Apricot Delight

Name: Apricot Delight (Mishmish bil-Kreama)
Cuisine: Iraqi
Ingredients: Shelled pistachios, some broken into small pieces and some left whole; 1 cup (250 ml) heavy/double cream, whipped; 1 tablespoon rose water; 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel; ⅓ cup (3 oz/85 g) granulated sugar; 1½ cups (375 ml) water; 1 cup (6 oz/175 g) dried apricots

Mishmish bil-Kreama

Preparation info

Makes
4
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Delights from the Garden of Eden

By Nawal Nasrallah

Published 2019

About

Sweet-and-sour dried apricots make an appealing dessert, garnished with cream and sprinkled with bright green pistachios.

Ingredients

1 cup (6 oz/175 g) dried apricots
1½

Asia
Iraq
Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Put apricots, water, sugar, and peel in a small heavy pot. Bring to a boil, and then turn heat to low, and simmer gently until mixture becomes syrupy, about 35 minutes.
In a blender or food processor, purée the apricot mixture. Chill for a few hours. Then gently fold in rose water and the whipped cream. Spread on a serving dish and decorate with some more cream a