Preparation info
  • For

    50

    large .
    • Difficulty

      Medium

    • Ready in

      3 hr

Appears in
Traditional Moroccan Cooking: Recipes from Fez

By Zette Guinaudeau-Franc

Published 1995

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Ingredients

  • 2 lb 4 oz almonds
  • 10 oz sugar

Method

Pound the almonds in the mortar with the sugar, add half the butter and perfume this paste with orange flower water. A mincing machine can be used nowadays, but the paste is smoother when pounded with the pestle.

Put the flour in the gsaa, make a hole in the middle, melt the rest of the butter and pour it in with sufficient water to make a dough of the same consistency as bread d