Snacks & baking
Mchewek
Mchewek is an Algerian pastry shaped like a small coiled snake, made from thin dough filled with an almond paste scented with orange blossom water. Served at celebrations and weddings, it is often decorated with eggs.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Spices & seasoning
Optional extras
Nutrition facts
188 kcal per serving
- Protein
- 4.5 g
- Carbohydrates
- 16 g
- of which sugars
- 7.1 g
- Fat
- 11.2 g
- Fiber
- 2.1 g
Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.
Instructions
- Mix the flour, salt and soft butter until it resembles sand, then add the egg and knead until you have a smooth dough. Let it rest 30 minutes in the fridge.
- For the filling, mix the ground almonds, caster sugar, cinnamon and orange blossom water until you have a supple paste.
- Roll the dough out into a thin rectangle, then spread the filling in an even strip along its full length.
- Roll the dough around the filling to form a long log, then coil it into a snake shape.
- Place the mchewek on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and brush them with beaten egg yolk.
- Bake at 180 °C for 15 minutes, until lightly golden, then let them cool before dusting with icing sugar.
Variations and tips
Colourful mchewek. Add a few drops of food colouring to the dough for festive colours.
Using what's easy to find. Ready-made ground almonds from the shop work perfectly in place of homemade ground almonds.
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Original Ecomely recipe.