp.
  6. Take them out of the oven, drizzle with honey and orange blossom water, sprinkle with crushed pistachios and serve warm.

Variations and tips

Enhanced pistachio-cardamom version. Add an extra pinch of cardamom to the sugar and double the amount of pistachios.

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