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Kleicha joz (walnut biscuits)

Iraqi shortbread cookies filled with walnuts and cardamom, flavored with orange blossom water. They keep for several weeks and are a must at festive times.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Pâte

Farce

Spices & seasoning

Nutrition facts

1,833 kcal per serving

Protein
31.2 g
Carbohydrates
162.6 g
of which sugars
60.4 g
Fat
114.3 g
Fiber
10.5 g

Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.

Instructions

  1. Beat the soft butter with the icing sugar until creamy and pale.
  2. Add the flour, cardamom, orange blossom water and milk, then knead into a smooth dough.
  3. Mix the walnuts, sugar and cardamom for the filling.
  4. Take a small piece of dough, press a hole in it with your thumb and fill it with a spoonful of filling.
  5. Close the dough into a ball, then flatten slightly to form a small dome.
  6. Arrange the biscuits on a tray lined with baking paper and dust with cinnamon.
  7. Bake at 170 °C for 15 to 18 minutes, until lightly golden on top.
  8. Let cool completely on a rack before storing in an airtight tin.

Variations and tips

Pistachio version. Replace half the walnuts with chopped pistachios for a greener, softer flavor.

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Original Ecomely recipe.