Small Rolls (The Bride’s Fingers) Asabi’ il-‘Aroos

Name: Small Rolls (The Bride’s Fingers) Asabi’ il-‘Aroos
Yield: Makes about 80 small pieces
Cuisine: Iraqi
Ingredients: One recipe Nut Filling; One recipe Medium Syrup, cooled; Ground pistachios, optional; ½ to ¾ cup (4–6 oz/115–175 g) melted butter (or half butter and half oil); One 16 oz/450 g package fillo dough, thawed

Preparation info

Makes about
80 pieces

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Delights from the Garden of Eden

By Nawal Nasrallah

Published 2019

About

This way of rolling the dough yields gracefully thin rolls reminiscent of the original medieval lawzeenaj pastries, made of almond filling wrapped in paper-thin breads and drenched in almond oil and rose water syrup.

Ingredients

One 16 oz/450 g package fillo dough, thawed
½ to ¾ cup (<

Asia
Iraq
Dessert
Pastry
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat oven to 350°F/175°C/gas mark 4.
On a working surface lay a fillo sheet flat, brushing half of it crosswise with melted butter. Fold in half, crosswise, and brush the top surface. Keep the rest of the dough covered with a dry kitchen cloth, away f