Pistachios drum sticks
From ahmed1 15 years ago
- 10 minutes to make
- Serves 38
This is one of the most favored oriental dessert in Arab countries. Choose your favored nuts and substitute the pistachios if you desire.
Ingredients
- 1 pound 2/3 ounce/ 500 grams plain flour shopping list
- 5 oz/ 150 grams semolina flour shopping list
- 1 tbsp powder sugar shopping list
- ½ oz yeast shopping list
- 5 oz/ 150 grams ghee or butter, softened shopping list
- 8 oz water shopping list
- ½ cup crushed pistachios shopping list
- Syrup: shopping list
- 2 ½ cups sugar shopping list
- 1 ½ cups water shopping list
- ½ tsp lemon juice shopping list
- Oil for deep frying shopping list
How to make it
- Make the syrup:
- Heat sugar and water over low heat stirring until sugar dissolves . Add the lemon juice and increase the heat. Let boil for 3-4 minutes. Cool completely.
- In a large bowl mix together the first 4 ingredients. Add the ghee or butter and rub with your hands until all mixture is moistened. Make a well in the center and pour water gradually mixing with your hands until you get firm dough. Form into log and cut small pieces . Press between your hand palms to spread and then press on a patterned palette to give them the pattern you want. Roll each peace from the short side in the shape of cones. Fry for 3-4 minutes until dark brown. Drain on a paper towel and dip them in cold syrup for 5 minutes. Dip each cone in crushed pistachios and arrange on your serving dish.
dry ingredients
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add ghee
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rub with your fingertips
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make a well and add water
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gathered
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form a log
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cut small pieces
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shaping 1
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fry
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dip in syrup
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dip in pistachios
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Reviewed by 16 people-
You are a magician!! a wonderful culinary magician.
greekgirrrl
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mmm...looks delicious! Ahmed do you think I can add maybe some dried cramberries? or it could change too much the original dessert recipe?
magali777
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Yum. These are so pretty and they sound wonderful. THank you for sharing another luscious creation!
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