Snacks & baking

Mlabes

Tunisian biscuits made with ground almonds, sugar and egg white, lightly crisp on the surface and soft at the center. They keep for several days and go well with mint tea.

35 min
6 servings
Medium
Moderate
🇹🇳 Tunisia

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Ingredients

Spices & seasoning

1 tsp Cinnamon

Optional extras

30 g Crushed pistachios

Nutrition facts

406 kcal per serving

Protein: 9 g
Carbohydrates: 41.7 g
of which sugars: 39.4 g
Fat: 21.4 g
of which saturated fat: 1.7 g
Fiber: 5.4 g

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

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 160 °C (320 °F) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Finely blend the almonds with the icing sugar until you get a fine powder, without turning it into a paste.
Beat the egg whites into stiff peaks with a pinch of salt, then gradually add the granulated sugar.
Gently fold the almond powder, orange blossom water and lemon zest into the meringue.
Shape small balls about 3 cm wide with damp hands, then flatten them slightly on the sheet.
Sprinkle with cinnamon and crushed pistachios if you like.
Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until the mlabes are golden at the edges but still tender in the center.
Let them cool completely on the sheet before transferring them to a rack.